I bought a new pair of high beam headlights, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to replace them! The passenger side is easy, and I can see the clip holding the bulb into place, but the clip doesn't want to budge! Pulled on it for a good ten minutes, and nothing! And the driver side, I can't even figure out how to take that out! The owners manual says to remove the radiator reserve tank, but I don't even see how its possible to do that! I can see the blue clip holding the headlight into place, but my hand can't fit in there, nor could I even get the bulb out or a new one in! I thought this would take like 5 minutes to do! I feel stupid! Help!

 

I havent done it in quite some time but the bulbs just twist out. Unclip the connector from the bulb, The radiator res just pulls up and you can move it out of the way to access the drivers side.

 

The blue bulb connector on both sides are basically stuck it seems like. I just spend half an hour trying to get them to come even remotely loose. They just are not budging! I did however gather up enough courage and take the radiator reserve tank out! Any advice on the blue bulb connectors? Spray a little WD40?

 

hold down that clip.. where you would hold down to pull of

i then use a flat head to push the clip off

 

Still not moving...

 

There should be 3 screws there sort of holding the bulb in. I couldn't really twist mine off so I took off the 3 screws and it made it so much easier. You can twist and pull it out easier and then just press the clip and pull the bulb out.

And the radiator reverse tank you just pull it straight up. It is kind of hard in the beginning because it might be kind of stuck since its been in there so long. It will be easier if you have some gloves with grip and hold on to the side and pull straight up. I remember I had to move some wires out of the way to make it easier to remove.

 

These are the damn connectors that will not move!


I don't even own a screwdriver small enough to get at those screws! This is the worst light bulb change ever! I even tried to pry the blue connector with a flathead to see if I could help it budge even a slightest bit, and nothing! Not even a fraction of a centimeter. The clip you push down on, does move, and I can feel it like it unhooks from something, but doesn't move from there! Out of ideas! Just got to a body shop and see what they have/can do?

 

Ohh yeah the screwdriver. I had to use a tiny screwdriver that I bought at Advance Auto Parts to fit there. Just go to a parts store and get a small screwdriver with changeable heads. The blue clip does come off but it is probably a little stuck since its been on there for so long. If you have the bulb off it will be a lot easier. If you can't even take that out, imagine the trouble you are going to go through taking your coolant resv. out. Just bring it to a local shop I guess. They can't charge you that much for just changing out a bulb. Or even better try to find a local azine member who is nice enough to help you out.