Remove Headlights

[legend_of_lazz]

Hey guys. I've searched the forum a few times but haven't found anything so apologies if this is a repeat, so just wondering if there's a way to remove the headlights without taking off the bumper? Reason I ask is I have just installed HIDs and am wondering if there's a faster way to change the bulbs in the future if need be.

Thanks for any help.

Adam.

[DJKOR]

If you want to remove the headlight assembly, the bumper must be unclipped at the very least. This is due to the fact that the headlight assembly has a part on the underside in which the bumper clips onto/around as can be seen in this photo from JIN:

A word of advice though. If you take care with the lamp, you don't have to remove your bumper just to fit HID's. Everything is easily accessible from behind. I've fitted HID's on three Aurions so far and haven't had to remove the headlight assembly in all cases.

[legend_of_lazz]

A word of advice though. If you take care with the lamp, you don't have to remove your bumper just to fit HID's. Everything is easily accessible from behind. I've fitted HID's on three Aurions so far and haven't had to remove the headlight assembly in all cases.

Okay thanks for that. I'll give that a go if I ever need to do it again. I was pretty keen to get the bulbs in and I touched them quite a lot so I'm thinking they'll die pretty quickly. Time will tell. I'm also gonna replace my parkers and fog lights soon as well to LEDs so chances are the bumper will have to come off again.

[DJKOR]

... and I touched them quite a lot so I'm thinking they'll die pretty quickly.

Please tell me you cleaned the surface of the lamps with methylated spirits or similar. Otherwise they have a good chance of blowing sooner than normal.

I'm also gonna replace my parkers and fog lights soon as well to LEDs so chances are the bumper will have to come off again.

Parkers can be accessed easily through the wheel arch and the fog lights can be changed by removing the plastic trim under the bumper. The bumper still doesn't have to come off. I changed the parkers on mine a few times and fitted LED's to the parkers of a few other Aurions without the need to remove anything else. I also fitted fog lights to Ingres' Aurion without removing the bumper.

[SecaBoy]

ive done the fog lights on mine without removing the bumper...

but daryl did my parkers cause he has skinny girly arms... :P hehe

[Foss]

Parkers can be accessed easily...

Easily?! How small are your hands?

[VF-X]

Man, just realized my parker isn't working.. No clue since when.. Any good places to buy those replacements? Need inputs after replacing my plate number bulbs from Jaycar (the $2-3/piece) and I reckon it's pretty sh*t. Well, I got what I paid for...

[DJKOR]

but daryl did my parkers cause he has skinny girly arms... :P hehe

Parkers can be accessed easily...

Easily?! How small are your hands?

Small enough to get into ALL those tight places

Man, just realized my parker isn't working.. No clue since when.. Any good places to buy those replacements? Need inputs after replacing my plate number bulbs from Jaycar (the $2-3/piece) and I reckon it's pretty sh*t. Well, I got what I paid for...

eBay mate. The quickest way to get them really. Otherwise Autobarn etc stock T10 replacements that use multiple LED's, but they are quite limited in terms of what they stock.

[httttt]

Man, just realized my parker isn't working.. No clue since when.. Any good places to buy those replacements? Need inputs after replacing my plate number bulbs from Jaycar (the $2-3/piece) and I reckon it's pretty sh*t. Well, I got what I paid for...

eBay mate. The quickest way to get them really. Otherwise Autobarn etc stock T10 replacements that use multiple LED's, but they are quite limited in terms of what they stock.

FYI, I have been to a few Autobarns and SuperCheapAutos in Sydeny and none of them sold suitable LEDs (just really ***** ones).

[legend_of_lazz]

Please tell me you cleaned the surface of the lamps with methylated spirits or similar. Otherwise they have a good chance of blowing sooner than normal.

Unfortunately not. I know I really should have, but we had nothing I could use in the house and I had already had a few beers by the time the headlights were ready to install so driving was out of the question. I have ordered a replacement set just in case so whatever happens will happen.

Parkers can be accessed easily through the wheel arch and the fog lights can be changed by removing the plastic trim under the bumper. The bumper still doesn't have to come off. I changed the parkers on mine a few times and fitted LED's to the parkers of a few other Aurions without the need to remove anything else. I also fitted fog lights to Ingres' Aurion without removing the bumper.

I've just had a look at going about it this way and unfortunately my hands are really quite big. There's no way I'll be able to do it without removing the bumper. Oh well.

[Steven]

The bumper really doesn't take very long to remove, and it makes things SO much easier as well.