nevermind, no one told me you're supposed to slide it upwards afterwards! successfully changed the bulbs.....and they are working again (god bless it wasn't the balast!) HOWEVER!!! I noticed that when the dealer changed the bulbs he put fingerprints in the housing.......but I guess I will have to tint them a shade darker to hide those marks..... >_< ....least now I know how to change em AND I did not have any spare bolts left......score!!!!!
gah!!!! last few bolts for the bumper!!
how did you guys manage to remove the bumper, this is the second time I got stuck replacing the headlamps, last time however I decided to say screw it and went to GM and paid $280 to have them replace the bulbs for HID's (that was just labor) now however I dont have that kind of money to waste so I decided to do it myself and got pretty much it off except the bumper is hanging on the top by the last 4 bolts connecting it to the chassis. (the two on each side of the headlamp on the very top) but i JUST cant reach them, no matter if I go from below, the side, on top I JUST cant reach them.... just like putting a candy bar on a line and having a kid chase after it.....it's unreachable!!!!
I like my Mali but for self service this car is the worst!!!
Now it's getting dark and I dont have enough lighting to do it so the car has got to stay in the car port until tomorrow when I have more light to ATTEMPT at getting it done...... it didn't take me all afternoon......but rather ALL DAY to get not even halfway >_<
I like my Mali but for self service this car is the worst!!!
Now it's getting dark and I dont have enough lighting to do it so the car has got to stay in the car port until tomorrow when I have more light to ATTEMPT at getting it done...... it didn't take me all afternoon......but rather ALL DAY to get not even halfway >_<
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I already had it changed to a full HID upgrade last year, I had to replace one of the bumbs that burned out, turns out it was cracked.... so now its back to her 8000k blueness~~~~
well you dont need to take em apart to reallign them, between the bumber and the headlamp is a tiny space where if you look down you can access the alignment with either a flathead or a hexagon screwdriver.... I haven't realigned them because I didn't need to atm however im thinking of aligning them higher. Nothing needs to be removed to get to that.
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