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So after driving with HIDs in my Element for 13 years, I found the standard halogen bulbs to be inadequate for my preferences. I will say that changing the bulbs on gen 2 are no small order. First you need to remove the plastic motor shield that's at the front of the engine bay. Then you need a Phillips screwdriver to loosen 2 body clips and then take off the front of the air intake(drivers side). That will give you barely enough room to sneak your hand in there to get to the lamps. The passenger side is extremely difficult to get to. I found that by removing a bracket I could barely fit my hand in there. Someone with smaller hands might have no problem with this. I will say the OEM housings have a perfect cutoff line with the HIDS, and I lined up the truck at 30 ft on a wall, and had a perfect line about 3 ft off the ground so I won't be blinding oncoming drivers. Now on to the pics:
First is OEM
Second is drivers side headlight housing location
Next is passengers side location, top circle is the bracket I removed to have a little more room to work with
Next install completed at day
and finally at night.
First is OEM
Second is drivers side headlight housing location
Next is passengers side location, top circle is the bracket I removed to have a little more room to work with
Next install completed at day
and finally at night.
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