Installing a Headlight Bulb
by Glenn Chittenden Jr. on Jan.05, 2008, under General
Well, this morning I bought a new bulb for my headlight and installed it. What a pain in the ass that was. It took me 9 minutes just to get the guard off; I broke one pin and lost another in the process.
After talking the guard off, you have to perform this push/pull method on two clips that hold the headlight assembly in place. One was fairly easy, but the other took a few minutes (and a few cuts on my hands).
Finally I was able to access the bulb. However, getting the old bulb to release wasn’t so easy. When inserting the new bulb a plastic piece broke off from somewhere, but the light works so I’m not going to worry about it.
Getting the light assembly back into place took a little time as well. One of the retaining clips, the one that was easy to remove, went back on with no problems. The other one was being a pain, but I finally get it on. Thankfully the guard was easy to put back on.
Overall it took me 23 minutes to replace the bulb. At least now I know how to do it on this car so should I ever have to do it again I don’t think it will take more than a few minutes.
-Glenn
