Help me change my headlight bulbs

[Dober89]

Alright I went to change my headlight bulbs and Im not really sure what to take out and I dont want to break anything. I have a 2000 and theres a connector going into the middle and its surrounded by some kind of round boot with 2 tabs on it. I pulled the boot off a bit but it seemed to be moving everything around inside and I tried twisting the connector but it doesnt seem to wanna budge.

Dumb question but what exactly do I gotta do?

[2eyefishclaw]

go to autozone they will install them free if you buy the bulbs there

[Dober89]

Autozone doesnt exist in Canada and id like to know how to do this for myself anyways.

[Dober89]

Can anyone else help?? Perhaps the 2 or 3 isuzu genius' that come around here??

[amigo-2k]

alright, I just looked. There is a black rubber thing with wires that goes into a gray rubber thing.

At first I thought I could twist the gray thing off, nope. THen I dug my fingures in and around the black rubber thing and watch inside the light. I could see it start to move out, and I could feel that there was some sorta, spring reistance to it. So I stopped. But I think you need to pull the black rubber peice out of the gray peice.

But I'm not for sure, so wait a bit for more info from others.

Once I have the info I'll post it in the FAQ's.

-Ryan

[mospeed1]

pull of the wire connecter(white) turn the black ring 1/4 turn counterclockwise pull the bulb out by the back of the bulb


WHAT EVER YOU DO DONT TOUCH THE GLASS ON THE NEW BULB

[Dober89]

What white wire connector are we talking about?? Is this all behind the black rubber boot or whats the deal??

[Dober89]

Nobody knows how to do this???

[mospeed1]

sorry man i was to lazy to go out and look at my truck,i gave you the direction from the haynes repair maunal chap 12 page 12 put i looked at my truck today and it looks nothing like the picture in the book

got me?

[Mike72771]

That boot is to keep dust and water out. Grab the boot by the tabs and work it off .

Unplug the connecter from the bulb under the boot. To remove the bulb there is a little wire clip thing; if I remember correctly you push it slide it off the hook and it will swing open freeing up the bulb. The bulb will just fall out at this point. Put your new bulb in and reverse the steps.

Cake

Just remember not to touch the glass on your new bulb or you will be repeating this all in a week or two.

[walker27]

[quote=amigo-2k]alright, I just looked. There is a black rubber thing with wires that goes into a gray rubber thing.

At first I thought I could twist the gray thing off, nope. THen I dug my fingures in and around the black rubber thing and watch inside the light. I could see it start to move out, and I could feel that there was some sorta, spring reistance to it. So I stopped. But I think you need to pull the black rubber peice out of the gray peice.

But I'm not for sure, so wait a bit for more info from others.

Once I have the info I'll post it in the FAQ's.

-Ryan[/quote

Ryan, Get a tool to pull out the black ring (rubber) the when the rubber is off, you will see a silver spring, push the spring in and the light bulb will come out.

[Ramblin Fever]

Headlights must have different mounting on the 98+Rodeo's.

On the '97 Rodeo all you have to do is gently pull off the white wire connector, can be a bit tricky specially with cold hands, then pull back the metal clip that holds the light in, then gently turn on the bulb itself and slips right out.

[amigo-2k]

thanks for the input. My OEM bulbs are still tossen some good light yet...

[Dober89]

I can take some pics of what you have to do for your faq if you want. The passenger side is a bit of a pain because the battery is there.

[amigo-2k]

Sure thing! send me a writeup with photos to:

[email protected]