one of my headlights burnt out, so I went, got new bulbs (silverstars), popped my hood...

I see where the bulb goes in, but I cant for the life of me, figure out how to get that bulb out. I tried twisting the socket to the left, it says OPEN <--> LOCK on it, so I tried twisting it off, nothing...

How do I get it off? Do I even need to take that off? What do I do??


Thanks in advance..

 

Turn it counter clockwise... might be a bit stuck. Just keep at it.

 

just keep trying, i had the same problem on my friends on the passenger side, it was stuck. but you're doing it right where it says < open > lock or visa versa. just keep trying.

 

Hmm, I used like all my force, ill have to try harder I suppose, so I just twist that and it will come out, right?

 

They twisted a tiny tiny bit, and thats is, do they need to twist more, or should they be able to be pulled out?

 

Well according to the car's manual which says how to do it, it's about a 1/4 to a 1/3 of a turn counter clockwise then you just have to pull the bulb straight out

 

Do I pull the whole thing, or just the bulb part??

 

lol well you twist the gray outter piece that has the open close on it the 1/4 turn or what not, then wiggle just the bulb out, that's the only thing to pull out take a look at your manual for pics

 

I sat in my garage messing with them for an hour, they wont budge at all! I kinda got it twisted, but they wont come out

 

Any other thoughts on this?!

 

Another hour of tinkering

 

Dude.... its not that hard... its a little hard. I used a srewdriver and elbow grease... that mother efffer took effort. But like pp were saying, turn the thing correspondingly [is that a word?]. THIS is basically what it does. U twist, and it lines up some wedges that lets the bulb slip out the bulb from there


Modified by AJ06 at 8:25 PM 10/24/2006

 

Ill have to try it again.

 

it's like opening the tyenol bottle with child resistant cap. you have to turn it just right and enough to pull out the bulb.

 

Did you get it?

 

I havent had a chance to try today, ill try when I get home tonight. Thanksss

 

I hope soo...

 

FINALLY. I just realized you have to take the white clip off first, then twist the thing, the clip was a bitch to get off. My new bulbs are tizight. Thanks.

 

Yep...

 

Do you turn it counter clock wise if you are standing in front of the car or if you are behind the drivers seat?

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if you are in the driver's seat it would be counter clockwise