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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 03:20 AM
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OK Headlight removal anyone? I'm lost

I've been trying to switch my lights to 8K... but I can't seem to find a good way to get to my headlight without having to take off my bumper.. anybody know of a better way to go about this? because I really don't wanna take off my bumper... that will be an SOB

Matt

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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 03:26 AM
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I see you're new so let me say this... learn how to use the search feature.
We have a good DIY section with many tutorials.

But this is what you're looking for if you're just changing the bulb:
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ight=headlight
There could be other DIYs... but I'll leave that up to you to research

Now if you wanted to take the whole headlight off, you will need to remove the front bumper.
You can't access the bolts without doing so. There are DIYs on that too.

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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 04:54 AM
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thats the only way to do it and the easiest save your self time and agrevation and take off the bumper
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 07:22 AM
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taking off the bumper isnt a huge deal...i've done it plenty of times, sometimes alone.
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