Replacing head light housing

fyassine

Founding Member

Jun 4, 2000

331

0

17

Austin, TX , US

Feb 28, 2004

#1

• Feb 28, 2004

• #1

I am having a real pain trying to replace the entire head lamp housing. I recently purchased a set of cobra headlamp and clear corners but can't seem to find out which bolts to remove to get the head lamp out. Getting the side marker off was easy as it was only one bolt. Pics would rock. Thanks

Pic
http://www.villagephotos.com/viewpubimage.asp?id_=8108733&selected=799443

 

fyassine

Founding Member

Jun 4, 2000

331

0

17

Austin, TX , US

Feb 28, 2004

#2

• Feb 28, 2004

• #2

bump

 

fyassine

Founding Member

Jun 4, 2000

331

0

17

Austin, TX , US

Feb 28, 2004

#3

• Feb 28, 2004

• #3

Am I crazy or something. By searching around and such I find no other articles like this. More than likely it is something simple that is blown out of porportion. Please throw me a bone...

 

SN95StangMan

New Member

Jul 5, 2003

1,292

0

0

Lynwood, CA

Feb 28, 2004

#4

• Feb 28, 2004

• #4

There are three plastic retainers that hold the headlamps in. The top one has a metal clip that you can just pull straight up with some pliers. The other two are a little more tricky. They have two tabs on the sides. Youre supposed to push them in and pull the headlamp out at the same time. Some long needle nose pliers will help, but it will still be a PITA. If you dont plan on doing anything with the old headlamps, you might just want to tear one of the tabs off of the retainer to make it easier.

 

GTPhreak

Founding Member

Mar 16, 2000

5,505

0

77

Rowlett, TEXAS

Feb 28, 2004

#5

• Feb 28, 2004

• #5

use a 12mm open end wrench to compress the tabs and pull them out