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Headlight removal

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Dan05979, Jun 16, 2015.

  1. Dan05979

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    I purchased some led bulbs for the marker lights on the headlights and I was only able to change just 1 out of 4 bulbs I had intended to change. the problem was on the right headlight there is little room to get to the socket, I was able to remove the coolant tank and squeeze my hand to get to the bulb where the orange reflector is on the headlight itself, problem was the top bulb above the headlight, I kept loosing the bulbs inside the headlight assembly itself. Now I have to remove the damn headlight to shake the loose bulbs out. I searched online and nothing is coming up on how to remove the headlight. any help would be appreciated. I came out of this mess with a bloody left hand and only 1 led bulb installed.....

    Ok, I found my answer online after deep searching. I'm frustrated about my wasted time today
     
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    Thanks, I'll just remove the bumper, because I still have other bulbs to swap and I'd like to do it without bleeding.
     
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    Did the same thing and luckily had the springy grabby tool. I just took out the high beam bulb socket and fished the dropped bulb out on the first try. Beats removing the entire headlight assembly.
     
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    how did you drop them in there? didn't you plug them into the harness to make sure they light up?