[s-cars] Headlight removal

[Mike Claire]

I just came in from the garage after wrestling with
that intake hose for about 1/2 hr.  Man that hose is a
bi*ch!

I checked my mail to see if somebody had pointers for
me on getting the headlight out.  Got to love this
list - I am printing this and heading back out there.


Mike
--- Igor Kessel <KBATPO at comcast.net> wrote:

> Oops,
> I screwed up the §§ sequence while editing. Sorry.
> ☺
> 
> 1. undo the big round 5-pin electric connector to
> the headlight. Press on the wire 
> clip and pull it off.
> 
> 2. insert a long flat screwdriver through the hole
> in the fender, stick it into 
> the X-slot on the blinker clip, turn 45° and gently
> press on it and pry the 
> locking wedge out. The keyword is "gently". Pull the
> blinker out and let it hang 
> up against the fender on the wires.
> 
> 3. undo the flat screw that holds the long metal
> piece under the headlight, 
> through which the spray nozzle protrudes.
> 
> 4. gently pull the spray nozzle out and unclip its
> cover from the top, then slide 
> it off the nozzle in a rotating action as if you're
> opening a book. The keyword is 
> "gently".
> 
> 5. while the nozzle is still out gently pull the
> flat metal piece in §3 out of the 
> slot in the fender and off the nozzle. The keyword
> is "gently".
> 
> 6. with a long Philips screwdriver undo the two
> screws under the headlight in its 
> corners.
> 
> 7. undo the the two top screws. Don't reverse the
> §6 and §7, or the headlight will 
> jam the lower screws.
> 
> 8. gently pull the headlight out.
> 
> As luck would have it, I am smack in the middle of
> doing the headlights this very 
> moment. I am on my what, 4th alteration of the
> headlights now? :)
> 
> This time around I am replacing the DOT HID
> projectors with the Euro HID 
> projectors and installing the Euro hight adjuster
> motors in them. A few hours ago 
> I have won the switch on ebay.de 
>
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2489478800)
> so in the end 
> my the lighting of my car will be converted to the
> Euro S6+ spec.
> 
> -- 
> Igor Kessel
> http://home.comcast.net/~KBATPO/
> 
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