VetteSthetics

Sorry to hear you are having trouble. You can actually take care of this pretty easily. People tend make things seem harder than they are. As a few guys have mentioned you can buy a replacement bulb. You can swap these out without removing the tire. Turn you wheel all the way to the opposite side of the headlight you are working on. This will gain you access to the inner fender well. Remove the plastic retaining clips to the flap that covers the rear headlights assembly. Next remove the outer rubber boot, this will allow you to unplug the connector to the bulb and remove it from the socket. Then replace with the new one, plug it in, check functionality and reinstall everything... easy peezy! Contact me by PM or my website if you have issues or questions.

Thanks- Mike, Vettesthetics

WhiteDevil828

Thanks for the info Mike, I'm going to give it a shot this weekend and post an assessment of how hard or easy the replacement was. I'll also post pictures to help anyone else that may need to do this in the future.

WhiteDevil828

Well, I had some time this morning and installed the new light without removing the tire. Took me about 2 and a half hours. Yes it was a PITA but still not as bad as I thought. It probably would have been a little eaiser if I removed the tire but I think it would have taken the same amount of time and I didn't feel comfortable sitting under the wheel well with a jack holding the car up (no jack stands). Thanks again Mike, I used your instructions. I was able to see everything by using a mirror and some bright lights. Here are some photos. Photo 1 shows the access panel, photo 2 shows the panel removed, photo 3 is the backside of the headlight with the bulb still attached to the harness. Photo 4, I taped a mirror to the top of the tire so I could see into the access panel better. After removing the 2 torx screws, I unplugged the bulb from the connector and installed the new one. I was afraid I would lose the screws in the headlight assembly while trying to manipulate the screwdriver so, even though it was magnetic, I used some duct tape and secured the screw to the tip of the screwdriver(photo 5). Worked perfectly.

VetteSthetics

Anytime! Glad everything worked out for you! Great job on grabbing those pics!

alyon

Had this happen to my 2007. Wasn't a bulb that went out though. It turned out to be the driver side HID ballast. $340 for the ballast + labor led to a $500 bill. Yikes.

I was lucky enough that the dealer paid for it as it was an issue at time of purchase.

WhiteDevil828

I read another thread about the ballast going bad. Thank god it wasn't the ballast, the bulb cost me enough!