E82 headlight swap

Slickz_jm · Post by **Slickz_jm** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 11:30 pm

Hi,
I’ve taken my bumper off to change my headlights.
I’ve seen the guide but this bit is a little unclear.
The headlights are loose but I’m unable to get it out of the support frame,

Any ideas?

bjt · Post by **bjt** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 8:00 am

You can loosen the headlight bracket to give a little more clearance.

Twenny · Post by **Twenny** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 8:23 am

As bjt has briefly said the headlight bracket can be loosened, there are two torx bits that you can take out in the pic below.

The bottom one is a bit of a pain as it’s at an angle to reach it.

My piece of advice also is this.

Mark where that bracket sits before you remove the two torx screws otherwise your headlights could sit badly once you put bumper back on.

You could also measure off the car framework to the bottom of the old halogen light to get the correct height for the new depos.

I had the same problem and had quite a gap that needed sorting.

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Slickz_jm · Post by **Slickz_jm** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:35 am

Twenny wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2018 8:23 am
As bjt has briefly said the headlight bracket can be loosened, there are two torx bits that you can take out in the pic below.

The bottom one is a bit of a pain as it’s at an angle to reach it.

My piece of advice also is this.

Mark where that bracket sits before you remove the two torx screws otherwise your headlights could sit badly once you put bumper back on.

You could also measure off the car framework to the bottom of the old halogen light to get the correct height for the new depos.

I had the same problem and had quite a gap that needed sorting.

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Thank you for this. I’ll make sure to measure it.
How did you access that bolt?
I tried last night but had no luck whatsoever

Twenny · Post by **Twenny** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:08 am

You have a few options.

This is the thing that I actually use -

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Slickz_jm · Post by **Slickz_jm** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:02 am

Twenny wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:08 am
You have a few options.

This is the thing that I actually use -

https://www.screwfix.com/p/magnusson-lo ... 9pcs/4597v

Do you think that’ll do the trick?

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Twenny · Post by **Twenny** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:20 am

Slickz_jm wrote:
Twenny wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:08 am
You have a few options.

This is the thing that I actually use -

https://www.screwfix.com/p/magnusson-lo ... 9pcs/4597v

Do you think that’ll do the trick?

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Yeah that should work but I’d be very wary of knuckles and slipping as you need more force pushing than rotational

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Twenny · Post by **Twenny** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 1:00 pm

I’ve pm’d you slicks

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Slickz_jm · Post by **Slickz_jm** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:55 pm

Twenny wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2018 1:00 pm
I’ve pm’d you slicks

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Just seen it pal, thanks mate

matthewtnh · Post by **matthewtnh** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:46 pm

Hi guys,

Does the bumper have to come off in order to change the headlights ?

Twenny · Post by **Twenny** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:23 pm

matthewtnh wrote:Hi guys,

Does the bumper have to come off in order to change the headlights ?

Yes.

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matthewtnh · Post by **matthewtnh** » Sun Mar 18, 2018 5:30 pm

Is it handy enough to get the bumper off ? I've tried looking online to see a headlight swap but not having much luck

Twenny · Post by **Twenny** » Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:00 pm

matthewtnh wrote:Is it handy enough to get the bumper off ? I've tried looking online to see a headlight swap but not having much luck

Well after a 3 second google search -

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthre ... mper+cover

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matthewtnh · Post by **matthewtnh** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:36 am

Twenny wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:00 pm

matthewtnh wrote:Is it handy enough to get the bumper off ? I've tried looking online to see a headlight swap but not having much luck
Well after a 3 second google search -

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthre ... mper+cover

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Thank you, but it won’t let me see the photos because of third party blocking

Twenny · Post by **Twenny** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:57 am

matthewtnh wrote:
Twenny wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:00 pm

matthewtnh wrote:Is it handy enough to get the bumper off ? I've tried looking online to see a headlight swap but not having much luck
Well after a 3 second google search -

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthre ... mper+cover

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Thank you, but it won’t let me see the photos because of third party blocking

FML.

So that’s it?

You’re giving up?

Well if I was you, and I couldn’t find any other guide, and I wanted this information and photos, you know what I would do?

UNBLOCK IT MAN!!!!

Again, a 3 second google search shows you how to unblock Photo bucket so you can see the 3rd party photos.

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