billrigsby Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Pull the wheels and pull back the fender liner. Pretty self explanatory from there. GD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billrigsby Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 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? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret54 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 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. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 great post ferret. also, check this out; https://www.subaruoutback.org/threads/gen-4-headlight-access-hatch-installation.115753/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billrigsby Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) 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, 2021 by billrigsby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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