Originally Posted by c6miller

Do you need to remove the bumper cover to replace the module.

Originally Posted by C5Kev

Well, you will need a floor jack (low profile) at least as the majority of screws are under / along the perimeter of the front end. Ramps? Yeah, they're nice, but somewhere around $400+ for the 2-pc "Race Ramps". To me, that is insanity - aka gouging. I made up some small ramp things - two "tiers" of 2 x 12's just to lift the car a tad and used a standard floor jack with a 3" x 3" piece of wood - as one of my "permanent" hockey pucks fell out & is gone forever.

There's a bunch of 7mm hex head screws along the front and 4-5 10mm bolts to take out back toward the oil pan. Can't remember the size, but there's 3 Torx head screws to take out in each of the front fender wells and one of those "pull up the center part and remove the fastener" things - whatever they're called.. Then open the hood - see those 2 small black pieces that run along the fenders that butt-up against the front end? Just give those a tug and they pop off. There's a couple of screws and a couple of those "pull up the center part and remove the fastener" things along the front edge of the hood. Now remove the sidelights. There's a thing - I think they're red - you pull back to unlock the connector to the sidelight. There's also 2, maybe three tabs that you just squeeze and the sidelight will come off. Now place an old blanket down to lay the bumper cover on.

At the very front of the fender is a metal "tab bracket" that has 2 tab-like things that fit into holes on the bumper cover, so you want to kinda pull up on the bumper cover up (from the fender wells) and try to get your hands inside, near the bottom of the headlight to pop those loose. Those are the only things holding the cover to the car - after all the screws are removed. I removed those brackets as it looked like it would interfere with getting the headlight assy. out - two 7mm screws. There is some adjustability to that bracket, so when putting it back on, just look at it straight on and put it's top in line with the bottom of the fender.

There's three screws (7mm?) that hold that headlight in place. Remove those and "Jimmy" the headlight out. On the back of the headlight assy. is a large grey-ish round thing - behind which is the lamp. Make sure to wear gloves when messing with the lamp - oils from your hands can trash it. I forget which way to turn it, but it should come off easily giving access to the headlamp - and you can see it it's seated correctly of not. You can also see a little triangular tab-thing that you squeeze to release the connector to the bulb should you need to do so. Also take note of the 2 x 2-1/2" (?) metal "block" that's screwed to the headlight housing. That's the ballast - which may need to be replaced at some time, so just a head's up. After all that's done, put it back together.

Note that there's a cone shape part at the back of the headlight assy. that needs to fit into a hole - toward the fender. "Jimmy" the headlight back in place an perhaps push up on the bottom of the headlight to fit that cone into it's hole (That sounded weird). Replace the three screws that held the headlight assy. and screw on the "tab bracket" thing I mentioned above. Line up your bumper cover - the "tab brackets" with the bumper cover holes and push down. It'll snap into place. Snap your sidelights back in place and reconnect the electrical fitting and push the "red" thing down. Lastly, replace all those damn screws, etc., and finally, the 2 black covers that are located under the hood.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by carllangford

I sent in a couple photos ahead of time and they already agree something is amiss and will peel the nose off again and get it right. I dropped it off tonight to get worked on early tomorrow........
Let's see if they get it right this time.

Originally Posted by Maxpowers

Carl - did they say what the problem was?

Originally Posted by Maxpowers

Glad you got it fixed.

But WOW, if i owned that dealership i would be pissed. A tech litearlly couldnt screw in a light bulb and they had to take the bumper off a second time.