What's baking? My headlights,..uh-oh trouble!

My second headlight has arrived at the dealer in Dallas. I'll be picking it up tomorrow. I'll also start disassembling the car once again to get at the right one. This time I will time myself getting it in and completely assembled. I will be using the pneumatic tools so it should go much faster this time. I will leave the bumper off until I get my front challenge grills which should be here on Friday. I'll be posting the info on the challenge grill installation on that particular post later. The right headlight is significantly worse than the left so I'm looking forward to getting it out.

 

Will do, Petr. Please look in the Challenge Grille post as I should have the by Friday and will post very detailed picture of them.

Cheers~

 

I went to pick up the new right headlight from Boardwalk Ferrari in Plano, what a great place. Danny is a great guy to deal with there in the parts department. If you're reading this, thanks buddy. I also received my challenge grills which I also installed (see challenge grill post).

Pic 1: I came across some problems on the install of the right light. It was harder to install, no doubt, than the left. I don't know why, but there was less room to move around. I actually had to remove the screws from the front right cowl to move it enough for me to gain access to some additional bolts that were very hard to get to. In addition, I thought I'd try not to remove the front support "L brackets" but ended up having to remove them as the insulation around the new headlight rolled when I pushed the light into place. Removing the L's allowed me to push the light in without distorting the insulator. But g'dang it, it was a hell of a job getting at the bolts. I used a 1/4 inch pneumatic as there is no room to really move your hand. This photo is from the top of the car looking down into the hole of the right Headlight. The two shiney things are the L brackets (m-f'ers). It took me 45 minutes to get the bumper off and the headlight out--great time, really. It took me another 3.5 hours to get the challenge grills in (see post, pia) and the new light in. Oh, I had to remove the horn too as I needed the space for my wrench.

Pic 2: All the damn wires and connections. Be careful as two of the female ends match--the ignitor and high beam are the same connectors. The brown/black wire connector goes to the ignitor. Mess that up and you may have serious problems!

Pic 3:The new light and igniter--this is how it comes folks. It includes all the bulbs, insulator and connector.

Pic 4: All done, and it looks great. Let's not discuss the price or I may throw-up on my computer.
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here ya go...

 

Oh man, I'm sorry. I had someone ask me about it so I thought I'd put the jumpers to it. I will say, I am very happy with the results. If they fog again, I'll put dynamite in them and that will be that.

 

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