Thanks for the video. Very detailed and to the point. I like how you already had one done and thing’s kinda loose already. Made me feel more comfortable doing this before it rains later today.
Great tutorial ! That will certainly help someone out. RU-vid is a fantastic place for tutorial vids. I'm always using them for stuff I'm unsure about. The mass media is always focusing on the silly stuff on RU-vid but years from now they'll realize the positive impact it has had on society as well.
Yeah, I didn’t realize the bumper cover popped like that. I was removing the bolts with gear wrench, but not enough room to pop out the light otherwise lol. Thanks.
Soon I’m gonna get my hands on those new oem hesdlight housing for my brother in law’s 05’ Toyota sienna. And I already got led bulb upgrades for him. Much brighter to see better with crystal clear headlights, with 2 sided thin body led bulbs and the rest. He will see better and be seeing better. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I paid to have the old ones polished, but they were milky again in a year, so I bought new ones. Except for the hassle of pulling the bumper shroud out, removal was easy, but it's kind of a pain to get the bolt down in the wheel well back in because the assembly wants to move away when you are putting in the bolt. Having a second person to help would have been a godsend. Try to put that one in first - the others are much easier to line up afterwards. The 6 10mm "bolts" (3/side) in the engine compartment are different from the wheel well bolt - they have Phillips heads, so a power screwdriver or drill, with a long shank bit, makes especially the one in front of the radiator much easier to take out and replace. You have to have a 10mm socket for the one in the wheel well, though, because it is a bolt, not a sheet metal screw like the others. It's a real pain to get your hands behind the plastic covers - they are springy and stiff. Still, it took me less than an hour, including searching the house for a metric socket kit. Units with bulbs were ~$65 each from Discount Body Parts, and were nicely made and clear. Beats $300 each plus labor from Toyota. My Sienna is a 2005, and identical to this 2004's R&R.
thanks road king. i just got a 2006 model and tried to do thee 3 light screws then saw I would need to undo the bumper cover. then I thought I should check you tube to see what other surprises I was instore for. oh I wish for the olde 60's 70's glass headlights , a little rinse and they are clear again . long time subbed!
Thanks so much! I tried to do this the other day, but couldn’t figure an easy way to get at that screw closest to the center of the car. Looking forward to trying again after watching this.
Man take half the front end off !!! My luck I would break a plastic clip or something ..We needed new bulbs in the 2004 Cavalier and the Manager at our local O'Reilly's put them in for free ...That was really Nice of him to do it for us
Thanks !!! 7 years later, I'm doing my 2004 with LED bulb replacement, but for a limited model , think I need to get a adapter and or splice the driving light as it has a HID option
It use to be so easy to change a headlight, and they never fogged. What progress we are making. My 2003 Tacoma was a PIA. Maybe you guys would have made it look easy.
Great video. Well done. VEry helpful. GOod to know where all the fasteners are. Looking at the new light, saw that there was a hidden fastener behind the bumper cover. thanks for showing how to access that one. and that the light just slid in wihtout to much effort.
I did replaced headlight bulb without removing all those things that you removed by just take out the fuse cover and there you have full access of the bulb.
Will i Am I just replaced nothing on my van except for one of my strut assemblies. however I did polish both headlights back till like nuclear news with a polishing kit. it took me about 15 minutes per headlight and it made one huge difference they went from being so milky you couldn't even see the light bulb inside to where they look like the new ones you just put on that van. am I 2006 caravan the headlights are held in by 3 bolts at the top center of the headlight so all I had to do to take them out was raise the hood. leave it to Toyota to make things harder than they have to be.
Did you buy factory fixtures or did you use the knock off ones I believe marketed by Keystone? I changed them on our 99 Grand Cherokee after about 8 years and the Keystone ones still look pretty good even though they are getting a little cloudy. It is a shame that the manufacturers won't put something on that will last but I'm sure they're designed to be obsolete so you will buy new ones. The ones on my 05 Civic look terrible but I'm just not going to worry.
MY 05 Corolla they are bad about oxidizing. Started doing it before it was out of warranty. They wouldn't replace them. Buffed em. I now have to do it about every other month. Getting tired of buffing them. If those new ones came with no name bulbs I would have changed them. Bet they will blow in a month.
It's always bothered me that an issue like headlights, the ultimate safety item is so neglected by NHTSA and the manufacturers. I replaced the units on my van and the '88...they should be warranted for at least the amount of time the emissions equipment is warranted. Another problem is expense...I got mine via after market manufacturers, so they weren't all that expensive. From what I hear, the headlights on new cars aren't very good either in the amount of light emitted...there should be national standards for that. Excuse the rant! :) Jack
+Jack R that's why I got the HID bulbs and ballast for my van and put those in. I didn't get the ones that are blue because those are illegal to use on the street vehicle I got the ones that are as wide as possible without going blue and they make one hell of a difference. Plus I polish my headlights to get rid of that milkiness or cloudiness if that's what you want to call it and you can find that too and it makes a world of difference.
+Jeffrey Murdock Hey, Jeffrey! That was a good move...any attention you pay to the headlights might just save your life at night! I can't imagine, with all the advances in plastics, that they can't find a formula that totally resists deteriorating with time. :) Jack
+Green Silver We didn't do anything that night, My Buddy had to go to his daughters baseball game!! He brought it back the next day, everything was pretty much dead nuts, so we left it alone!!☺
+805ROADKING with the headlights of today on those vehicles you don't have to adjust them like you used to unless your place a lot of stuff with the headlight assembly. it sounds strange but that's how it is. I'm thankful it's that easy
Yeah, as Andy said, why didn't you guys just use a good Lens Polishing compound to brighten the old lens back to 'new' again ? In the meantime , this video is really helpful to those of us who'd like to know the installation process. For this, I think you guys.
+805ROADKING Yes, well the cost of the whole light assembly is probably less ( as long as it was NOT bought at a Dealer ) than the labor to polish up the old one. Besides, the new one comes with all new bulbs and electrical fittings too. So, yes, I can see the reason to change it out . Cheers.
+805ROADKING Thats right, new is always better as the old plastic develops microscopic stress cracks in the plastic that you cant get out by just buffing out the haze, plus it gets you into the bar so much quicker... Then when you leave the bar at closing time you can try out your new lights at the police spot check.
+Andy Coakes Some times you replace them, sometimes you polish them. At the end of the day, this isn't a vintage car, those are on the B list of consumables. A being light bulbs, fuses, tires. B being headlight units, tail light units, rims. C which is exhaust, top ends, windows, seats. And from there on everything else is heavy repairs.