Replacing headlights
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Replacing headlights
I am replacing my headlight 08 Z06( already in my possession), but no idea how much I should be willing to pay a shop and how long should it take. Any thoughts are welcomed, but I am not going to do it myself ( lol ). Thanks
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Going to vary by where you go(body or performance shop) but i would expect to pay 3-4 hours in labor. We just did some 2 weeks ago and ended up in that range on the bill. GM did not make them easy to swap out quick.
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That's fairly surprising. I replaced both of mine several months back and wrapped it up in about an hour and a half.
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Depends on what lights. The last ones we did were not oem and required some rewiring and we also swapped/rewired tailights in that charge. Just took a look back at our billing. I should have mentioned that in first post.
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the attachment has information on how to remove and replace your headlights without removing the front fascia.
total time to complete should be about 2 hours.
total time to complete should be about 2 hours.
Last edited by rkj427; Dec 15, 2018 at 09:54 AM.
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If you're close to Southern New Jersey I will do them for you...no charge. It's an easy job. Changing lenses is a different story..
Last edited by HT1663WB; Dec 15, 2018 at 09:56 AM.
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Thanks, but I am in South Florida. That’s a great and simplified write up. Never really thought about talking with my performance shop ( PAVLOCK MOTORSPORTS). They take really good care of my car.
Last edited by dreskiluv; Dec 16, 2018 at 09:06 PM. Reason: omitted info.
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Having just done them myself (non-OEM but they install exactly like OEM) I would think any competent shop should be able to do it in two hours. It took my about an hour for the first one and about 30 minutes for the second (had to find tools and we taking it very easy during the first one since I had never taken that part of the car apart before). Good luck!
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rkj427, That's a very nice pictorial of how to remove the headlights, very helpful