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Old 09-06-2012, 12:09 PM
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nah man those torx screws are down there. And yea dont losen them all the way or they might fall further into the engine which is a pain! Ask me how i know! lol But yea losen those up and the whole light should slide right out. u might have to push a wire out of the way on the drivers side to see the screws but they will be there. dont take it to the dealer man let us know what help u need and well get u set straight.
 
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Old 09-06-2012, 12:23 PM
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The headlights (well the right one that still works) definitely self-adjusted this AM when I turned my car on in the garage with the lights off. Is there such a thing as auto dipped halogens or are all of them only HID?
 
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Old 09-06-2012, 04:08 PM
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I determined that my bulbs are definitely HID so ordered those same ones from Sonic sent priority mail. Now I just need to find a long enough torx wrench. The size is a 10, right? All I have are torx bits right now and they won't reach into the tight spaces on the inside of the car.
 
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Old 09-06-2012, 06:21 PM
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they should be the same size at the top. Just dont lose the bit or u will be screaming!
 
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Old 09-17-2012, 06:59 PM
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the bit fell out and rolled around the pan at the bottom but I got it back with a coathanger from the bottom of the car.

I changed the one bulb which took about 1.5 hours since those bottom screws required moving some other items around first but i finally replaced it. I understand it's best to replace both at the same time but the first took so long i'm waiting to replace the other. Thanks for your help!
 
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Old 08-11-2013, 05:02 PM
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I just want to clarify that a dipped headlight is not a bad bulb but something related to what's connected to it? My front right signal intermittently goes out and this

Both xenons work but no longer adjust on startup. So, what I want to know is this a ballast issue more than it is a bad bulb?
 
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