can someone give me instructions on changing out the headlight light bulbs?

 

forgive me guys, i accomplished this simple task. i found the little tab that was to be held when pulling out the bulb. mods, can you delete this thread?

 

Yeah at first it was a pain, but once you get it down, it's easy. They give you so little room to work with too.

 

for me it was a pain in the ass to change the headlamp bulbs... the passenger side was easy but the driver side was impossible because of the water bottle..
i had to unscrew and totally take off the front bumper, unbolt and loosen the re-enforcement bar.. after all that, then i could take out the while headlamp assembly.. i've done this about 5 times in about a month's time span and i'm just getting the hang of it.

 

shoplifter, you took off the bumper, damn.

 

Dude, why dont you just pull out the coolant reserve bottle? It pulls right out...man, taking off the bumper...whew, lotsa work!

 

yeah lol but i will agree changing them is a pain in the ass at first but im pretty used to it now

 

Pulled off the bumper!? Dude, I had to fight with it a bit myself with the water bottle out, but I never had to go THAT far!! WOW!

 

wait a sec... you have to take out the bumper or water bottle to pull out the headlight?!?!?!?! i pulled mines out without moving any of those 2. but then again, i have a 2.5 (i think its easier for 2.5) i mean it was easy on the driver side, for a 2.5, but i didnt try to take out the passenger side. its probably hard on the pass side...never tried

 

LoL, the water bottle comes out. Taking off the bumper to change a bulb is crazy.

 

i work at a bodyshop and i have some experience taking off different kinds of bumpers... i tried taking out the water bottle but it wouldn't budge...
it may seem like a lot of work, but i'm used to it and its not a problem... it just gives me something to do and a little more experience with tl's. the reason for taking off the bumper to change the light bulb is because i needed a lot of room to look around the headlight assembly.
and in order to take out the headlight assembly, i needed to take off the bumper re-enforcement because it was in the way. there may be a easier way.. but i like my life hard...
i do everything the hard way. whats the point of owning a car if it doesn't cause any frustrations?

 

ShopLifter, if you look at the water bottle you'll see that the whole thing doesn't come out, but just the top portion. Theres a 10mm bolt holding it in. Once you get the bolt you should notice that the top portion of the water bottle is latched onto the fender. Give it a twist and pull up.