Many car owners thought about the device and design of the Lada Kalina headlights. In fact, the design features of this element are quite simple. Since 2004, monoblock headlights have been installed on Kalina.
Video about replacing the headlight glass on Lada Kalina. In the process, a complete disassembly of the headlight takes place:
The video material will tell you about how to replace the headlight glass, about the design features, as well as the stages of dismantling the element.
The video story will tell you how to disassemble the headlight, features and elements of the device
Headlight unit mounted on a car
Like most new generation cars, the VAZ 1117-1119 models are equipped with block headlights of a simple design. Consider what elements are included in this node:
- Outer glass that protects the light bulbs and prevents water and dirt from getting inside.
- A plastic case to which all the main elements are attached.
- The rubber seal between the glass and the case provides good water and dirt resistance.
- Lamps for signaling turns, as well as low and high beams.
- A plastic reflector is installed inside the case, which has a mirror surface and reflects the light of the bulbs.
Each headlight unit is equipped with light bulbs, which are well, one might say tightly, fixed in the housing, which makes them resistant to vibration.
Scheme of the headlight device with decoding
Dismantling and repair
In the event of a minor traffic accident, when the headlight housing is not damaged, only the glass can be replaced. To do this, you will have to dismantle the element. How to do it?
After installing the headlight in place, it is imperative that you do not blind oncoming traffic and do not “shine into milk”.
Glass repair will take a maximum of half an hour.
Take out the headlight
So, let's move on to the sequence of actions.
The repair is done, and you can install the headlight in reverse order.
conclusions
The device and repair of the Lada Kalina headlight is quite simple and the dismantling and installation of the element will not take much time. Of course, if the hull is destroyed, the entire element will need to be replaced. As experience shows, when the fasteners, the so-called "fish soup", break, the headlight does not change, and the damaged part is simply "soldered". This is much cheaper than changing the whole element.
Since 2004, Lada Kalina has been equipped with block-type headlights. This type differs from standard headlights in that it combines, at the same time, dipped and main beam lamps, as well as turn signals and lights.
A characteristic feature of the headlights of Lada Kalina is the presence of an electric remote lighting corrector. This function allows the driver to adjust the height and direction of the light flux, directly from the car. Such functionality is not found on every car of those years, which undoubtedly gives Lada Kalina a great advantage.
The headlight of a car Lada Kalina consists of several basic elements. One of them is the cover of the block, with holes for bulbs, and the glass headlight cover, made in a grooved style, for better light diffusion.
Inside the block is a plastic reflector with a mirror surface. It is tightly inserted into the cover of the block, and is covered with a glass cover of the headlight from above. Well, the main element of the whole device is light bulbs.
In each headlight of a Lada Kalina car, there are 4 bulbs: low beam, high beam, dimensions and direction indicator. These light bulbs are tightly fixed in a plastic cartridge with grooves. This design allows you to easily replace light bulbs, without any additional mounting materials.
Removing the headlight
Unlike older Lada models, in which the dismantling of the lighting device took, on the strength of 10 minutes, Kalina has a more intricate system. In order to remove the headlight, the first step is to remove the front bumper. After this procedure is completed, you will have access to the bumper mounting power beam. It is not necessary to remove it completely. If you need to remove only one headlight, unscrew the beam fastening nuts only on the side where the headlight you need is located.
Now you can go directly to the lighting fixture itself. To dismantle it, first unscrew the two lower fasteners located under the power beam. Next, move on to the top mounts. In order to unscrew them, you will need an 8 wrench and a Phillips screwdriver.
Now the headlight is completely free and can be removed from the socket. But, first do not forget to disconnect the electrical plug with wires. Also, when removing the part, be especially careful, as it often sticks to the sealant, and if you try to rip it sharply, you can miss the headlight on the floor.
Bulb replacement
In order to replace the bulbs in the lighting fixture of the Lada Kalina car, you will not need tools, as everything is done by hand. Let's start with the turn signal. In order to remove it from its seat, simply turn it by the cartridge, approximately 45 degrees clockwise. After that, the grooves will disengage, and the light bulb can be safely removed.
With the replacement of the low beam lamp, it will be a little more difficult. In order to gain access to the cartridge, you must first remove the rubber pad by pulling it on a special tab. Next, you will have access to the lamp. To disconnect it, you need to remove two terminals. After that, remove the spring clip from the mounting hooks and take out the light bulb.
To remove the headlight bulb, repeat the same procedure. When replacing light bulbs, remember that they are halogen and cannot be touched. Otherwise, they will begin to darken and lose their original brightness.
Conclusion
Of course, it is possible to carry out the replacement of lamps, or other operations on the lighting device without removing the bumper, but this will require additional time and skill. Also, when carrying out such a procedure, without removing the device from the car, it is necessary to disconnect the battery.
If, however, you decide to dismantle the headlight, then its installation should be carried out completely in the reverse order. Also, do not forget to apply sealant before planting the device in the socket. Before leaving, be sure to check it for performance. If everything works fine, then your Lada Kalina is ready for operation, and will delight you during night trips.
The headlight is a source of directional lighting on the Lada 1118. It is installed in front of the car, illuminating the road surface and the surrounding area. Due to the huge range of lighting systems to choose from, the elements of which can be installed on the Kalina, the lights are often the subject of replacement or refinement. To replace the Kalina headlight, it is worth first considering its structure. On this car model, the manufacturer installs 2 block headlights, equipped with 3 sections:
- passing light;
- overall, as well as high beam;
- turn signals.
Block headlight Lada Kalina When you turn on the low beam, only the low beam lights come on, and when you turn on the high beam on the 1118, a combination of low and high beams with a power of 55 watts each starts to burn. The front indicator sections have transparent light diffusers. Turning lights with a power of 21 W have an orange glow.
To be able to adjust the headlights on a Lada 1118 car, the package includes a headlight corrector with an electromechanical drive. The adjustment system has a device that is installed on the dashboard, as well as a wire for connection and electric actuators pre-installed in the lamps.
The plant where Kalina is produced provides for the installed lights of two manufacturers on it:
- Bosch;
- Avtosvet CJSC (Kirzhach).
Front optics Kalina To determine which company is the manufacturer of the lamps on the model 1118, you just need to make a careful inspection of the glass. If there are AL symbols on the glass, then the lighting complex was manufactured by the Bosch factory. If the material for the lamps is polycarbonate, in which there is no low-beam lamp cap, then this model is also made by Bosch. However, if a polycarbonate lamp has a low beam lamp cap, then it is made by Avtosvet.
Among the main reasons why it is necessary to remove or replace the lighting system, there are:
- replacement of the old component with a new one;
- the need for tuning or adjustment of the device.
Tuning headlights on Kalina The procedure for dismantling the lamps
You should know that the lamp system "Lada Kalina 1118" consists of:
- corps;
- glasses (polycarbonate);
- lamps;
- reflector;
- wiring;
- lantern plugs;
- decorative inserts (masks).
As for ease of dismantling and subsequent replacement of the lamp on the model 1118, the process usually involves the removal of the front bumper. After it, the screws on the top and bottom of the lighting fixture become available. After dismantling them, you can immediately remove the headlight, not forgetting to first dismantle the pads with wires.
Dismantling the front optics However, not all motorists have a lot of time to replace the lighting system or the experience of dismantling the bumper. For this reason, a more popular way is to change the Kalina lamp without dismantling the bumper.
For this you will need to use:
- key for 8 and 10;
- a set of screwdrivers (flat and cross-shaped);
- new component of the lighting system.
Set of tools In order to adjust the block lighting on the Lada. You will need to perform a set of the following actions:
- Remove the air filter housing, as well as the device with coolant.
- Remove the PTF plug using a screwdriver.
- Unscrew the bolt on the lower fixture of the lighting component using a 10 wrench. Insert your hand into the hole in the PTF.
- Remove the bolts located on the upper fastener of the block lamps component. They are located closer to the radiator. Use key on 8.
- Unscrew the screw securing the product to the fender of the car using a large Phillips screwdriver.
- Turn the Lada Kalina block lamp so as to move the part closest to the radiator closer to the car engine. This measure will allow you to remove the lower fasteners from the seat.
- Dismantle the lower fasteners of the iron headlight. To do this, you will need to unscrew a couple of bolts with a short head.
Dismantling the headlights on Kalina - Remove the car headlight by moving towards you. At the same time, try not to damage the paint layer, since during dismantling the lamp will be located as close as possible to the bumper and fender.
After that, you can install a similar device in reverse order.
How can take off headlight on Lada Kalina?
Many motorists are wondering 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.
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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