This article is all about how to remove a headlight assembly of your car and other parts of the headlights. If you want to remove your car’s headlight assemble because its broken or does not shine bright enough any longer, this article is for you.
Car headlight is designed for the purpose of lighting the road ahead especially at night. The headlights is a very essential part of your car especially when it come to driving by night.
It is also useful when driving in areas that are foggy or when its raining. The headlight assembly consist of reflector, cover lenses and headlights assembly housing. Continue reading to learn how to remove a headlight assemble
Simple 4 steps to remove headlight assembly
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- Remove the front grill. Generally, almost all cars headlights are built the same way, so removing the assembly would not be hard. Most cars lightening are first covered by grills before you can reach the main lightning bulb and reflectors. Well depending the on the car’s model but in general this is how headlights are built. For the sake of this tutorials we will just assume the normal headlights formats. The grill covering the reflector and the lightning bulb is held by screws. The first thing to do is to unscrew the nuts holding the grill.
- Remove the screws holding the headlight assembly The headlights assembly are held together by screws to secure them and maintain a fix position. In order to have access to remove the headlight assembly its self you have first remove the screws. To remove the screws grab a screwdriver and lose the screws, either a star or flat screwdriver should do. Make not to lose the screws all the way to avoid the assembly falling off to the ground.
- Unplug the wiring Headlights don’t just bring lights because they want to but because they are connected to an electrical power source from in the vehicle. This electrical source are connected through the back of the headlight assembly. To remove the headlight assembly, you nee to pull the first one out gently and remove the electrical wires behind it. Do this with utmost care so that the wires will not cut or get damaged totally.
- Replace the headlight assembly Its time to insert the new head lights assembly since you have completed the first 3 steps above. Plug the wires to the new assembly and make sure it is well connected to avoid partial contact and flickering headlights. From the same position you remove the old assembly, insert the new one and tight the screw back to hold the assembly in position. Finally insert the grill cover and screw back the nuts to help hold the headlights properly.
That was not a hard task to complete i guess, yeah i told you in the beginning. Now that you have learnt how to remove a headlight assembly, lets learn about parts of a headlight.
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What are the different parts of a headlight?
The headlights is made of several parts including the housing, regular beams, high beams, and turn signal bulbs. In some modern day cars headlight housing replaces the grills.
Both the grills and the housing do the same function which is holding the lightening components together. The regular beams are what is activated when you turn on your headlights or use your daytime running lights.
The high beams are the real deal when it comes to lighting the road in the dark or less visible areas. The high beams are also called the full lights, they function is extremely important when it come to road safety.
Turn signals on the other hand are the orange like coloured light locate by the side inside the headlights. The turn signals are used as indicators to indicate direction to which a driver intends to turn into when driving.
Can I drive with one headlight out?
Yes you can drive with one headlight out or even both headlights out without getting pulled over but in daylight. It is a law for motor vehicles except for motorcycles to use two headlights while driving from the set of the sun till raise.
For these reasons if your car’s headlight is burnt you might be safe to drive in day light but must have it fixed for night driving. Remember, the function of the headlight is to illuminate the road as you drive along.
It also help during the rainy season and when there is fogs all over as visibility is affected. If you have a broken head lights you should consider learning how to remove a headlight assembly through the following the guide above.
How to change a headlight bulb in 5 steps
Headlight bulb is the electrical component of the headlight that is responsible for producing light. Just like the normal electrical light bulb in our houses the bulb in the car functions the same way.
The difference is that the car’s headlight bulb get powered by current from the car’s battery. This bulb located inside the assemble gets burnt and needs replacement from time to time.
Follow the simple steps below to change headlight bulb now
- Switch off the car and remove the key
- This is to make sure not electrical component of the car is active
- Open the bonnet and remove the headlight’s grill or housing
- Unscrew the nuts to remove the headlight assembly
- Disconnect the wires from behind the assembly
- Unscrew old light bulb by pressing it down and turning it left
- Insert the new bulb by pressing in and turning it right
Wow, it seems like someone is now a professional in headlights replacement. I hope the article was very helpful, if you still have questions please ask us using the comment section. below are samples of questions other are asking too
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