Re: Bumper Removal, Headlight Removal, and HID Kit Installation
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 3:41 am
So thanks to this beautiful visual tutorial, I finally tackled changing the driver's side low beam. And while I was there, I changed both low beams to PIAAs and installed PIAA ion foglight bulbs. The foglights are actually easily accessible from underneath if you remove the plastic panel closest to the front of the car. I went ahead and did this because at first I didn't remove all of the screw-washer ones (because I didn't read and just looked at the pictures ) so it was easier to see what it was catching on.
Next trouble point was the clips, which luckily I figured out without reading what was posted previously about them being two piece. I've seen these before so I used a 14mm wrench to keep the base down and slowly wedged a screwdriver underneath and the head popped up very easily. I didn't break any clips at all.
I removed the driver's side headlight harness plug by simply squeezing with all my might. I got it off, but the sheet amount of force I was applying had blood shooting out from under my fingernail after I was done. Ouch.
Final toughy was the disconnecting the foglight harness from the light assembly. It simply would NOT slide out of its holder. After several attempts, I simply took a screwdriver to the back of the holder and carefully pushed back on the two tabs holding it in until it came out--still attached to the harness connector. Even after looking at that holder, I still couldn't figure out how it was going to slide out of there.
I did cheat a bit as I left the passenger side assembly in after I couldn't remove the plastic cover over the light even after popping out all 4 fasteners. This is a side I can access the low beam, so I went ahead and just did it the old school way.
I'm pretty happy with the results. I'll be driving in a bit, so I'll have some more feedback in a while.
BIG thanks to KuroNekko for this stellar writeup. I'm sure the number of people that have been helped by it is a lot, myself included.
Next trouble point was the clips, which luckily I figured out without reading what was posted previously about them being two piece. I've seen these before so I used a 14mm wrench to keep the base down and slowly wedged a screwdriver underneath and the head popped up very easily. I didn't break any clips at all.
I removed the driver's side headlight harness plug by simply squeezing with all my might. I got it off, but the sheet amount of force I was applying had blood shooting out from under my fingernail after I was done. Ouch.
Final toughy was the disconnecting the foglight harness from the light assembly. It simply would NOT slide out of its holder. After several attempts, I simply took a screwdriver to the back of the holder and carefully pushed back on the two tabs holding it in until it came out--still attached to the harness connector. Even after looking at that holder, I still couldn't figure out how it was going to slide out of there.
I did cheat a bit as I left the passenger side assembly in after I couldn't remove the plastic cover over the light even after popping out all 4 fasteners. This is a side I can access the low beam, so I went ahead and just did it the old school way.
I'm pretty happy with the results. I'll be driving in a bit, so I'll have some more feedback in a while.
BIG thanks to KuroNekko for this stellar writeup. I'm sure the number of people that have been helped by it is a lot, myself included.