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If you guys are practiced welders, or want to pay someone obscene money to have a weld done, then your repair will turn out better than mine, but...
After everything dries, install assemblies in reverse order. Here is the finished product... Open and close as they should, and the light color...
I would get these re-sprayed but the paint on the car wouldn't match at all, so I'm just going to hit the sanded area with primer and probably...
Replaced these bulbs with some 6000k bulbs and reinstalled everything in reverse order. [ATTACH]
Scraped out all the epoxy holding in my old HID bulbs. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I scraped off the JB Weld, and tried to sand and grind down what I could from the previous repair. I could not get all of the previous weld off or...
Another view of the damage. When the weld popped, it cracked a lot of the metal. The previous owner obviously tried to repair it once before....
Now that the faceplate is off, the headlamp bulb housing can come off of the bucket. You have to pry the small white tabs away from the...
Now slide the faceplate Down and forward to remove it from the bucket. There are two slots that will not allow the faceplate to just pull directly...
Now bring it inside so you can work sitting down... To disassemble the headlamp, first remove the 4 screws holding the faceplate on. (Check...
And here it is! Out of the car, and busted to crap... You can see the JB weld that did absolutely nothing, and where it dripped down the bucket....
Your headlight assembly is now free to be lifted from the recess. Be careful not to scrape it against your painted areas. My paint is pretty much...
Rotate both electrical connectors (high beam and low beam) counter-clockwise to remove them from the bulbs. Here is why I HATE HID bulbs. They...
At this point you need to re-connect your battery, turn your key to accessory power, and turn the headlights on, then off again. The reason you...
Gently pry and rotate the white part of the actuating arm away from the motor spline shaft. and set it out of the way of the motor. [ATTACH]
The black knob directly behind the headlight is the manual lift gear for the motor. Rotate this knob about 10 full turns (watch the actuating arm)...
***DISCONNECT YOUR BATTERY BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STEP IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY*** Also, make sure you also touch the negative...
Once the two bolts are removed, the headlight bucket is still attached to the motor, and attached to the car, so don't go ripping it out. There...
Now use a 3/8" drive ratchet, with a 17mm socket and 8" extension to remove those two bolts. ***BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO USE TOO MUCH TORQUE...
My car was converted to HID's, so the connector may look different than yours if you still have the standard bulbs.
