How to remove headlights?
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How to remove headlights?
Can someone please give me a step by step guide as to how to remove the headlights? I know that you have to remove the front bumper so I need instructions as to how to remove the front bumper as well... thanks.
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I forgot to mention that I have underbody neons installed... will they be affected when I remove the bumper or am I just removing the cover of the front bumper? PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!
You will only be removing the bumper cover piece.
Pop the hood and remove the grille by getting out the self-tapping screws. You will see a long black plastic piece running across the width of the car on top of the headlights. This is connected to the grille, so you will have to get this out, too.
If you look in the front wheel wells, you will notice that there's one bolt on each side, bolted in upside down. It's right where the front bumper meets the quarter panel.
Take those two bolts out, and separate the lower splash guard on the bottom of the car from the bumper. It's held in by self-tapping screws. Easy to remove. After that, it's only held in by clips. Use strong, short pulls to get it out. You will be able to pull it out without much trouble.
Now you should be able to remove the headlights. Honestly, I haven't done it yet, so this is where my knowledge runs out. But it should only be held in by screws/bolts, so just look around in there and you should find them.
Good luck.
Pop the hood and remove the grille by getting out the self-tapping screws. You will see a long black plastic piece running across the width of the car on top of the headlights. This is connected to the grille, so you will have to get this out, too.
If you look in the front wheel wells, you will notice that there's one bolt on each side, bolted in upside down. It's right where the front bumper meets the quarter panel.
Take those two bolts out, and separate the lower splash guard on the bottom of the car from the bumper. It's held in by self-tapping screws. Easy to remove. After that, it's only held in by clips. Use strong, short pulls to get it out. You will be able to pull it out without much trouble.
Now you should be able to remove the headlights. Honestly, I haven't done it yet, so this is where my knowledge runs out. But it should only be held in by screws/bolts, so just look around in there and you should find them.
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
You will only be removing the bumper cover piece.
Pop the hood and remove the grille by getting out the self-tapping screws. You will see a long black plastic piece running across the width of the car on top of the headlights. This is connected to the grille, so you will have to get this out, too.
If you look in the front wheel wells, you will notice that there's one bolt on each side, bolted in upside down. It's right where the front bumper meets the quarter panel.
Take those two bolts out, and separate the lower splash guard on the bottom of the car from the bumper. It's held in by self-tapping screws. Easy to remove. After that, it's only held in by clips. Use strong, short pulls to get it out. You will be able to pull it out without much trouble.
Now you should be able to remove the headlights. Honestly, I haven't done it yet, so this is where my knowledge runs out. But it should only be held in by screws/bolts, so just look around in there and you should find them.
Good luck.
Pop the hood and remove the grille by getting out the self-tapping screws. You will see a long black plastic piece running across the width of the car on top of the headlights. This is connected to the grille, so you will have to get this out, too.
If you look in the front wheel wells, you will notice that there's one bolt on each side, bolted in upside down. It's right where the front bumper meets the quarter panel.
Take those two bolts out, and separate the lower splash guard on the bottom of the car from the bumper. It's held in by self-tapping screws. Easy to remove. After that, it's only held in by clips. Use strong, short pulls to get it out. You will be able to pull it out without much trouble.
Now you should be able to remove the headlights. Honestly, I haven't done it yet, so this is where my knowledge runs out. But it should only be held in by screws/bolts, so just look around in there and you should find them.
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by thsiao
So the entire bumper cover piece is off? Do you think this will affect my neons? Damn... does not sound so easy as people have claimed.
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Originally Posted by `ill*tl
Depends on where your neon is mounted. Is yours "on" your front lip or is it mounted more towards your front wheels?
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Originally Posted by thsiao
I have the OEM body kit, so if you look underneath the car from the front, you will notice that there is a plastic cover covering the bottom of the car so you won't be able to see anything above, my neons are there. They guy who installed it cut a rectangular hole on this plastic cover so the light would go down to the street.
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Originally Posted by thsiao
I forgot to mention that I have underbody neons installed... will they be affected when I remove the bumper or am I just removing the cover of the front bumper? PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!
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