I need to replace a burnt out bulb on the passenger headlight of my daughters' 2002 Accord coupe. There appears to be NO room for my big hand to get in there, how does this get done?

 

Well if it's anything like my driver's side headlight, you have to remove the heat shield or whatever it is between it and the battery.

 

replacing bulbs for most Honda cars are a bitch to do.

 

One one side of my I4, I pop the air intake duct out, and on the other side I just have to scrape the hell out of my hand haha. Not a hard concept, but yeah, some tight spaces.

 

And to think I removed the bumper once "just to be safe"

 

The bulbs rotate in the socket. You need to spin them 90 degrees in either direction, once it pops, then pull the bulb out and unclip it. Once it comes out of the housing you should have enough cable room to change the bulb, even with big hands. Or make your daughter do it, its good for girls to learn things like that.

 

If there is a white colored radiator overflow bottle there, it just pulls out, giving you more room to work, thats the way it is on mine... hope it helped


Better_Bob

 

Does anyone know what the part number is for a driver side low beam headlight bulb for a 1998 honda accord ex coupe? Can I use any halogen bulb or does it have to be honda?

 

you can use anything you want.

9006 = lowbeam
9005 = highbeam

head on over to Wal-Mart and see what you like. Also, change both bulbs, and never, ever touch the bulb's glass with your fingers.

 

Read the owner's manual. In our 2005, it completely describes how to go about changing all the front end bulbs.