Bleeping headlight removal is impossible!
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Joined: Jan 2014
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I had to double team mine. Small flathead to pry outwards a wee bit and used needle nose vice grips to rip it out on both sides. It's a giant PITA, but the clips will indeed come out.
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From: In the field...
Don't be a tool, create a tool
Look at the "icon" on top of the clip, looks like a "T". Make your own tool. 
I took two hex keys aka allen wrenches about the same size formed a "T" held it with vise grip and pulled up not hard but "smartly" get it past the raised hump.
Sweet.
I took two hex keys aka allen wrenches about the same size formed a "T" held it with vise grip and pulled up not hard but "smartly" get it past the raised hump.
Sweet.
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From: Kennesaw GA
This worked, you da man! Any tips on the squeeze in plug thingy?
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From: Kennesaw GA
I tried that already, no luck.
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From: Winston Salem NC
Mine just has 2 Phillip head screws on top and two underneath. Takes about a minute to take out. Are you talking about the bulb? Might help to loosen the grill a bit, has four screws on top take 'em out and tilt the grill out a little.
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From: Salem, VA
What are you having an issue with?!? Mine is like 2 bolts up top and 2 on the bottom (I use zip ties for those though because reasons). Is it a thing with the old light set-up that I've forgotten?
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Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Bonita Springs FL
I just did this job last weekend. Lots of fun.
The clips weren't too bad. I watched a youtube video on how to remove them so I had an idea of how to get them off. I used a bent pick to get one side out, then used a pair of dikes to pull the clip off.
The squeeze plug thing was a bear to get off. I tried sockets and a carefully adjusted hose clamp. I finally drilled a hole in the front of the light, put a drywall screw in the hole and yanked as hard as I could. The driver's side came out with a few good yanks but the passenger side was stuck real good. I ended up tearing the light in half and using the dremel to cut the rest of the light out until I could get at the header panel to cut that out.
Then I found out my turn signal plugs are different and headlights depot (whom I bought the kit from) doesn't know anything about this and their response is, "that sucks, good luck figuring it out because we sell 120 of these a week and never heard of this."
The clips weren't too bad. I watched a youtube video on how to remove them so I had an idea of how to get them off. I used a bent pick to get one side out, then used a pair of dikes to pull the clip off.
The squeeze plug thing was a bear to get off. I tried sockets and a carefully adjusted hose clamp. I finally drilled a hole in the front of the light, put a drywall screw in the hole and yanked as hard as I could. The driver's side came out with a few good yanks but the passenger side was stuck real good. I ended up tearing the light in half and using the dremel to cut the rest of the light out until I could get at the header panel to cut that out.
Then I found out my turn signal plugs are different and headlights depot (whom I bought the kit from) doesn't know anything about this and their response is, "that sucks, good luck figuring it out because we sell 120 of these a week and never heard of this."
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Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Colorado
Mine has clips that hold the lamp housing behind the header panel. They slide down into a slot in a plastic piece and hold the housing tight.
They are a serious pain if you do not know what you are doing. The original ones bend in toward the plastic piece after you fit it into its slot. This was to prevent vibration from rattling them up and out.
The updated version slip into the same slot, but use tension to hold in place, instead of bending in.
If this is what OP was talking about, yeah.... I thought I would never get mine out without using BFH.
They are a serious pain if you do not know what you are doing. The original ones bend in toward the plastic piece after you fit it into its slot. This was to prevent vibration from rattling them up and out.
The updated version slip into the same slot, but use tension to hold in place, instead of bending in.
If this is what OP was talking about, yeah.... I thought I would never get mine out without using BFH.