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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 09:32 PM
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Help, W203 Headlight housing installation!!!
Hi Guys,
I am new here in mbworld, I bought a new headlight housing for my 2003 c class.
Questions for those who had changed the housing by himself:
I took off all 3 bolts but then it seems to be stucked. I can't take the housing out. any ideas which bolts should I unscrew?
thanks for all the help.

PS> pictures if possible
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 12:17 AM
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I had , it involve more than just the bolt that u can see, u have to remove the front bumper beforehand. Do a search, it's been discussed numerous times.
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 04:14 AM
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Front bumper? that's hella lot of work
thanks tho...
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Not that hard, only 20 minutes once you know to remove the inner fender panel first to see the bolts.
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And i found that the facelifted C class bumper is much easier to remove, improvement on the design i reckon.
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any link to how to remove the front bumper?
i founded one but without pictures which is hard for me to know which bolt is which.
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