anybody have good DIY links for these? 5th gen btw.

I hear you have to take off the bumper to take the factory headlights off?..... just need some general direction.

 

so no one knows how to do any of these.

 

you probably have to be more specific

 

okay, i'm getting projectors for my 5th gen. I'm wonderin if anyone has any experience replacing the headlights of a 5th gen. ALSO bought some indiglo gauges. anyone install those before on a 5th gen? I KNOW someone has...

 

You have to remove the front bumper cover. I think there is like 5-6 screws along the top when you open the hood, then you remove the plate. Inside each wheel well there is one screw, you have to pull back the black liner to get to them. If you have never removed the front bumper before you also have to get underneath the car and unscrew about 5-8 more screws that attach the bumper to the underliner. Make sure you dont confuse them and unscrew the factory chin spoiler in the front if you have one.

Remove the front bumper carefully from the car and set it aside where it wont fall over and scratch. Then you have 2 plates in front of each headlight held down with 2 10mm bolts on each side. Remove both of these plate and bolts.

Through the front support there is a hole next to each headlight allowing access to another 10mm bolt with a deep socket and extension. You have to remove these to remove the headlight assembly. It will be a nut that comes out, the bolt sticks up and will affect how you manuver the assembly out.

Remove the screw holding on your corner lamps. Then remove the 2 10mm bolts on top of the headlights holding them onto the car. Slide out the corner lamps. Slide out the headlight by pulling forward slightly then angle outward to get them out.

Install the harnesses as the instructions say, then reassemble.

When I reinstall the bumper cover I only use the screws on the top front and wheel wells. I dont put the screws back in underneath the car. It makes changing bulbs and access faster.

 

About the indiglo gauges, I dont reccomend using them unless they dont require removing the needles. If you have to remove the needles, its going to cost more to replace an instrument cluster, since they never work the same anymore.

Ive had 2 gas guages go bad after installing white face guages that required removing the needles.

 

now that makes a helluva lot more sense to me...and mr. iceman has possibly explained it the best way possible.


yes, i had projectors before and that is exactly how i did it. puting the bumper and parts together again is the tricky part...make sure it lines up right, or you'll have huge gaps between the lights and bumper.

 

I want to put some indiglo gauges in my EH, need to get rid of the gear selector thingy. Can I hook the dimmer control on them up to my stock dimmer switch? If so, how do I do it?

 

Depends on your indiglo controller. Some of the indiglo transformers or controllers will burn up if hooked up to a dimmer, follow the reccomended instructions that came with your set.

 

A few questions:
1. are there any hazards to no putting back the bolts on the bottom of the bumper? connecting to the underlining
2. do I need to take the bumper off AGAIN to change bulbs and such?