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A certain category of Russian drivers prefers domestic cars. Among the most popular is Lada-Kalina. Quite a lot of owners of this small and unpretentious machine, some of the operations for its maintenance are performed independently. They know how to do this or that, including how to remove the headlight on the Kalina. This will be discussed below.
Headlight design features
Cars "Lada-Kalina" in 2004 received new headlights, the design of which is called a block. Unlike the previous, standard ones, they combine lamps that provide low and high beams; backlight (side lights), lamps signaling a turn.
Another feature - the new headlights have an electric remote light corrector. It allows the driver, while driving, to adjust the luminous flux in height and direction. It should be emphasized that such a function at the beginning of the "zero" was a relative rarity.
Like any assembly, mechanism, vehicle part, headlights, including the Lada-Kalina, sometimes require maintenance or repair. To do this, they need to be removed from the car. The purpose of such an operation may be the need for adjustment, improvement of decorative properties, replacement of the old configuration.
Those who often do a lot of work on the car themselves, before removing the headlights, it is recommended to find out which company made them. This is not difficult to do, you just need to consider the glass. The AL symbols indicate that the lighting unit is manufactured at the Bosch factory.
In the production of "Lada-1118" ("Kalina"), base lights are mounted on the products: Kirzhachsky CJSC "Avtosvet" and Bosch. It's hard to go wrong. You can determine the manufacturer by the features of some elements. So, if there is a cap on the low beam lamp, then it is manufactured by Avtosvet.
In order to proceed with the operation “removing the headlight on the Kalina”, it is advisable to at least get a little familiar with how this unit works. It has three sections. As already mentioned - dipped and main beam, marker light, turn signal.
The road is illuminated by 55 watt incandescent lamps. To prevent dazzling drivers of oncoming cars, special lenses are mounted on their front part. Turn signal lamps, as well as parking lights, have a power of 20 watts. At the same time, the “turn signals” provide an orange light.
To adjust the headlights there is a special corrector. It has an electromechanical drive. Control is carried out from the passenger compartment, where there is a special device on the dashboard. To adjust the corrector, if it does not work properly, you need to disassemble the headlight completely. But such disassembly may be required in other cases. This, for example, tuning or installing new lighting elements.
We remove the headlight, having previously dismantled the bumper on the Lada Kalina
There are two ways to remove the Kalina headlight and then disassemble it. The first - the bumper is removed first, the second - the operation is performed without removing it.
In any case, you will need tools such as wrenches for 8 and 10 millimeters, screwdrivers: flat and cross-shaped. Of course, you need to take care of spare parts in advance when it comes to lighting system components.
I will especially say about the keys.
Drivers who do some work on their own know that there are open-end wrenches, socket wrenches, and box wrenches. If space permits, it is best to hold the nut with a socket or cap. Then all its sides are wrapped around. This ensures that the faces, when difficult to rotate, will not be damaged.
It is desirable to have heads. It is best if you cook a rattle. The fact is that in some places it is rather difficult to wield a simple key, since it turns at a small angle.
The first thing to do when dismantling the headlight with removing the bumper is to use a Phillips screwdriver to unscrew the four screws that secure the fender liner. After that, you need to find a couple more screws. They are at the bottom, one on the right and one on the left. In order not to make a mistake and not waste time in vain, it is better to use a viewing hole.
If it is not there, then you can perform the operation lying on a previously prepared mobile plane or on the floor, covering it with improvised material. When these two lower screws are also turned out, we unscrew the three bolts, also located below.
Now you can easily remove the grille and unscrew the bolts with which the bumper is attached to the body. The next operation is the removal of the decorative grille. It is made of plastic, and is located under the license plate. There are two bolts there. Finding them is easy. After they are unscrewed, the grill should simply be pulled towards you.
You need to pull harder. The fact is that the grille has additional fasteners - clamps. They are quite durable, and therefore there is no need to be afraid that a breakdown will occur.
The last stage - we turn off and take out two self-tapping screws under the license plate. Then we take the edges of the bumper and, directing it towards ourselves, tear it off the latches. The Kalina bumper is light. You can remove it from the latches and keep it on weight without an assistant.
And here is the bumper removed.
It remains to dismantle the headlight. To do this, remove the bumper power beam. Then remove the bolts that fix the headlight. To find them, you need to tilt the beam a little to the side. These bolts are best loosened using an 8mm socket fitted with a ratchet.
There are two more bolts at the top. We unscrew one with a key for 8, the second with a Phillips screwdriver. After that, disconnect the power plugs. It must be remembered that the fixation of these connectors is provided by latches. Where they are, you can determine even by touch. The plug can only be disconnected by bending the latch. Now we just take the headlight housing (take it with both hands), and remove it.
How to remove the headlight without removing the bumper on Kalina
The second way to remove the headlights on Kalina is when the bumper is not removed. By the way, the first option is considered more difficult. It is recognized that you can remove the bumper yourself only with some experience. In addition, this operation takes a long time.
To dismantle the headlight without removing the bumper, first remove the device with coolant. It is usually called an expansion tank. You also need to remove the air filter housing. We remove the PTF plugs using a screwdriver.
Now nothing prevents access to the lighting unit. True, because of the tightness, something will have to be done by touch. This is how you need to find the lower fastener of the headlight. There's a bolt. It's easy to open it. When this is done, we simply stick our hand into the hole in the PTF. There are bolts at the top of the lighting block. They are located near the radiator. To unscrew them, you need to use the key for 8.
The headlight is screwed to the fender. He turns away with a Phillips screwdriver. The condition is that such screwdrivers have different sizes, so you need to select the appropriate slots on the screw head.
Next stage
We turn the block headlight so that the part that is located near the radiator moves closer to the engine.
Care must be taken during this work. First, you can damage the transparent elements. Secondly, one wrong action, and a wrench or screwdriver will damage the paintwork of the body. It can also be damaged by the lighting unit itself, since at this last stage it is literally a few centimeters from the fender and bumper.
When the headlight is deployed and shifted closer to the engine, carefully remove the fasteners below from the seats. Then we take a pre-cooked head. Using it, we turn out the bolts and take out the lower fastenings of the block.
The last operation - with a slight movement towards ourselves, we remove the headlight. A little earlier it was said about the need to be careful. In this case, special attention is required. It is at the last stage that it happens that the repair driver damages the color of the wing. The scratches, however, are small, but still, there is nothing pleasant about it.
Instead of a conclusion
From all of the above, it is clear that removing the headlight on the Lada Kalina is not difficult at all. A person with at least minor tool skills will cope with this. You just need to perform all the operations in the given sequence. Of course, there must be at least a minimum experience in handling fasteners.
A little more about the latter. Any fasteners are latches or something similar that has elastic elements. Sometimes they are just flat steel springs. To free the part from their capture, you need to press on the protruding part of the latch and, holding the lever located at its end, take it to the side. If you simply pull the lever towards you, you can damage either the latch or the part to be removed.
As always, headlight repair or maintenance involves disassembly (removal) and reassembly. To install the headlight in place, you just need to perform all the described operations in reverse order. Just do not try too hard, tightening the bolts and screws harder. You can damage either the threads on them, or the one that is in the car parts.
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In the head optics, it is most often necessary to change the low beam lamps. For a Lada Kalina car, the low beam lamp is a halogen lamp with an H7 cartridge, the power of which is 55 watts (no more). Osram bulbs may come from the factory, but others will do. After replacement, the filament will move to a new position and the headlight may be out of alignment. So, checking the settings, and, if necessary, adjusting the headlights is performed immediately after replacing the lamps, which is carried out on the Lada Kalina without dismantling the headlight unit.
Step by step replacement instructions
Each "H7" light bulb has an iron base, which is pressed against the block headlight with a wire bracket. To bend this bracket, it is enough to get close to the plane of the headlight from behind. Let's open the hood and see what exactly will interfere with us.
Behind the headlight on the right is a washer reservoir. It is dismantled as follows: disconnect the terminals of the electric motors, tighten the plug harder, find one nut and one fastening bolt. The fastening elements are unscrewed key "10", then the tank is placed on the engine. Further, we could consider how to remove the headlight on Kalina-2, but in this case this is not required.
Before making any manipulations with electrical equipment, always disconnect the negative terminal of the battery. Connecting this terminal is best done last (before closing the hood). Be careful.
Replacement sequence:
- Remove the rubber cover covering the low beam lamp compartment;
- Disconnect both terminals from the lamp contacts;
- The mounting bracket is removed from the grooves by first pressing on it, then the bracket is taken to the side;
- They take out the lamp, install a new one in its place, return the bracket to its place.
When installing a halogen light source, you must remember: the surface of the lamp glass must be perfectly clean. Fat imprints must not be allowed to remain on the flask. Installation is carried out in only cotton gloves. The glass of the flask is cleaned with technical alcohol or Sekunda.
Headlight Beam Adjustment
Correctly adjust the headlights can only be in the service station. However, consider how this operation is performed by experienced craftsmen.
There are two adjustment screws on the back of the headlight assembly. The first of them, located closer to the radiator, allows you to deflect the light beam "up and down", and the direction "horizontally" is adjusted by the second screw. Ideally, this is what should happen: when the car is 5 meters from the screen, the border of the light spot touches line "2" (see Fig.). Line "1" is separated from the ground at a distance equal to the height of the headlight centers. The second line is drawn 65 mm lower.
When making adjustments, the corrector switch is moved to the "0" position. Of course, you only need to turn on the dipped beam. We also note that they adjust the headlights in turn (“extra” light source is covered with a cloth).
Here are a couple more tips that might be helpful:
- The centers of the beams should be on the lines AE, BE;
- Line "0" has the following meaning: it intersects with line "1" at one point, and so, the border of the spot should pass just through this point;
- The heads of the plastic adjusting screws are compatible with a hex screwdriver. However, a Phillips screwdriver is also suitable.
So, we have fully considered how to adjust the headlights on Kalina-2. Of course, replacing lamps along with subsequent adjustment is a less time-consuming operation than. However, accuracy is important here. And the special equipment used to perform the adjustment is only available at service stations.
Question-answer: what should not be allowed in any case
Q: What happens if you buy lamps that have a base other than "H7"?
A: It will not be possible to install lamps in a standard headlight.
Q: If more than 55 watts of power is used, will it cause overheating?
A: Excessive power leads to the fact that. A separate fuse is used for each of the lamps, so it will not work to “deceive” the automation.
Q: Are halogens afraid of power surges?
A: For incandescent lamps, excess voltage is a harmful factor. In the case of using halogens, there will be two harmful factors: overheating, undercooking. Actually, therefore time between failures can be considered a relative, not an absolute value. This value depends on the stability of the voltage, and depends strongly.
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Regardless of the vehicle, the operation of the vehicle should only be carried out with the optics working. If for some reason the headlights do not shine or do not work correctly, the car owner must repair them before driving on the road. From this material you can learn how to remove the headlight on Kalina and replace its glass, as well as light sources.
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The device and features of optics on Kalina
Before you disassemble the front or rear lights or change the bulbs in the optics of Kalina station wagon, sedan or hatchback, let's look at its device:
- external glass designed to protect light sources and prevent moisture and dust from entering them;
- a plastic case on which the main components are fixed;
- a rubberized seal between the headlight housing and the glass is used to ensure the tightness of the structure;
- sources of illumination of the dipped and main beam, as well as turning lights;
- a plastic reflector located inside the housing, characterized by the presence of a mirror surface and used to beat off the light of lamps.
If the lights are not adjusted, this can bring inconvenience not only to the car owner, but also to drivers of oncoming cars. If the owner of the car can correctly adjust the headlights, this will optimally illuminate not only the road, but also the side of the road. At the same time, the optics will not blind oncoming drivers.
When the dipped beam is on, only the corresponding bulbs turn on. If the driver activates the high beams, the high and low beams are switched on. The headlight itself for Kalina is equipped with an electromechanical drive and can be adjusted without problems using a corrector. The corrector itself is installed on the center console, so the adjustment is made from the passenger compartment. The regulator is connected to the drive, located directly in the headlight, using wiring (the author of the video is the Lada Kalina channel).
Dismantling and repair of optics
One of the most common malfunctions in the operation of optics, if we do not take into account the failure of light sources, is damage to the headlight glass. If the lamp itself is damaged, then it will have to be removed and disassembled in order to change the glass.
How to disassemble the headlight and how to replace the brake light bulb:
- First you need to open the trunk and move the brake light source to the left.
- The Kalina brake light must be pressed and turned to the left, so that the device can be removed from the installation site. The installation procedure is carried out in reverse order.
- If you need to replace the glass, then you will have to remove the bumper. To do this, unscrew the appropriate fasteners.
- After dismantling the bumper, it is necessary to disconnect all connectors with wiring that are connected to the optics.
- After completing these steps, you can unscrew the lower clamps of the lamp, for this, use a wrench. After that, similar actions are performed with the upper bolts that fix the optics. When all the screws are unscrewed, the optics themselves can be dismantled.
- The next step will be the actual glass repair. You need to pull the headlight towards you and carefully remove the rubber seal. Usually it is fixed on the lantern quite tightly, so most likely you will have to use a clerical knife in order to cut the elastic.
- After the headlamp housing and glass are disconnected from each other, all adhesive and sealant residues should be removed around the perimeter of the housing. To do this, you will also need to use a clerical knife, and if the remains are small, then use sandpaper. Make sure that the surface on the housing is clean and free of sealant and dirt.
- Before installing new glass, the housing around the perimeter of the installation will need to be treated with a solvent. This will degrease the surface, so that the tightness of the new glass will be maximum.
- Next, apply glue to the new seal and connect the glass itself to the body. The tightness of the design must be optimal, otherwise there may be a problem of fogging of the optics glasses from the inside. Press the headlight on both sides so that the lens is connected to the body as firmly as possible.
- At this stage, the repair can be considered completed, the assembly is carried out in the reverse order. When installing the lights, they will need to be re-adjusted.
Photo gallery "Do-it-yourself glass replacement"
tuning ideas
There are several options for tuning optics on Kalina:
- Light tinting. This procedure can be done using a special varnish or tint film. More information about this type of tinting is given in this.
- . This tuning option is considered the simplest.
- Special tuned optics. The modern market offers Kalinovods a huge range of different tuned headlights. It can be the so-called angel eyes, and diode optics, etc. In this case, it all depends on preferences.
- Installation of other light sources - diodes or xenon.
Video "Installing a low beam bulb on Kalina"
Detailed installation instructions are given in the video below (the author of the video is the Kalinin channel).
How can take off headlight on Lada Kalina?
Many motorists are interested in how remove the headlight on Kalina. Indeed, in the middle of all parts of the car, specifically the headlights in most cases become the subject of refinement or replacement. Herself headlight considered to be a conventional directional light source. Its main purpose is to illuminate the road, as well as the surrounding area.
Features of the headlight device
As a standard, Lada Kalina headlights are combined into blocks, which are divided into three sections, providing:
- passing light;
- overall and distant light;
- turn symbol.
When you turn on the low beam, only light bulbs are used for it. If you turn on the distant lighting, a complex is lit, consisting of a distant and immediately low beam, with all this, the power of each is 55 watts. Ahead on each section of the pointers there are special transparent diffusers.
Turn signals shine orange and have a power of about 20 watts.
The headlights are adjusted using a special corrector. The electrocorrector of headlights has an electromechanical drive. The standard adjustment system contains a device installed specifically on the dashboard itself, and a special wire that connects the electrical wires in the headlights. To adjust the electric headlight corrector, you will have to disassemble them.
Replacement or removal of the lighting system occurs for various reasons. Among the more common are:
- headlight tuning;
- installation of a new kit instead of the old one;
- the need to adjust the electric headlight corrector.
Before as take off headlight, when it needs to be replaced, it is better to find the company that manufactured the part. To do this, you need to look closely at the glass. If there are AL signs on it, this lighting complex is manufactured by the Bosch factory.
Removing the headlight Lada Kalina
We replace broken glass headlights (BOSH of the old model), on a LADA car KALINA.
Replacing headlight glasses on Kalina
Remove headlight Not taking off bumper on viburnum.
Some models of headlights from this manufacturer are made of polycarbonate, they do not have a lamp cap low beam. If the lamp used for low beam in a polycarbonate headlight is equipped with a cap, most likely it was made by Avtosvet.
How are the headlights removed?
The lighting system in Kalina includes:
- glass or polycarbonate;
- frame;
- lantern plugs;
- the lamps themselves;
- reflectors;
- wiring;
- decorative inserts.
To replace and adjust the headlights, most often you have to remove the front bumper. Only after that, all the screws from below, as well as from above, will become more accessible. Once they are dismantled, you can take off the block headlight itself, after removing all the wires and pads.
But not every car owner has enough experience to dismantle the entire bumper. In addition, a frequent problem is the lack of time to change the entire lighting system. That is why replacing lighting without complete dismantling is considered more popular.
To disassemble the headlight with your own hands, you need to prepare the following tools:
- one key for 8 and one for 10;
- Phillips and flat screwdrivers;
- new component of the lighting system.
To upgrade the lighting on Kalina, you need to carry out the following actions:
- Remove the air filter housing and the dedicated coolant device.
- Remove the PTF plug with a screwdriver.
- Unscrew the bolt located below the headlight with a 10 key.
- Remove the bolts located on top of the block lights. They are located near the radiator. In this case, you need to use the key for 8.
- Loosen the screw that secures the light to the fender of the car using a large Phillips screwdriver.
- Rotate the block lamp in such a way as to move the part near the radiator a little closer to the engine of the car. This will allow you to remove the fasteners located below from their seats.
- Remove the lower iron fasteners. To do this, you need to unscrew a few bolts with a short head.
- Remove the headlight by pulling it towards you. Try not to damage the varnish layer, because the lamp is located next to the fender and bumper.
Knowing how to disassemble the headlight, installing another device with your own hands is not difficult. To install a new headlight, follow the steps in reverse order. Now it remains only to figure out how to adjust the headlights so that the light from them is directed correctly and illuminates not only the road, but also shines on the sides of the car.
