headlight removal
Race Director
Joined: May 2005
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From: West Norriton PA
St. Jude Donor '08
Just disconnect battery and then start disconnecting the wire harnesses. Becareful not to break any of the connectors as the plastic is cold and brittle.
You will need to remove front fender wells to access the three nuts for the brace that holds the assembly in place.
You will need to remove front fender wells to access the three nuts for the brace that holds the assembly in place.
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 230
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From: Henrico VA
Headlamp Assm.
I suggest the following:
Put the front of the car up on ramps (rhino ramps work w/ a couple of 2 x 4’s placed at the leading edge).
Remove the HDLP Maxi Circuit breaker #54 located under the passenger side foot board.
Disconnect the headlamp wiring harness for the appropriate headlamp.
Raise the headlamp manually.
Remove the headlamp bezel and headlamp cover. (Lower the headlamp assm. slightly to remove the two rear screws from the cover)
This is were the ramps come in. Remove the front bumper close out panel on the effected side. This panel is directly under the headlamp. There are five 5/32 screws – easy to do. Don’t worry about the brake duct you can work around it.
Have a helper support the headlamp assm. Remove the two (2) bolts mounting the headlamp bracket to the frame. Then remove the three (3) nuts mounting the headlamp bracket the stud plate. Removing the three mounting nuts was easiest from underneath the car, and the two frame bolts can be done for up top.
Carefully lift the assm out of the vehicle; they have to clear the (3) studs extending from the headlamp stud plate. These studs also maintain headlamp alignment so realignment is not necessary after you reinstall the headlamp unit.
That's it. Good Luck
Put the front of the car up on ramps (rhino ramps work w/ a couple of 2 x 4’s placed at the leading edge).
Remove the HDLP Maxi Circuit breaker #54 located under the passenger side foot board.
Disconnect the headlamp wiring harness for the appropriate headlamp.
Raise the headlamp manually.
Remove the headlamp bezel and headlamp cover. (Lower the headlamp assm. slightly to remove the two rear screws from the cover)
This is were the ramps come in. Remove the front bumper close out panel on the effected side. This panel is directly under the headlamp. There are five 5/32 screws – easy to do. Don’t worry about the brake duct you can work around it.
Have a helper support the headlamp assm. Remove the two (2) bolts mounting the headlamp bracket to the frame. Then remove the three (3) nuts mounting the headlamp bracket the stud plate. Removing the three mounting nuts was easiest from underneath the car, and the two frame bolts can be done for up top.
Carefully lift the assm out of the vehicle; they have to clear the (3) studs extending from the headlamp stud plate. These studs also maintain headlamp alignment so realignment is not necessary after you reinstall the headlamp unit.
That's it. Good Luck
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 24,652
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From: NJ
St. Jude Donor '05-'08
I suggest the following:
Put the front of the car up on ramps (rhino ramps work w/ a couple of 2 x 4’s placed at the leading edge).
Remove the HDLP Maxi Circuit breaker #54 located under the passenger side foot board.
Disconnect the headlamp wiring harness for the appropriate headlamp.
Raise the headlamp manually.
Remove the headlamp bezel and headlamp cover. (Lower the headlamp assm. slightly to remove the two rear screws from the cover)
This is were the ramps come in. Remove the front bumper close out panel on the effected side. This panel is directly under the headlamp. There are five 5/32 screws – easy to do. Don’t worry about the brake duct you can work around it.
Have a helper support the headlamp assm. Remove the two (2) bolts mounting the headlamp bracket to the frame. Then remove the three (3) nuts mounting the headlamp bracket the stud plate. Removing the three mounting nuts was easiest from underneath the car, and the two frame bolts can be done for up top.
Carefully lift the assm out of the vehicle; they have to clear the (3) studs extending from the headlamp stud plate. These studs also maintain headlamp alignment so realignment is not necessary after you reinstall the headlamp unit.
That's it. Good Luck
Put the front of the car up on ramps (rhino ramps work w/ a couple of 2 x 4’s placed at the leading edge).
Remove the HDLP Maxi Circuit breaker #54 located under the passenger side foot board.
Disconnect the headlamp wiring harness for the appropriate headlamp.
Raise the headlamp manually.
Remove the headlamp bezel and headlamp cover. (Lower the headlamp assm. slightly to remove the two rear screws from the cover)
This is were the ramps come in. Remove the front bumper close out panel on the effected side. This panel is directly under the headlamp. There are five 5/32 screws – easy to do. Don’t worry about the brake duct you can work around it.
Have a helper support the headlamp assm. Remove the two (2) bolts mounting the headlamp bracket to the frame. Then remove the three (3) nuts mounting the headlamp bracket the stud plate. Removing the three mounting nuts was easiest from underneath the car, and the two frame bolts can be done for up top.
Carefully lift the assm out of the vehicle; they have to clear the (3) studs extending from the headlamp stud plate. These studs also maintain headlamp alignment so realignment is not necessary after you reinstall the headlamp unit.
That's it. Good Luck
thats alot of work. You could easily remove the top cover and the black shroud. this will expose 2 nuts in the back of the hinge that are connected by T#15 screws. Take those 2 bolts off and then the headlight is not connected to the headlight assembly in the back. You now have access to the 3 bolts that hold the headlight. One is easy to get to the other 2 I would use a close end socket.Here are a few pictures.
there are some more pics for HIDs on the ECSRacing website
http://www.ecsracing.com/ecsracing/showthread.php?t=130
