How the **** do you put the retaining clip (weird bent up metal clip) back in when you replace the headlight bulb ?!??!?!?!?! Ive spent an hour fiddling with the darn thing.

 

It's not that hard... Pull the clip back, put the bulb in the headlight with that rubber protective piece around it, and push the clip back into place... I'm not too sure what you're having trouble with...

 

Pull the rubber boot off the other headlight and look at it to see how the clip goes. The flange on the bulb only fits in one position. If the bulb is not in proper position it will not seat fully, and then the clip will not be able to go on.

 

The procedure is described in the Owner's manual, if you have one.

 

if your putting in some HIDs they are a bit harder to get the metal snap back into place... if you seriously cannt get it back locked inplace then to make it alot easier... its going to take more time of course... but remove your front bumper cover and unbolt the headlight housings, pull the housings off the car and use some needle nose pliers to get the metal snap inplace and locked over. ive had to do that once since it was so hard to get my Bixenon hids to snap inplace. otherwise you have to fool with it for quite some time and have some very painfull finger tips trying to push that little snap in and over enough!

 

Screw it... Im not to inclined to tear it apart in the rain, since the garage is full of stuff. Im just taking it to a local guy at a shop in 15 mins. I know that sounds really dumb. Oh well. Yea I just bought the car it didnt come with a manual. and eya i think theyre HID.

 

Never admit defeat! You will never learn how to do anything yourself if you just give up...

 

ya dont give up. give your fingers a rest for a few mins and try again.
you must just not have the bulb positioned right or something if you cannt get it to lock over. but hey if you wanna give your money away then go for it. thats just money that will be wasted.