Does the front bumper have to come off to replace the headlight assembly??

Thanks guys.

 

yes if u look through the diy there is a thread on how to black out the housings that should help u out. what are ur plan when u take them out???

 

I have to replace one because it is damaged....that sucks I was hoping it would be easy!!

 

the instructions that are posted are pretty straight forward u might wanna have and extra hand to help u get the bumper back on tho cuz its a bitch to do by urself. what kind of damage do u have to it???

 

long story but I got into an accident and the body shop replaced one head light (brand new one) but now they dont match cuz i have one brand new headlight and the original headlight from 97 and honestly i dont like the way it looks. So im looking into replacing the other headlight myself.

 

headlights aint cheap check on ebay for one cuz the stealership charges like $250 for one side depending on how bad it is u could possibly wetsand the shit out of it to try and remove some of the oxidation but if that doesnt work than i guess u will have to replace it

 

Yah ive seen them on ebay for around 150....thts fine.

I wish the body shop told me....cuz i woulda told them to just buy 2 instead of 1..o well.

 

thats a reasonable price for those lights whats the shipping on them??? i had the same thing happen to me i got in an accident couple years ago and one of the headlights got replaced and the other one looked like shit so the next time i got into an accident i broke the other one so the person would have to pay for both to get replaced. i was going to replace it myself till i found out the price 4 a brand new one

 

those are depo lights, when i got one of mine replaced, the body shop gave me a depo light instead of an oem one..........

 

it looks pretty good to me regardless. Whos gonna tell the difference!

 

I just installed two new Depo assemblies (and I posted pictures of the bumper removal process in the DIY thread), and they look just fine when compared to the OEM assemblies.

 

are these the DEPO you guys are talking about?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ACURA...spagenameZWDVW

 

yep

 

They sell them in sets too for about $250

 

actually replacing them isnt that hard. i blacked my out not too long ago. amazingly the bumper is only held in by four big bolts and a couple screws in the wheel well. hell my 92 accord had 8 bolts. they are behind the blinkers. but once thats off the headlights are a breeze..

 

I'm in the same boat as you. The previous owner was in an accident and only replaced one light, so I either gotta wetsand mine or buy a new one.

 

imo i would try the wetsand part first to see how good u can get them clean. if that doesnt work than get a new one

 

My legend coupe its only two bolts. Usually thou u need to remove the. BUmper lights. That's enough to pull the bumper back to remove the lights

 

We have to remove the bumper