Headlight swap
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Headlight swap
I am replacing my ugly yellowed 1999 aero style headlight assemblies with the later model pre 2005 jeweled type. How are the assemblies removed? It looks like they "pop" out but I didn't want to break them if I don't have to.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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The 04 unclip at two points and pop out of the third. Here's when I did mine, http://sites.google.com/site/reax222...attredirects=0
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I have to track down a friend of my fathers to get the socket. The E5 torx bit to adjust the headlights is a bear to find locally, I hope to pick one up off the Matco Truck in the next couple of days.
The adjustment is only vertical, which is pretty easy. I think I had it figured at dropping the headlights about 40 milli-radians. I was bored one drive home decided to figure it out in radians. In any case, with a 25 yard range, I'm going to drop the low beam hot spot about a foot and half.
The adjustment is only vertical, which is pretty easy. I think I had it figured at dropping the headlights about 40 milli-radians. I was bored one drive home decided to figure it out in radians. In any case, with a 25 yard range, I'm going to drop the low beam hot spot about a foot and half.
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I didn't see any horizontal, but they bolted in pretty close. I just need to bring it down a little.
E5 is a socket that can drive a T5 bit. It's the female torx. E= female and T are the male types.
E5 is a socket that can drive a T5 bit. It's the female torx. E= female and T are the male types.
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I was able to find a regular socket that fit on the torx head good enough to adjust my lights, didn't need to buy the special socket.
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