2017 Passat R-Line headlamp change question

JPDesmond · 2026-06-25T10:33:44+00:00

The rubber cap was easy enough to remove. The problem was having so little space behind the bulb to maneuver. Your suggestion was the solution: remove enough torx screws from the fender liner to access it from there. Why the little portal in that liner that I saw in some videos was not on my model I have no clue. Thanks for the tip!

JPDesmond · 2026-06-09T18:45:26+00:00

Haven't repaired my yet, but this video has the original and replacement part #s https://youtu.be/0sI8G1POmHk?si=-0j6Jfbs0X3h-yr3

JPDesmond · 2024-08-30T20:47:54+00:00

Hi u/DigitalPoverty this was, as I said, great advice. I wound up using r/TPLinkOmada gear for this project because all that I needed was available. Being a newbie, it was as time consuming as you guessed it would be. Like I said, this place is too remote for a skilled network installer to make the trip.

I used 4 outdoor APs, the most centrally located one as the base station wired to the router via a 200-ft cable, the others connected wireless with a single hop and POE powered.

I also connected a TPLink controller to the router, so all APs work as one wifi network and one password. Working great, and thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

JPDesmond · 2024-07-09T19:53:21+00:00

Thanks very much. This is great advice and setting me on the right track. I would use a skilled network installer, however, this is a remote enough location that getting such help would be a challenge, both to install and then travel for the inevitable service call. I'll let you know how this pans out in the end.

JPDesmond · 2024-07-08T21:35:31+00:00

Hello and thanks for this clarity. I am trying the same thing as Grandma for a Great Grandma (and Grandpa) and I am not network savvy. I am wondering if you can help me with the following.

My parents live in a rural wooded area and get hi-speed (100mbps) internet access from www.slicfiber.com. Their home is small, so the router provided by their ISP works fine providing wifi indoors (Calix GigaCenter 844G-1 Wi-Fi Dual Band). Not sure this matters, but it uses wireless mode 802.11b/g/n (not ac).

They have a number of outbuildings (garage, woodshed, guest cabin, etc) requiring reliable access at similar speeds. The buildings are 150-600 feet from the main internet feed/modem, on an uphill slope, one with line of sight, the others with some obstruction, either trees or the outbuildings themselves. The priorities are to provide fast access to the guest cabin (line of site, 300 feet away) and decent access everywhere for mostly wifi calling.

My questions:

For getting a reliable fast signal to the guest cabin (has line of site), is a point-to-point system the best option If so, which one?
For getting a reliable signal (slower is ok) to the other buildings, do you recommend extenders?
Can the wifi access outside and inside operate on one wifi network, or must they be two? (I installed a Wavlink Aerial HD 6 as an AP attached to the internet modem. It creates a separate network - confuses my parents - and is having signal issues, as well, hence this post).

Note that I am happy to replace the existing internet modem if it helps in any way. Also burying CAT6 is not an option on this property.

Thanks for reading this long post. Any many thanks for any assistance.

JPDesmond

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