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09-29-2005, 09:53 AM

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How to remove headlights

I know its probably really easy to do.. But I want to me extra careful with something so fragile....
Is there a write up on how to remove the headlights??? Because I can't find one in the stickies that explains how to REMOVE them.
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Mike

09-29-2005, 10:31 AM

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It's pretty easy. I don't remember exactly, but I know it's a lot easier to take the light out with the whole housing.

09-29-2005, 10:41 AM

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take off your clearance lights there are 2 screws in there and pop ur hood. Right near the end of your headlight by ur grill there is 2 screws there. unscrew all 4 on both sets of headlights and unplug ur headlight bulb and their off.

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10 min job

09-29-2005, 12:40 PM

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2 nuts on the backside of the light and 2 screws/bolts on the side (take off the corner light).

09-29-2005, 08:22 PM

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You gotta take your grille off first too (just pops off). Unfortunately I undid the big long screws in that picture too! There is a nub that requires you to tug a bit to get the lights out after you undo the screws. I wasn't able to get mine back in afterwards though...couldn't get that nub to pop back into place.

09-29-2005, 08:41 PM

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sweeeet
Thanks guys!!

09-30-2005, 01:46 AM

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i was wondering about this too, but i saw almost those exact pics last night when i was flipping through my haynes manual looking for something else

09-30-2005, 08:47 AM

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Be careful when removing the corners, after unscrewing they are held in with a with a snap fastner. They can crack if you pull to hard.

09-30-2005, 09:01 AM

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Yeah, I knew how to pull those out... I just wanted to make sure about the headlights before I did it..
Thanks guys!

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was looking for this for the longest on google and never found anything...looked on here and found it in 5 seconds..great post

03-01-2012, 12:34 PM

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At least he searched

03-01-2012, 12:42 PM

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lol

03-01-2012, 02:38 PM

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there should just be a ring that you rotate off to get the bulbs. To take the headlights out, there are adjustment screws and 10mm bolts that need to come out.

03-01-2012, 03:47 PM

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there should just be a ring that you rotate off to get the bulbs. To take the headlights out, there are adjustment screws and 10mm bolts that need to come out.

you dont remove the adjustment screws

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At least he searched

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