kamilclk430

Ok, so the headlight bulb change on the driver side is not a problem at all, 2 min and it is in. Now the other side is . How am I going to get my hand in there??? My hamster wont help, and I can't figure out how to do it without having to rip the headlight assembly out and the front bumper. I did search this, and guys write "it can be done", how is that people? how can it get done? I could not even get the dust cover out of there. PLEASE HELP. Usually people don't reply to threads asking them how to do this but we will see what happens to this one.

gqa

yea that passenger side bulb is a b!tch!!

either get someone with really small hands who knows what it entails or your gonna have to do what i did which is to take the headlight assembly off.

disconnect the bumper from the fender and take all of the screws holding the headlight down, including the one on the side of the assembly in front of the tire well. then you have to work the headlight out.

maybe someone with a better method will chime in. good luck

kamilclk430

Thanks a bunch for the response, at least someone is telling me what they tried to do and how it worked. My girlfriend has really tiny hands but I'm afraid my new HID will be working as a turn signal if I let her do the hooking up. hehehehe. Anyway thanks again.

Kamil

mlandis

I hope she never reads the forums, or she may do this intentionally when you're not looking!

kamilclk430

Didn't think it all the way over did I ?

squireg

LOL. I'm a woman and changed my own bulb. The trick was to do it with a work light so you can see the tight spot. Stand to the side of the car slightly so that you can get a good look at how the hooks fit over the light to hold into place. Take a screw driver and cover it with a few layers of masking tape to make it less harsh. I use that to help push the metal clips that hold the light in place back down.

Hope that helps.

Now the side mirror lights...PLEASE HELPP

kamilclk430

The side mirror lights I have no clue how to change but I decided to pay the stealership $50 to change the low beam. I will do the fog lights myself

mlandis

Funny you mention that, just did that a month ago. You need to remove the outer housing from the mirror mechanism to get to the screws attaching the lights:

1. Pull the mirror glass off the motor. The motor is mounted at the center of the mirror glass with four tabs (one at each corner of the motor). I was able to get to the tops ones pretty easily by just pointing the mirror down.
2. Remove the three screws holding the motor to the mirror housing. The tech docs say to disconnect the electrical connectors from the motor, which makes it a lot easier to remove the housing.
3. Remove the three screws attaching the housing to the mirror arm.
4. Remove the housing itself from the mirror arm. There is a lip at the top of the hinge that catches on the mirror arm. I found that it helped tilting the housing down a little as I pulled it over the arm's top. Removing the housing also disconnects the light from the connector at the bottom of the housing, which adds some resistance to the removal process.
5. Remove the light itself by removing the two screws from the housing and sliding it out.

Hope this helps!

Late

Can anyone tell me exactly how the bulb is supposed to be secured into the housing? I don't know if there is a piece missing in there or something but i can't get it to lock into place. Is there a special way that the circular black plastic piece has to go in?

Late

Ok, so i see now that the piece that locks the bulb into the housing has one of its three prongs broken off. does anyone know what that piece is called so i can order a new one?