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Old 2/16/07, 06:01 AM
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installing headlights

i bought new headligths for my stang , i treid installing them but i cant seem to figure it out ( i also got new fog ligths anybody got a clue how to do it )



PS: i will post some pics of them later
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bulbs or the whole unit?
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I am assuming you are speaking of the headlight assembly. To install headlight assembly, you will have to do remove / detatch the front bumper cover. I found some instructions, but I have them at home. I will post when I get home from work this afternoon if no one else does.
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You will have to remove the front bumper for this, it's super easy. you will have to remove the inner fender slpash guards to take off the 2 bolts on either side of the bumper. Then under the front bumper there is 7/32 screws that need to be removed. And finally there are 2 bolts on the upright posts (on either side of the grill, under the hood).

This should take you like 10 minutes tops. Check my link to my bumper conversion adn there are better pictures there.

Good luck
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these might help you
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Front_Bumper_Cover.pdf (23.3 KB, 151 views)
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Old 2/16/07, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by 2L8IWON
You will have to remove the front bumper for this, it's super easy.
Good luck
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easy there cowboy, i wouldn't say they are SUPER easy to do! :P

it's not hard work but it didn't take me 10 minutes. there are instructions with the saleen headlights on how to do it - try and search online for them or i can scan them for you if you'd like.

as mentioned, remove front wheel well liners, remove screws along bottom and side of bumper, remove top screws and it helps if you remove the top plastic cover that sits over the top of the rad. then there are screws holding the headlight housings in. to get the bumper off, it takes a bit of muscle to actually get it off - you feel like you're going to break it actually.

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The saleen directions are good to go, the best part is they tell you what size sockets to use at each step (usually 10mm).

But I will stand behind my statement that it is super easy, a few bolts, tug the bumper and it's off. Although this is much like Rachels Ray's 30 minute reciepes, as long as the prep work is done the job can be accomplished in 10 minutes.

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Took me longer than 10 minutes to remove the bumper cover, pull the old headlight assemblies and install the new ones.
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mhhh my head ligths and fogs have more cables than they are on the original unit
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here are the pics of the headlights/fog ligths
Attached Thumbnails installing headlights-dsc00228.jpg   installing headlights-dsc00229.jpg   installing headlights-dsc00230.jpg   installing headlights-dsc00231.jpg   installing headlights-dsc00232.jpg  

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