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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 03:33 PM
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man do these things suck to change outboard side you can't even see the 3 bolts, the "good Dr." had all the parts I needed should have the drivers side done today.. I dread doing the passenger side! this will clear up the shakey headlight! bushog
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might be easier to drop the wole headlght assy, 2 bolts in back, 2 in front...
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I saw a kit at the Fall Corvette Expo in Knoxville that had all of the bushings and bearings, new springs, all new pins etc... to rebuild the headlights buckets for $115. I thought about buying it but was not really ready to open that can of worms yet. If I see it next spring, I may just buy it and put it on the shelf for later on sometime.

Keep plugging at it and it should pay off when you get it all done.
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Bairs has a complete headlight rebuild kit for under $90. I used it on a coule of cars and it has all you need. You do need to remove the buckets-PITA job
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427V8 and Gary are correct...drop 'em!
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left side is done!!! now on to the right side, I will also need 1 relay valve, door was slow to come up swapped with the right side and the problem followed where should I get the valve from... heard the repro. valves are not very good?? thanks bushog
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Another thing I have heard of some doing is just using the one relay to drive both headlights. Just use a few T's and it should work. I have thought about doing this myself but never did try it.
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Another thing I have heard of some doing is just using the one relay to drive both headlights. Just use a few T's and it should work. I have thought about doing this myself but never did try it.
It does work. This is how mine is now functioning.
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