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ORIGINAL: scheetz83

I totally screwed up. I was going to take pics of the whole process for the headlights.... then i forgot

But here is a quicky

1) to pull the headlight you need to pull the whole front bumper cover off

a) 3 screw in the lower front of each wheel well

b) you should be able to pop the lower splash guard out from behind the lip on the bumper

c) pull the splash guard toward the tire so you can reach behind (it helps to position the wheels ether far left or right depending on side) and you will see 2 nuts that need to be removed

d) last the 2 bolts on the top of the grille posts

e) disconnect the side marker lights and pull the cover off

2) pull the 3 bolts holding the headlight on and disconnect the bulb

3) now the tricky part. I used a regular heat gun to heat the out side edge up. there are 4 clips that are around their out side edge of the lexan, i just snapped them off.(i got tired of fighting with them)

4) with the aid of the heat gun i slowly heated the edge up then i used a small screw driver to apply pressure and tried to pry it off. once the small screwdriver did all it could i progressed to a lager one, I went through 4 sizes before i sucssesfuly got it off.

Note:: this will chew the edge of the lights up But is what i did once they where back together i took a soldering iron and melted the edge all the why around the lexan and housing. not a factory look but it look pretty good

5)once you get the lexan off you will be probably as shocked as i was to find out that the inner bucket, the part with the louvers comes out. Look at the seal channel there are 4 areas in which the bucket is glued in I got a really small screw driver and it poped out no problem


6) paint

7) clean the seal channel really good i used a screw driver also it may help to heat it up but be careful, if you heat it up to much your screw driver my poke a hole through it

8) to seal them back up go out and buy about 5-6 bar claps. I went cheap. figure out how you are going to clamp it back together and even do it a few times prior to gluing. YOU DONT WANT TO SCREW THIS UP AND HAVE FOG LIGHTS. AND NOT THE GT KIND

8) I used a BLACK RTV ADHESIVE sealant. Sqeez the glue in to the channel (2 people need) dont fill it all the way up about 3/4 then take a screw driver and run it through the channel spreading it from side to side so both walls have glue on them then add glue where you think it need it.

9) take you freshly painted part and put back in add glue to 4 the tabs.

10) put the lexan back on CLAMP, but dont crack it let set for 24hrs and reassemble

also make sure you clean the headlights inside and the inside of the lexan prior ot reassemble

hope this helps Street seanse has a PDF on there web site for installing there front fasceia it has a back down on pulling the bumper also

if you guys need any more help let me know

well i need to go back to work now befor i get found out
later all