I had to replace out one of my Fog/High beam bulbs so I figured I would do a simple DIY for any new comers or anyone else that needs to replace a bulb in the headlight housing. My Car is an 04.......It has the clearance strip and the combination H4 FOG/HIGH BEAM Bulb. The 06 and latter have the city light and a FOG only bulb.

STEP 1.
Turn the wheel all the way in on the side your going to work on. Then jack the car up so the wheel is just about off the ground. Some take the wheel off completely, but I didn't think its necessary.


STEP 2.
Locate the philips head screw on the upper lip of the fender, and remove.


STEP 3.
Locate the pop up button type fastners on the wheel well lining. You will need to remove 5 of them. Two on the front fender opening


and two on the engine side of the wheel well. There is one more on the top of the wheel well that hold the front and back pcs together...this one needs to come off as well.


STEP 4.
To remove the fastners, use a flat head screw driver and simply lift up the center round portion and remove the entire pop up rivet fastner


STEP 5.
After removing the 5 fastners and philips screw, start separating the liner from the rear portion and pull it down to get access to the back of the Headlight Housing.


STEP 6.
Once the wheel well liner is down, you can see the back of the headlight...
The one labeled #1 is the clearance bulb, which is on a long black stalk. simply turn it a half turn and it will come out for bulb replacement.
#2 Is the housing for the HID Bulb. this is the same for every year.
#3 Is the housing for the Fog/High Beam bulb on the 03-05 models. On the 06-07 its for the Fog bulb only and I assume the city light is in this area as well, maybe on the lower side of the fog housing.........


STEP 7.
To get access to the bulb, unscrew the cover and remove from the housing.
Once you complete that, all you need to do is remove the electrical plug, and you will find a clip holding the bulb in place. Simply squeeze the two prongs together, and the clip will come out and release the bulb. DO NOT TOUCH ANY BULB WITH YOUR HANDS. Wear a pair of clean latex gloves to remove/install any bulb.
Reverse the steps for installation of the bulb, test them. then reinstall the cover on the back of the housing.


REVERSE THE ABOVE STEPS to reassemble the liner and your good to go.
This should give you a reasonable idea how to complete this on your driveway in less than 30 minutes.
Good Luck

 

i've always found this to be the easiest method as well, not a fan of taking the bumper down

 

The DIY is appreciated but a DIY was already posted for this like 4 years ago

 

Thanks for the information, but if I'm not mistaken all the pics are gone......Thanks for sharing though.

 

 

Thanks man I've been looking for this forever!!

 

Do you HAVE to jack up the car or nah?

 

No need to jack up the car...

 

my car is dropped, and i tried turning the wheel all the way, no luck at all... i guess i will have to jack it up... having an aftermarket kit doesnt help any. sigh

 

You could possibly do it without jacking the car up, but it makes it soooooo much easier to access the headlight with the extra space by jacking.


Definitely invest in a low profile jack, they have come down in price considerably in the last year or so.....it really makes it so easy to get inside the wheel opening, and doesn't require removal of your rim/tire.

 

im bringin this thread back from the grave..my boy and i tried this yesterday..good god, well the first time i attempted it...without jacking the car up..(dont do it)...you can't see crap...so yesterday we jacked it up and it helped a LOT...but the only bits i was confusedf about...was how to get the black electrical connector OFF of the bulb, THEN those silver prong things...Ben did that part for me..but I will be attempting that again soon to replace the sh*t bulbs i bought, and putting my factory ones back in..

 

so i hvae the 06-07 g35 coupe headights, my fog lights are bublbs only ? and my regular lights are powerd by his (bulbs and ballast) so my question is am i right? i want to put hid in my fog lights instead of the bulb, is it possible and what do i need and what size hid kit and bulb? thanks...

 

thanks for the DIY. this will help me out this weekend.

 

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Here's a a thread on the lamp replacement for our cars
https://g35driver.com/forums/lightin...ent-guide.html

According to it's the Fog is a H1 bulb

I know for my bike, the headlights were H1 and i was able to get a Slim ballast HID kit and replace the stock bulb with the HID bulbs, but i did have to modify the housing to get it to fit

-nick