they are just trying to make your bulbs more waterproof, but in the process, they make you use twelve tools to replace it ...but it never gets a short because of water.
Speaking as someone with 4 Audis in the family, and a lot of experience working on them, the bulb replacement difficulty really only exists on the HID headlamps anyways, which if you treat well should never actually burn out. The projectors for the standard halogens are in the engine a bit tight, but the whole assembly does not need to be removed.
they are just trying to make your bulbs more waterproof, but in the process, they make you use twelve tools to replace it ...but it never gets a short because of water.