HID Headlights

[Redneck1465]

Hey all I have been doing some research on changing the HID bulbs on my 2013PP and from what I have seen I am going to have to pull the front bumper to change them? Are they serious here? And if so how bad is pulling the front bumper? Mind you I am doing this in my apartment complex parking lot no access to any garage of any sort around here.

 

[yaycandy]

You can get your arm down behind the lights to change them. I have a couple times. Last time I did pull the bumper though and it was easier as I had to do work to my intercooler anyway.

They are just a pain to turn to pull out and reconnect with bumper on and your arm stuck in a hole but its the correct way to do it. But not the best way to do it

 

[Redneck1465]

How did you get the wiring disconnected from the bulb?

 

[yaycandy]

Just a plastic connector. Some times they can be a pain to disconnect also. Try the passenger side first to see if you can even reach down to the bulb. If not then pull the bumper cover. Passenger side first because I don't think anything needs removed like on the drivers side with the intake assembly.
The bumper cover isn't bad to pull at all either. Some of the guys on here have done it so much that they can probably do it in a couple minutes.

Mike has a writeup on another forum for 10-12. Shouldn't be too much different then a 13 and up. If I find a 13 and up how to ill post it.

https://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php?topic=521.0

 

[6500rpm]

You can cheat the bumper cover. Remove the upper retainers and the ones in the wheel wells. No jack stand required, just turn the wheel. I just did the top and one side at a time, there's enough give in the bumper cover to easily access and remove the headlamps to replace the bulb.