Headlight Bulb Replacement - Submitted by TimCat Tools needed: 10mm Socket Socket Extension S Phillips Head Screwdriver Pocket Knife/Boxcutter 1. Remove the two (2) metal screws and the one (1) plastic nubby on the lamps themselves. Then remove the three (3) plastic screws on the engine compartment seperator (the heat shield, it's the plastic peice between the battery and the headlights), follow the arrow up and take off that bolt, remove seperator/shield. 2. Find the bolt, it is kind of hiding, look at next 2 pics for locating it. 3. Look behind the headlight assembly and find the wiring harness, push the clip in that is have circled and pull the harness away from the assembly. 4. Pull the headlight assembly out of the car, it may come out easy, it may take a little bit of pulling. Count your screws/bolts, etc. If they total eight (8) and you have undone the wiring harness, it should pull out eventually. After you have it out, you can easily reach the turning signal lamp. Turn it counter clockwise and pull it out of the assembly, gently leave it hanging there while you work on the headlights. 5. If you are looking at the front of your car the Highs and Lows are like this. ( (L)(H) -----(H)(L) ) The Lows are toward the outside, and the Highs are toward the inside. Another way to tell is the Highs You can see the bulb itself through the front, while the Lows are hiding behind a deflector/mirror. Once you get to them the bulbs themselves will say H1 or H7 on the metal. Turn these caps counter clockwise to get to the bulb itself. 6. This is your low beam bulb. Pull the power connect away and hold it to the side with one of your fingers. See the little metal clip that is circled and has an arrow next to it? It is holding the bulb in place. Push it down, and then up and away from the place it is clipped, to free the light bulb. This clip will swing up and away as it is on a hinge so to speak, hold it to the side with the same finger you got ahold of the power cable with. From there you can simply pull the old bulb out (an H7 more than likely), and put the new bulb in, it will only go in one way because of the little lip on the bulb. DO NOT TOUCH THE BULBS WITH YOUR FINGERS. This will either damage your bulb, or severely decrease its life span. Make sure the clip is securely holding in the bulb, plug the power back into the bulb, and put the cap back on. 7. Repeat the same process as above for your high beam seen in this picture. Only thing different is that there is no lip on the highs like there were on the lows to help you set them in. Instead the highs have two little nipples/humps/bumps. Just line them up and put it in. Make sure the clip is securely holding in the bulb, plug the power back into the bulb, and put the cap back on. 8. Reattach and secure your headlight assembly by back tracking on the first couple steps above. Then put your keys in your ignition, turn the car on, turn on your lights, check your highs and your lows, then proceed to the passenger side light assembly, which is same process, but much easier to access. See this thread to discuss this Do It Yourself Guide.

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