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Once the bolts are out, a buddy would be helpful. Otherwise you have to both move the fascia and pull on the headlamp assembly yourself. Maneuver the headlamp to get the outboard positioning pin out of its socket, and then free the headlamp from under the hard corner of the Magnum's fender metal. The headlamp assembly, then, will lay out in front of the car.





The torx screws on the security ring holding the bulbs are #2, and need only be loosened slightly. If not removing the headlamp from the car, you can see and reach two of the three and that will/should suffice. Once loosened, turn the bulb 1/8 turn CCW. This is relatively easy with the OEM halogen bulb due to the right angle connector. Once the three tabs are lined up with the slots in the "keeper" ring, the bulb comes out easily.

The HID bulb is keyed similarly, and will go "in" only one way. However, the new bulb doesn't have the right angle connector, and getting enough leverage to twist the bulb into the security ring is a function of the size of your hand/fingers, tightness of the torx screws, and your grip (particularly if you don't take the headlamp assembly out of the vehicle).





Upon insertion of the HID, bring the rubber seal up to the back of the bulb. I took this picture below during the initial install before I clipped and removed the red and black loomed power cords and connectors that aren't necessary. The back of the HID is too long to allow the rubber seal to touch the security ring, and there is NO room under the security ring to keep things tight if you could get it under there. So, really, the seal is unnecessary and could be removed at the same time as the power cords.



Once the HIDs are in the headlamp assembly, reverse the process to reinstall the headlamp in the car... or if you did not take the assembly out, you now can start working on identifying the mounting locations for the ballast, ignitors and anti-flicker capacitors.

More in the next post...