Just wondering if it's worth it to people to have a how-to on replacing the headlight holder. Or heck, maybe someone could point me to one.
I received my brand-spanking new headlight holder from the lovely and talented TPI Monte SS (pleasure doin' bidness with you) and I stepped onto my driveway, tools in hand, flinty eyed and ready to start a'replacin' thinkin' I'd be done in 1 hour-- 2 hours tops due to possible effects of alcohol. 3 hours later, I was putting everything back on the car, new headlight holder still sitting in driveway, me cussin' up a blue streak realizing this was a much, much bigger job than anticipicated.
I have a repair manual but strangely, it doesn't directly cover the headlight holder. After much staring at the front end of my vehicle, I realize that to replace the headlight holder, one must remove the front bumper. To remove the front bumper (how-to right here on KJ Country, thank you very much-- great tutorial) I realized I have to remove the fenders. To remove the fenders, I have to drill rivets. To drill out rivets assumes you have something to replace them with. Once I even get to the headlight holder, it's completely riddled with semi-permanent plastic one-way push pins, specialized plastic studs with tie-downs attached containing wiring harnesses, and special slide-ey-on-ey clippy thingies to hang the wiring harness connector etc. etc.
I can do this, but I need to analyze parts, have replacement rivets ready and either have alternatives for the other semi-permanent plastic studs. If anyone is interested in a how-to, I'll post one up and have pictures handy. If not, I'll replace and assume that no one else on the planet will ever do this in his or her driveway.
I received my brand-spanking new headlight holder from the lovely and talented TPI Monte SS (pleasure doin' bidness with you) and I stepped onto my driveway, tools in hand, flinty eyed and ready to start a'replacin' thinkin' I'd be done in 1 hour-- 2 hours tops due to possible effects of alcohol. 3 hours later, I was putting everything back on the car, new headlight holder still sitting in driveway, me cussin' up a blue streak realizing this was a much, much bigger job than anticipicated.
I have a repair manual but strangely, it doesn't directly cover the headlight holder. After much staring at the front end of my vehicle, I realize that to replace the headlight holder, one must remove the front bumper. To remove the front bumper (how-to right here on KJ Country, thank you very much-- great tutorial) I realized I have to remove the fenders. To remove the fenders, I have to drill rivets. To drill out rivets assumes you have something to replace them with. Once I even get to the headlight holder, it's completely riddled with semi-permanent plastic one-way push pins, specialized plastic studs with tie-downs attached containing wiring harnesses, and special slide-ey-on-ey clippy thingies to hang the wiring harness connector etc. etc.
I can do this, but I need to analyze parts, have replacement rivets ready and either have alternatives for the other semi-permanent plastic studs. If anyone is interested in a how-to, I'll post one up and have pictures handy. If not, I'll replace and assume that no one else on the planet will ever do this in his or her driveway.