View Full Version : Anyone have DIY for headlight removal?
advan24r
11-11-2005, 08:01 AM
I would like to know so I can place my headlight bulbs in properly.
The bulbs I put in, it seems like one is aimed higher than the other.
AudiGuy666
11-11-2005, 10:04 AM
For your E46 ?? haha
RE5PECT
11-11-2005, 10:08 AM
well...i did it the otehr day
its a pain, you haveto take off the front bumper...
-first you take off the front fender lining
-then once you have enough room you reach in tehre and remove the two torqx screws taht are immidiatally right there...then you move on and with a 10mm socket you remove the bumper there...
-next you go under the hood and remove the 2 visible bolts next to the top of the grill and then you reach into the hole and remove the ones right there
-from there your bumper shoudl slide off and there are 3 bolts that hold your headlight down....
YEEEE....its a pain.....
Good luck man.
Anthony
11-11-2005, 12:04 PM
I tried finding a long enough torxdriver to remove/losen the third screw. So far, no luck. Bumper removal (as stated above) may be the best bet. But if it's just your headlight that's aimed wrong, you can adjust that. But if the bulb is sitting wrong, then yeah you need to seat it properly.
peregrine
05-17-2008, 08:29 PM
I tried finding a long enough torxdriver to remove/losen the third screw. So far, no luck. Bumper removal (as stated above) may be the best bet. But if it's just your headlight that's aimed wrong, you can adjust that. But if the bulb is sitting wrong, then yeah you need to seat it properly.
Can you describe where that third torx screw is located? I really don't want to take off the front bumper to change out the xenon bulb....Can anyone help?
Anthony
05-18-2008, 01:54 PM
Wow, this is one old thread. Have you looked through the DIYs?
http://www.audizine.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=33
That reminds me, we need to get the DIY Subforum up for this section.
RedS-line
06-05-2008, 03:33 PM
Can you describe where that third torx screw is located? I really don't want to take off the front bumper to change out the xenon bulb....Can anyone help?
so you dont have to take the bumper off to change the bulb?
Jay B7
06-05-2008, 04:39 PM
you sure don't. To remove the headlights you have to take the bumper off. It takes a bit of practice to get good at changing the headlight bulbs. The hardest one to remove is the citylight.
XCELR8
06-06-2008, 05:11 AM
not a big deal really. more time consuming than anything else. took me 45 min or so to get the bumper off first time.