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Installing headlights

Discussion in '7G Lancer and older- General Information' started by ozrallyredeptx456, Jul 17, 2010.

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  1. ozrallyredeptx456

    ozrallyredeptx456 Active Member

    I recently screwed up my headlights by taking an 80 grit to them for some dumb reason.. Anyway, I wanted to know if the top screws on the frame of the car are the only screws I need to remove to exchange the whole component? Thank you!!!
     
    ozrallyredeptx456, Jul 17, 2010
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  2. timschoeliertm

    timschoeliertm Well-Known Member

    theres those two and another on the side. dont forget to disconnect all lights as well though
     
    timschoeliertm, Jul 17, 2010
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  3. ozrallyredeptx456

    ozrallyredeptx456 Active Member

    Thanks Tim for helpong me out!! I know I wont forget I already screwed up once i wont want to do it again
     
    ozrallyredeptx456, Jul 18, 2010
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  4. timschoeliertm

    timschoeliertm Well-Known Member

    no problem bro
     
    timschoeliertm, Jul 19, 2010
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  5. ozrallyredeptx456

    ozrallyredeptx456 Active Member

    do i have to take off the front bumper to replace the headlights?
     
    ozrallyredeptx456, Sep 24, 2010
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  6. mitsuG

    mitsuG Well-Known Member

    yes you do
     
    mitsuG, Sep 24, 2010
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  7. davidlanceres

    davidlanceres Well-Known Member

    I never had to take off my bumper to replace my headlights.....Was like a 30 minute job including wiring cause the harnesses on the Depo projectors suck.
     
    davidlanceres, Sep 24, 2010
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  8. mitsuG

    mitsuG Well-Known Member

    well jus depends on the year i guess. ive taken off my headlights numerous times and the only way to get em off is to take off the front bumper. its not hard at all
     
    mitsuG, Sep 24, 2010
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  9. LanceES18

    LanceES18 Member

    The 04-06 lancers have to take the bumper off. 02-03 lancers do not. I got the depot projectors aswell. All i had to do was take out the 3 screws ( two on top one on the side) and unplug the headlights, pull em out, slide the new ones in and plus the new ones in and thats it.
     
    LanceES18, Sep 25, 2010
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  10. davidlanceres

    davidlanceres Well-Known Member

    Ah was unaware of that sorry. Yea for the 02-03's it's easy as cake.
     
    davidlanceres, Sep 26, 2010
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  11. LanceES18

    LanceES18 Member

    Yea its cuz on the 04-06 there is a bolt that you can only get to if the front bumper is off.
     
    LanceES18, Sep 27, 2010
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  12. davidlanceres

    davidlanceres Well-Known Member

    Yea that's how my friends EM2 Civic is...Not hard to take it off but just annoying to do haha.
     
    davidlanceres, Sep 27, 2010
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  13. ozrallyredeptx456

    ozrallyredeptx456 Active Member

    you guys were right i did have to take off the front bumper it was pretty fun actually. Sad thing was that there wasnt a bolt holding them in place haha oh well.......Any way a new problem arose and the light bulb harness is so freaky and weird that i literally have hanging light bulbs. Their JDM headlights off of ebay and they look nothing like the stock harness its just a wire and a dust cover...i tried putting them in as best as i could but i ended up having glare and dissalinged lights going everywhere (so i cant drive at night Which means no girlfriend time in the car) Can any one help me out please!!!
     
    ozrallyredeptx456, Sep 29, 2010
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  14. davidlanceres

    davidlanceres Well-Known Member

    Post a link to the headlights you got. I got the Depo Projectors off Ebay and the harness sucked on them...like the wires were loose and not connecting. Every time I hit a bump one of my headlights would go out. I Just cut them and straight wired them.
     
    davidlanceres, Sep 29, 2010
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  15. 1slowlance

    1slowlance Well-Known Member

    Take a picture of the wiring of the headlights and everything for us. Also, post a link to where you bought them from. I'd go ahead and put the stock lights back in until you fix the problem.
     
    1slowlance, Sep 29, 2010
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  16. ozrallyredeptx456

    ozrallyredeptx456 Active Member

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  17. ozrallyredeptx456

    ozrallyredeptx456 Active Member

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    ozrallyredeptx456, Sep 30, 2010
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  18. ozrallyredeptx456

    ozrallyredeptx456 Active Member

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  19. mitsuG

    mitsuG Well-Known Member

    you shouldve jus took em apart and painted the stock housing black. thats what i did, and came out good plus i only paid like under $30 for the supplies. cant beat that
     
    mitsuG, Sep 30, 2010
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  20. 1slowlance

    1slowlance Well-Known Member

    Did it come with a bulb? If not, and you're trying to use the stock headlight bulb, it probably won't work. Usually when you change a reflector housing to a projector housing the bulb size changes. I would contact them and ask them what the bulb size is. For example, stock bulb size for my 03 is 9007, but if I were to change it to a projector housing it would change to something like and H2 or H3 or something along those lines.
     
    1slowlance, Oct 1, 2010
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