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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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My car is getting ready to get painted and I want to remove the head light assemblies is there a spot on the internet with diagram' s on how to do this. Thanks
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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Just did my 76. there are 4 screws per HL. 2 in the front; 1 on each side at the back.
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I have a good picture at this link. It should show you exactly what you need to know. http://willcoxcorvette.com/advanced_...keywords=bezel

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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 03:21 PM
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Default Head light bezels

Wrote the wrong thing, thanks for the reply and glad I looked at the picture. I want to take out the whole head light assemble. I see the bolts in the front but am a little confused on the back. Do you remove the 3 bolts holding the brackets or do you loosen the allen set screws and slide them out of the holding assemblies.

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Why go to all that trouble? Just remove the bezels (and paint them separately but at the same time) and mask off the rest of the headlight assemblies and the body gaps from underneath. That way, the top panel on the headlamps will get painted at the same time as the rest of the car AND you don't have the grief of lining-up the headlamp mechanisms again.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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Here you go. . .

Number 8 bolts at the front and rear are what you are looking for:

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