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Old 03-08-07, 02:54 PM
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Im new to the whole car scene. I cant seem to disconnect the fog light bulb from the car. What exactly am i suppose to be disconnecting. The bulb itself or the bulb with the wire? It doesent help that I can barely see anything, i would have to remove the whole splash guard to actually see something. Sorry for the newbie question but I cant seem to find the answer. thank you.
Old 03-08-07, 03:14 PM
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pretty sure you got to remove bulb w/wire or just look at your new bulbs they should come w/ wires so that all you have to do is plug n play.
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The bulb should turn and release from the housing. Then the wiring should unplug from the bulb.
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Take out your headlight (low beam of course) and its easy to reach. Then turn and release like mkorsu said and it comes out.
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thanx. headlight low beam meaning just the whole head light right?
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what year SC do you have? i know for my 97 with H3 bulbs i had to take the fog lights out to actually change the bulbs..
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Yea the headlights are 9006(low beam) and 9005(high beam) so both of those you first unclip the harness from the bult, then turn the bulb and you should be able to pull it out. The foglights on the 95+ are H3. Those I think you first have to do the same as if you were to remove headlight bulbs. You should then be able to see the back of the bulb with 2 wires that connect to the housing you just removed. There is a metal wire clip that is holding down the bulb so just undo that to free up the bulb. After, just disconnect the two wires from the bulb and do the reverse when installing the new bulbs. It might be a bit different on the SC so just use common sense.
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Default Removing the Fog Light

Originally Posted by Falcon789
Im new to the whole car scene. I cant seem to disconnect the fog light bulb from the car. What exactly am i suppose to be disconnecting. The bulb itself or the bulb with the wire? It doesent help that I can barely see anything, i would have to remove the whole splash guard to actually see something. Sorry for the newbie question but I cant seem to find the answer. thank you.
Falcon789, I had the same problem trying to disconnect my fogs. I removed a few screws from the fender splashgaurd using the tire as a wedge to pull the gaurd up and out of the way. This makes it easier to reach the fog light casing. At the end of the wire is a flat head prong and the prong fits snug into the socket. I had to wiggle and tug, until I jarred it loose. Note there is a clasp holding the bulb in place do not open the clasp. Disconnect the the bulb from the socket first...because the clasp keeps the bulb from droping and getting in your way. To open the clasp, I believe you push down and it will unfasten.
If you are replacing with Halogen or Xenon type of bulb DO NOT TOUCH THE GLASS with your hands it shortens the life of the bulb, use a napkin to prevent touching the glass when inserting the new bulb.
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