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Old Jul 3, 2004 | 05:32 PM
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hey guys i ned help, ive changed my taillights and my bumper lenses.. but i am totally lost on where to start to change my headlights.. i bought 1 peice halo angel eye houseings and i wanna get those bad boys in.. can someone give me some direction on how to ge this done.. liek astep by step or something.. thanks guys..
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Old Jul 3, 2004 | 06:55 PM
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You have to take the bumper off. However, this is very simple. First you need to take out both of bumper lenses by using a long philips head screwdriver to loosen the screws. Now you've got 2 holes in your bumper. In each of these holes, there will be 2 rather large bolts (17 or 18mm) and you'll need an extension to remove them. Then at the point where the very end of the bumper meets the fender, there will be one screw, and you'll need to remove that from each side of the car.

Now the bumper should slide off (might need a little bit of force to get it moving). I'm assuming these new headlights dont use new housings, so just remove all the bolts that connect the stock headlights to the black headlight housing. Voila!

Now just make sure you properly aim your new headlights when you're done.

Good luck!
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Old Jul 3, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Old Jul 4, 2004 | 02:10 PM
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Default Re: 5th gen headlight install help (pyrojeff)

thanx dude thats a big help, umm what would be the best way of going about aiming my headlights.. i wanna try to do this stufff myself so i can learn more.. any suggestions?
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Old Jul 4, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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go out and night, park in front of a wall 20-30 feet away. Make sure the parking is level.

the tilting and rotating of your headlight(stock, dont know about your angel whatever eyes headlight) can be adjusted by a phillip head driver.

let me warn you, most of the aftermarket projector cut off ALOT of lights
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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what do you mean, cut off ALOT of lights...
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 05:19 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LXAccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what do you mean, cut off ALOT of lights...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Since they are typically made like **** your light output and quality of light will probably be worse than stock.
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 05:25 PM
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yea, i have some angel eye projectors and lighting is not that great...
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 07:42 PM
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All I did was spray paint my stock housings black and put silverstar bulbs in.. looks pretty damn good, and only cost about $35.
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