glass smashed on front of mark 5 tdi

[simon.james]

I have a tdi mark 5 and i had the unfortunate fortune that my front glass covering my lights smashed. Can i replace just the glass or do i have to buy the whole of the unit?

I note that there are clips but surprisingly the guy at euro car parts sold me the whole unit??? doesnt seem right to me but i hope the lovely people here can point me in the right direction.

thanks in advance

[simon.james]

you see how new i am to this i actually have a mark 4 tdi

[gt tdi fella]

I have a tdi mark 5 and i had the unfortunate fortune that my front glass covering my lights smashed. Can i replace just the glass or do i have to buy the whole of the unit?

I note that there are clips but surprisingly the guy at euro car parts sold me the whole unit??? doesnt seem right to me but i hope the lovely people here can point me in the right direction.

thanks in advance

if you have a mk4, you will have to replace the headlight, the same thing happened to me on my previous mk4 golf, and i had to replace the whole unit. i think it was about 80 quid from gsf. i got mine fitted by a garage as someone told me the bumper had to be taken of to fit it, dunno how true that it is though.

[Monkey117SE]

Front bumper off is the way to go, there are guides on how to do it online. Same thing happened to me when i had my MK4, just having basic spanner knowledge will get you through it. Sounds major taking the front bumper off i know but it really was quite a pleasantly easy job to do.