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To the uninitiated, changing an S14 headlight bulb may seem a simple job.
How wrong they would be!
Access to the back of the headlight units is so restrictive (especially on the battery side) that you would find yourself fiddling about for up to an hour blindly trying to get your fingers into very difficult spaces.
The solution is very simple: remove the headlight unit! This seems quite extreme but is, in fact, a five minute job and is by far the most efficient way to change these bulbs.
There are three important sections to the front lighting system. The sidelights, the H4 main/dip beam lights and the H3 main beam spots.
You need a crosshead screwdriver and a 10mm socket for all the following steps.
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First, you need to remove the sidelight unit. Remove the screw arrowed in Figure 1. The unit is held in a ball socket behind it's front bottom edge. Push the unit straight forward to pop it out. It will hang freely against the bumper.
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Next, the grill has to be removed. Undo the two plastic screw clips shown in Figure 2 and remove. The grill will need to be pulled very firmly and evenly upwards to release it from its bumper mounts.
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Remove the two side nuts shown in Figure 3 and the two front bolts in Figure 4.
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The whole unit can now be removed by pulling it towards the grill and then lifting out. There will be enough wiring to allow the unit to be turned to gain top access to the rear of the bulbs (Figure 6).
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The next instructions are specific to the S14. S14a bulb fittings are different and the bulbs are H1s. However, having got this far, the actual bulb changing is fairly obvious.
In Figure 6 the left bulb is a H4 and the right a H3. To gain access to the H4, remove the rubber wiring connector, twist the plastic seal lock off, then remove the rubber seal. For the H3, twist the plastic seal lock off, then remove the rubber seal.
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You will now see the bulbs! (Figure 7) Pinch the wire retainers inwards to release the bulbs. Be careful not to lose the H4 retainer! The H3 bulb uses a spade connector, which will need disconnecting before removing it.
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H4: replace your bulb, fasten the retaining wire, replace the rubber seal and lock, then plug the rubber connector back on.
H3: replace bulb, fasten retaining clip, reconnect spade connector and replace rubber seal and lock.
That's it! Just carefully position the unit back it place, tighten the side nuts and front bolts, push the sidelight unit into its ball socket and replace the crosshead screw. Replace the grill.
This seems a lot to do. Its not. It will seriously take ten minutes the first time and five thereafter. More importantly, you won't damage the unit, bulbs, seals nor your hands!
