High beam bulb replacement

[barracuda55]

How do you change high beam bulb on Mk5 golf
Do you have to take out the air filter box first?

[Crasher]

The left is nearly impossible without, you would lose a lot of knuckle bark...

[barracuda55]

The left is nearly impossible without, you would lose a lot of knuckle bark...

I've looked on you tube and it looks like it would be easier to remove the whole headlight to replace the bulbs

[Crasher]

Yes but you have to remove the bumper.

[A6C5V6TDi]

Some grown up people with medium sized hands can do it. I know a guy who sells bulbs and he changes them without a sweat, so I usually take the car to that guy, buy the bulb from him and he replaces it for free. The bulb is a bit more expensive than usual, but just a few pennies.
I agree VW should have thought this through, its a real pain for a regular guy to change a plain bulb and that shouldn't be the case in the 21st century.