Headlight won't budge
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Headlight won't budge
Hey, Today I got around to trying to take my front bumper off but I cannot get the headlight out. I've removed the nut on top and the 2 behind the fender liner but it just won't move. I've wiggled it around but i'm afraid that I might break something. Anyone here know the exact motion to put into the headlight to force it out? like, Pull, Move left, pull or move left, pull and move up?
Mine was in there pretty tight. The bolts tend to be pinched into their holes, so it takes some twisting and tugging. Although, mine was pretty obvious how to get it free -- putting it back in took more wiggling -- so yours might have something else holding it up. Maybe one of the bolts is rusted into place or something? Or, if it's like the previous owner of my car, someone might have glued it into place...
It's just the three bolts.
If they havent been removed recently they can get kind of stuck in there. I wouldn't worry about breaking them though as the bolts are all pretty strong, It's a direct horizontal push from the rear, just keep pushing and it will eventually slide out. I remember mine were pretty hard to get out the first time but just keep going at it, there's nothing really to break so long as you don't put a bunch of pressure on the front of the headlight with a hard object, but that's kind of obvious. Once it slides out though make sure you've got a towel on the front bumper so it doesnt scratch your paint if it settles on the bumper.
If they havent been removed recently they can get kind of stuck in there. I wouldn't worry about breaking them though as the bolts are all pretty strong, It's a direct horizontal push from the rear, just keep pushing and it will eventually slide out. I remember mine were pretty hard to get out the first time but just keep going at it, there's nothing really to break so long as you don't put a bunch of pressure on the front of the headlight with a hard object, but that's kind of obvious. Once it slides out though make sure you've got a towel on the front bumper so it doesnt scratch your paint if it settles on the bumper.
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Nah, the manual only shows the 3 nuts holding the headlight in. The high beam doesn't need to be removed to take out the headlight. Right now it's only moving out about 1/4th of the way there and getting stuck on something.
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It's just the three bolts.
If they havent been removed recently they can get kind of stuck in there. I wouldn't worry about breaking them though as the bolts are all pretty strong, It's a direct horizontal push from the rear, just keep pushing and it will eventually slide out. I remember mine were pretty hard to get out the first time but just keep going at it, there's nothing really to break so long as you don't put a bunch of pressure on the front of the headlight with a hard object, but that's kind of obvious. Once it slides out though make sure you've got a towel on the front bumper so it doesnt scratch your paint if it settles on the bumper.
If they havent been removed recently they can get kind of stuck in there. I wouldn't worry about breaking them though as the bolts are all pretty strong, It's a direct horizontal push from the rear, just keep pushing and it will eventually slide out. I remember mine were pretty hard to get out the first time but just keep going at it, there's nothing really to break so long as you don't put a bunch of pressure on the front of the headlight with a hard object, but that's kind of obvious. Once it slides out though make sure you've got a towel on the front bumper so it doesnt scratch your paint if it settles on the bumper.
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