I need to know how to replace a headlight on my 1990 Maxima SE. There are clamps on the top and bottom but i undid them and the light cover wont budge. Any help would be nice.

 

do you need to replace the entire headlight, or just the bulb?

If you just need the bulb, then there's a ring on the back of the light assembly that holds it in. unplug the wires, give the ring a twist and pull the bulb out.


If you need to replace the entire thing, there's 4 screws on each corner of the assembly. remove your corner lamp and grille, then you'll see 2 screws on the outside where the corner light used to be. the other two are on the inside corner, on the inside of the engine bay- between the light and radiator. the right side light is pretty easy to get to, but the on left side the bolts are hidden behind the wiring harness.

 

So i dont need to take the glass cover off?

 

not if your just replacing the bulb. Like Matt said unplug the wiring harness twist the grey (mine was grey yours may be a different color) ring that holds the bulb in then pull the old bulb straight out. put the nrw one in in reverse order.