I'm going to tackle this tomorrow if I can get motivated. I hate taking bumpers off the first time around. ;)
Good news - you can get to the bulb from the wheel well.
Good news - you can get to the bulb from the wheel well.
1. Jacked each side just high enough before the wheel lifts to get as much room as possible in the well (removing the wheel would make this much easier, I was lazy)
2. Remove the front 5 or six pins holding in the well liner
3. Remove the dust cap from the light.
4. You'll see to wire half loops near the bottom of the lamp that hold the bulb in; these need come out and then up. I found it easiest to loosen the screw at the top (pics to follow)
5. Carefully pull the bulb out and unplug.
6. Insert new bulb and repeat in reverse.
Total time: A little over an hour with discovery and a brief heart failure when I though I nicked new the new bulb wire. ;)
5000k OSRAM!
Can it be done with jacking up the car?Good news - you can get to the bulb from the wheel well.
1. Jacked each side just high enough before the wheel lifts to get as much room as possible in the well (removing the wheel would make this much easier, I was lazy)
2. Remove the front 5 or six pins holding in the well liner
3. Remove the dust cap from the light.
4. You'll see to wire half loops near the bottom of the lamp that hold the bulb in; these need come out and then up. I found it easiest to loosen the screw at the top (pics to follow)
5. Carefully pull the bulb out and unplug.
6. Insert new bulb and repeat in reverse.
Total time: A little over an hour with discovery and a brief heart failure when I though I nicked new the new bulb wire. ;)
5000k OSRAM!
If you think you can get the wheel well liner out and your arm in there without jacking or figure out how to do it from the engine bay, sure. ;)
Thanks so much for this. I tried to do it from under the hood and cut up my hands something terrible! Gonna give it a shot your way in a few days.
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Good news - you can get to the bulb from the wheel well.
1. Jacked each side just high enough before the wheel lifts to get as much room as possible in the well (removing the wheel would make this much easier, I was lazy)
2. Remove the front 5 or six pins holding in the well liner
3. Remove the dust cap from the light.
4. You'll see to wire half loops near the bottom of the lamp that hold the bulb in; these need come out and then up. I found it easiest to loosen the screw at the top.
Bulb in place:
Bube removed. You can see the two wire loops/ on either side at the bottom
5. Carefully pull the bulb out and unplug.
6. Insert new bulb and repeat in reverse.
Total time: A little over an hour with discovery and a brief heart failure when I though I nicked new the new bulb wire. ;)
5000k OSRAM!
I'll get a vid, but it's going to be hard to see a difference w/out another car for a side by side comparison.
I'm actually interested in seeing the Projector Lens cut off and the color change @ the cut off.
I did the install back in February, stock bulb on passenger side, 6000k on the driver side. $10 eBay switchbacks.
