Help! Removing Head Lamps

[chumone]

Hey Tone,

I have the original instructions printed out. I just couldn't get that connector off. Going to try it again next weekend.

Not sure if I felt that metal clip, but will look for it and try to take the whole bulb and connector out at once.

[chumone]

So I couldn't figure out how to get the headlamps out and decided to take the whole thing to the local dealer and let them install kit. At first, they wanted $85 to install the kit, which was fine. Later, they called and said they didn't want to install the kit 'cause it was too complicated. I explained to them that the instructions are very simple, that the only reason I took it in was because I couldn't get the bulbs out. After a short discussion, they said they'd take the bulbs out for me and I'd do the HID install at home. Fine.

When I went to pick up the car 5 hours later, they wanted to charge me $85 for the labor. What? A short, heated discussion later (in which he explained to me the mechanic didn't want anything to do with the kit), we settled on $50. Fine.

I take the Ironman home and proceed to install the HIDs. F**K. The mechanic broke the little plastic tab (on the hinge side, next to the screw) that holds the rention clip in place on the passenger side and ripped a hole in the rubber boot. I told those idiots to read Tone's directions, if they did, they would have known to be careful with that rention clip. F**K.

I've installed the driver side bulb (easy), but now I don't know what to do about the passenger headlamp assembly ($400 to replace?). I can go argue with the dealer and they'll probably deny everything, so short of buying a new assembly, is there any other good way to keep that bulb in place? Duct tape?

The guys that charged me $50 so that they can break my headlamp assembly: Vista Ford/Lexus/Isuzu in Woodland Hills, CA.

[tbigity]

dude! That hardcore sucks. That is why dealers are no good at everything. They will tell that they make the majority of their profits off of repair work. They wanted $120 to change the oil in my old HD when the lube shop down the road charged $40 and threw in a rough retailing AND only took 20 minutes as opposed to half a day.

[WyrreJ]

Well, that's exactly the part I broke on mine. On mine the "tab" was only slightly broken off, so the head of the screw was no longer sufficient to hold the clip in place. I was able to put a thin flat washer on the screw with a diameter slightly larger than the head of the screw and use that to hold the clip in place. 3-4 months later, so far so good.