R33 S2, Removing Headlights .. Urgent

[Jatt]

Hi Guys,

I have read thru all the posts regarding the cleaning of headlights and related stuff..

As you must have guesssed it by now that i gota get my headlights cleaned out and i believe it only needs to be cleaned from the outside.. The plastic cover i mean..

I have dis guy at plastic fusion who is going to sand it, polish it.. all that stuff .... for $100/ set. However i need help in pulling the headlights out from the car. I have asked 1 mechanic and a panel beater.. dey said dey need to remove the front bumper before pulling the headlights out .. its r33 s2, 1998 model.

I think dey are just trying to rig money from me as i have no clue about dis sort of stuff.. and dey have quoted it around 150 - 200 bucks to take the headlights out and put dem back in....

Can anyone please let me konw if all that pulling of bumpers and stuff is required to take the headlights out or i can just unscrew some nuts/bolts and do it meself and hopefully save sum money.. hehe..

please give me sum sort of a guideline on how to actually pull the headlights out... and for r33 , S2 it has not been covered in any of the discussion boards....

Any help will be appreciated....

Cheers

[Craved]

from memory i dont think you need to remove the bar c, just the 4 bolts behind each light .. prob need to remove the washer bottle and air box though

[heslo]

You don't need to remove the front bar. I've done it myself before without removing it. It is however, a pain in the ass; atleast for me it was. Just remove the bolts and have a play around trying to get it out...

Good luck!

[Jatt]

thanks alot for dat .. i will give it a go and see wat i can come up with...

just wondering, any nuts/bolts in hidden places that i mite not be able to see directly ???

And i will really appreciate if nyone has access to a tutorial for pulling the headlights from the car...so that i can follow it properly and dont stuff nything up.. i have read a few guidelines but none are for R33 S2..

Thanks in Advance,

cheers

[Craved]

if you ahve a look, it is very straight forward where the bolts are .. as you can see the mounting points when you open the bonnet, just go down directly from the top ones to find the bottom ones.

[POLICE]

I took my headlights off a month ago, took off the front bar which was a breeze since I just installed a FMIC not long ago.

Then the 4 bolts and I think there are also 2 screws for each side under the front bar near the intrusion bar that needs to be unscrewed.

I must admit that the passenger side was a bit of a pain since you need to take out the air filter, the bolts are really hard to reach.

[Links]

^^ Correct..

There is 2 nuts on the inside of the engine bay that come out the back of the lights.. 1 bracket on the top.. than the ones that catch you out, are the 2 x screws that go into the brackets through the bottom of the front bar..

Get under neath the car, take a look up under the front bar, they're round the side/back of the lights and there is a metal bracket that holds it down..

Once you've got them out, be careful removing them.. should be easy enough though..