Just an FYI. If you read the service manual it tells you to remove the bumper cover, and headlight assemblies to replace the bulbs. It's a litle bit of a PITA but you can replace the bulbs without going through all that.
It's a tight squeeze but all I did was reach in and pull off the harness socket, removed the rubber water seal, push in and down releasing the holding clip, removed and replaced the bulb in the reverse order. Took all of about 5 minutes for both. To release the bulb clip you would push in and down on the left of the clip facing it, or in other words it releases on the passenger side of the bulb socket.
In my search for better lighting (don't wan't HID cause they don't work well in Halogen housings, too much light scatter and blinding to oncoming drivers). I don't care about impressing others with a blue tint to my lights either, I just want better brighter bulbs at the stock wattage. I've read there are several good choices and for those of you who want a slightly blue (HID appearance) there are some halogen bulbs claiming to be in the 3900 to near 5000 kelvin range. I picked up a pair of Japanese CATZ bulbs for a good price so I'll let you know how well they work after it gets dark out tonight. - Dan
It's a tight squeeze but all I did was reach in and pull off the harness socket, removed the rubber water seal, push in and down releasing the holding clip, removed and replaced the bulb in the reverse order. Took all of about 5 minutes for both. To release the bulb clip you would push in and down on the left of the clip facing it, or in other words it releases on the passenger side of the bulb socket.
In my search for better lighting (don't wan't HID cause they don't work well in Halogen housings, too much light scatter and blinding to oncoming drivers). I don't care about impressing others with a blue tint to my lights either, I just want better brighter bulbs at the stock wattage. I've read there are several good choices and for those of you who want a slightly blue (HID appearance) there are some halogen bulbs claiming to be in the 3900 to near 5000 kelvin range. I picked up a pair of Japanese CATZ bulbs for a good price so I'll let you know how well they work after it gets dark out tonight. - Dan