Headlight Assembly Replacement Requires Bumper Removal?
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From: Honolulu
'04 E320 Wagon
Headlight Assembly Replacement Requires Bumper Removal?
Hi all,
I need to replace the passenger side headlight housing. It sounds like the front bumper removal is necessary to accomplish the lower headlight bolt removal.
My question is, is it really necessary to completely remove the front bumper or can I just loosen the passenger side? Is there some other shortcut that anyone has found?
I have already read the bumper removal thread on BenzWorld and while not overly complicated, there seems to be lots of steps that would take some time and fiddling.
Any help from those who have already doen this is appreciated.
- Gabbypig
I need to replace the passenger side headlight housing. It sounds like the front bumper removal is necessary to accomplish the lower headlight bolt removal.
My question is, is it really necessary to completely remove the front bumper or can I just loosen the passenger side? Is there some other shortcut that anyone has found?
I have already read the bumper removal thread on BenzWorld and while not overly complicated, there seems to be lots of steps that would take some time and fiddling.
Any help from those who have already doen this is appreciated.
- Gabbypig
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From: hawaii
13 E350 , 12 BMW 328i
when i changed my lights, i turned my wheel to the left, undid teh 2 screws on the bottom bumper in the tirewell area, then the push pins, then pull back the black plastic cover and reach in to undo the bottom bolt.
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From: Chicago, IL
1994 E320 Coupe, 1979 500SLC, 2005 E55 - Sold
How did you pull the headlight out? I got all the bolts out, including the one underneath but cant seem to get the headlight out.. I really dont want to take off the whole bumper! Any other tips?
