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front headlight

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:57 pm
by derek
i need to replace the front headlight on my n reg 1.4 corsa do i need to remove front bumper to get access to the light or is there a way around it could you make it as simple as possible as i am no mechanic just handy around cars

thanx for looking

Re: front headlight

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 8:09 pm
by matty101
no u dont need take the front bumper off.

Re: front headlight

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 8:52 pm
by dmiller
On the driver side on my 1.0 (different engine I know but I am not 100% sure how different...) you need to dismantle part of the air intake to get access to the headlight. If you snap the plastic tag holding the air intake to the front of the car it can be replaced with a big but short self tapping screw. I'm just saying...

Re: front headlight

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:46 pm
by derek
its not the bulb i want to replace its the whole actual headlight i read up on it and it mentions dropping the front bumper to get headlight out it is drivers side i need to replace

Re: front headlight

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:53 pm
by duncanpound
u need a medium flat screwdriver to remove the air intake pipe from the front of the chassis, then lift it up n out

then unclip all of the bulb wires off

undo the 2 8mm screws holding the light down

if you have the little white location plug at the bottom of headlight u may need to yank it up a bit to release it from that

then u just twist the light clockwise slightly looking from the top of the light down maybe aout 10 degrees and a bit of a wiggle and a slight scrape on the top of the headlight from the chassis and it should come out

Re: front headlight

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:56 pm
by derek
i took off the front bumper to get access to headlight not that hard really 1 nut in front wheelarch 3 nuts at bottom of bumper and 2 on top holding grill on and it just popped out

Re: front headlight

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:19 pm
by jordyp
you shouldnt need to take bumper off, its just a straight swap tbh,