Prerequisite steps:

• Remove the front bumper

Time to complete:

• remove bumper = ~15 min
• remove headlight = ~5 min

Tools needed:

• 10mm wrench / socket

How To guide:

 
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taking out the headlights is quite simple – first take off the bumper (linked above)

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then take out the top two bolts…

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now take out the bolt in the fender area….

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then take out this bolt, and you are done!

you should now be able to pull the headlight free.  It is not a ‘simple’ pull-the-headlight-out motion, rather you need to wriggle it around, tilt it, slide it, etc until you can find the right way to make it come out — but with these four bolts out, there is nothing holding it in there other than the wires connected to the bulbs (which should give you more than enough slack to pull it a little bit from the car)

Time to complete:

• < 20 minutes

Tools needed:

• 10mm socket wrench
• #1-#3 phillips screw drivers (big and small)

DIY guide

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here’s an overview of the screws you’ll be removing — 5 on the grill, one in each wheel well, and then two bolts on the under side

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you’ll want to first remove these 5 plastic screws. Since I have done a conversion to a 99 front end, I can’t remember if there were the 2 screws at the dotted lines, if so, remove those too!

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on the bottom of the bumper, you’ll see two bolts holding it to the frame — you can’t miss them — take these out!

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in each wheel well, right at the corner where the bumper meets the fender, there should be a screw holding them together. You’ll have to peel/pull back the wheel well plastic a bit to get at the screw.

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The bumper should now be free to be removed. Carefully start pulling the bumper straight away from the car — you may need to help the sides near the headlights/fender as they tend to get caught up on something whenever I pull mine off, but it’s nothing you can just ‘wiggle’ to get free — viola! it’s off!

Be sure not to forget to put the foam brick thing back on before replacing the bumper! (I didn’t picture it here, but you’ll know what I’m talking about once you remove the bumper).