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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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Need HEADLIGHT HELP ASAP!

SO IM WORKING ON MY HEADLIGHTS RIGHT NOW TO REMOVE MY PIAA BULBS CUZ THEY BURNT OUT, I GOT THE LEFT HEADLIGHT REMOVED BUT HOW ON EARTH DO I GET THE BULB OUT? please somone help me if its a post or w/e i need help asap...search did nothing for me !
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 03:47 PM
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If you have the stockers.. there's a black circular piece that you have to turn to one side so that it will come out. (It's a pain in the ass to get out)
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by lucky_lellow06
If you have the stockers.. there's a black circular piece that you have to move to one side so that it will come out. (It's a pain in the ass to get out)
i have stock headlights but **** its cold outside..how abouts do i move this black peice?
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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twist it
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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God it's been forever since I had to deal with the stockers.. Bare with me, I'm trying to remember.

Brute force and holding onto the headlights with your legs, while trying to turn the piece with your hands.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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mine wasnt that bad....
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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they turn.. its a molded plastic piece the goes into the headlight housing. it should be jus alittle push/pull while turning action. maybe the seal on the bulb is giving you trouble..
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by PlaysWitCars
mine wasnt that bad....
<-- a girl... with no strength...
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:01 PM
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A little lube goes a long way, I bet. (Haven't messed with them myself yet )
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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u mean that black peice around the blue bulb part?
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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Yuup.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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k ill go back at er...

that black circleular thing before the black seal will not BUDGE AT ALl!!!

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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:09 PM
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Good luck! They weren't fun, but you'll get a hang of it.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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there its on my dinner table..what piece am i twisting off?

Bump!!

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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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the first black circle out from the light bulb. Push in lightly and rotate them. The black piece sandwiches the bulb against the housing.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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the outside black piece... the one sticking out... the one that the blue thing goes into.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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the place peice with the slits in it, counter clockwise, go for it.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:26 PM
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if you look down inside you should see a set of 3 "flaps" that the black piece slides into... just grab it and turn the opposite way... it will be really hard...
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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use paint to draw what black peice...please..and i tried to push in and it did nothing

ok that was hard as ****..got it out..now how do i get the bulb outa it

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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:31 PM
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There should be (on the blue) a lever on the side of it. Kinda how you took it out of the car. (if I'm remembering right, again, bare with me)
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:47 PM
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You've got to unclip the blue connector and slowly work it out of the bulb recepticle. Be careful when putting in the new ones so that you do not touch the bulb or you will have to go through this again shortly. Then just instal in revers order.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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this is a prime reason why I switched to the projectors...

after changing bulbs twice I was sick of it.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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well i drove headlightless to my buddies work and we couldnt get it off ether (he has a ss/sc and he had a easy time with his) my guess is my other buddy ******* tightend it on WAY to tight..so im saying **** it an ordering those new cffl projectors
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 03:07 PM
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In your pic, the black circle around the blue connector is what you need to take off first. I had to use a rubber mallet taping lightly to get it off. Then once that is off, unclip the blue connector from the bulb, and then the bulb should just pull straight out.
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