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SF Bay Area | OK, so I have heard one person say you can change the H4 bulbs through the bottom, once you remove the air filter. I have also heard another say you need to spend hours removing the entire headlight reflector housings to change the H4 bulbs.
Which is true?
I know which I would prefer... :^)
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New Bohemia, VA | BH, I'll drop my 1 1/2 cents on this. It is a tight fit and I agree that it would be difficult and not a very friendly process. I have small hands and I think I could do it with a few scrapes and aggrevation. If you don't have small hands and can see with them then I'm afraid you will have to do some removal of other stuff to get the job done. I stuck my hand back there and found room to work around and got a picture what needs to be done without disturbing anything as not to cause premature failure. There is a boot, and a clip, like most automotive headlights, and much like them in regards a tightfit to get to them. |
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| I have smallish hands...........and what was truth for me was that I had to remove the headlight to change bulbs....What PITA! |
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | I don't care how small your hands are. You are going to eventually give up, and pull the headlight assy. What a piss poor piecs of engineering. The original Vic labor guide had the job at 15 minutes, but have changed it to over 2 hours |
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New Bohemia, VA | You're going to make me change my headlight so I can see for myself.... |
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Lexington, North Carolina | I have changed both of mine w/o disassembly. Probably just hardheaded, but because the book said that's how to do it I was determined, and it did take some persistance. |
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New Bohemia, VA | Whew! Thanks CT, it's cold, wet and dark outside and I was just about ready too.... no I wasn't I don't even have a new bub yet. How many miles are folk getting out of these things, I'm on 36K and still shinin' bright. |
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Memphis | VaRy, Not sure they are burning out. I think a lot of people are trying to upgrade the bulbs to make them whiter or bluer to match the HID. I'm tempted but will hold off until they burn out. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Two Blondes. One with an Engineering degree. |
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New Bohemia, VA | I digress and be politically incorrect, but that is funny. The sad thing is I have met in recent years a few young ladies, intelligent, blonde and beautiful, who are or have completed an engineering degree and even going for a masters. But knowing from the mechanic side of the story, NO engineer has ever had a wrencher in mind when they design... |
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | varyder - 2009-03-15 5:35 AM
But knowing from the mechanic side of the story, NO engineer has ever had a wrencher in mind when they design...
Ahhhhh the things that could happen in a perfect world |
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Headlight bulb changing... how to?