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    Question about headlight removal...

    In order to change out the headlights, do you have to remove the front bumper on the Z3 coupes?? Thanks for any info on the matter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by creich53 View Post
    In order to change out the headlights, do you have to remove the front bumper on the Z3 coupes?? Thanks for any info on the matter.
    You do not need to remove the bumper cover. There are a few screws holding each headlights in place.

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    4 screws, to be precise. The upper two will be obvious -- the other two are low down behind the headlight assembly. The outer-lower bolt is vertical, maybe the inner-lower is too (sorry, I can't remember.)
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    Take note of the position of the adjusters that the screws go into (black, plastic, thread into the sheet metal) before unscrewing them. Being able to put those back how they were will save you some time in getting the lights adjusted when you put them back in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoshS View Post
    4 screws, to be precise. The upper two will be obvious -- the other two are low down behind the headlight assembly. The outer-lower bolt is vertical, maybe the inner-lower is too (sorry, I can't remember.)
    Look through these holes for the lower bolts. You'll need a 12" socket extension

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    Haha. Yup it's Zoran/mz.368's coupe. I have more pics of its engine bay than my own car so I used it for editing
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    Hope these help ;-)








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    Thanks for everyone's input, this helped tremendously

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