Looking for instructions on replacing the 2010 Legacy Headlamp bulbs.

Does not look like they made this easy, like in the past.

Any tutorials out there?

Pull the wheels and pull back the fender liner. Pretty self explanatory from there. 

GD

Youtube is the second most popular search 'engine', after Google. Could be a coupla videos showing the process.

Don't use any bulb advertising as being 50% brighter or w'ever. If it's brighter, it will have reduced life and you will be under there again in a few months.

15 hours ago, GeneralDisorder said:

Pull the wheels and pull back the fender liner. Pretty self explanatory from there. 

GD

 

So you DO NOT have to remove the bumper cover, 

some one sent me manual pages and that was needed?

to change just a bulb, no, you should not need to pull the bumper cover

to change the whole housing, yeah, you probably would need to.

Not easy, first time I could not get in there. And using only my hand, I was working 'blind'. After doing it once with the wheel removed and front of liner bent back, we were able to do it many times at 'blind' at the dealership.

WORST PART ...... getting the headlight rear cover back on. Since the O ring drys out and falls apart, and is NOT a Subaru part ( comes with the cover ) we ordered 80mm ID, 90mm OD O rings from a supply shop and replaced them just about every time. 

The REAR cover tabs are NOT spaced evenly. It can only go on 1 way, with the open side of the 'handle' facing down.

After doing this once and understanding how the cover goes back on, it became routine.

The BRZ uses that same cover and O ring.

great post ferret.

also, check this out; https://www.subaruoutback.org/threads/gen-4-headlight-access-hatch-installation.115753/

 

Well it is done, battery side was worse. Definitely not fun working blind but, in the future it will be easier.

If I have to do it again, it's not my car, just doing a favor.

Thanks for all your input.

Merry Christmas

Edited December 24, 20214 yr by billrigsby