Headlight assembly removal on a Kia optima.
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- A quick video to show you how to remove the headlight assembly on your kia optima. Mine is a 2012 so this may very a bit from different year models. Also it's how you can remove the bumper
Gonna dive into this tomorrow on my daughter's car. This seemed to be one of the better vids I found.
I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart, i have been trying to find a way to replace lights on my optima, and this has been the best video!!!!
Great job, like the video. At 3:15 you mentioned about the three brackets the head light to remove by pushing from the inside the bumper and not to pull, I found that you can disconnect the bracket that hold the three tabs by removing the two no. 10 nuts and removing the one no. 10 bolt. And it will pull away without worrying of breaking the tabs.
Thank you for myself as well. I searched and searched and couldn't find what you just did. Saved me so much more aggrevation. Everyone says... Just call me if you need help with car. Then, they all suck by not following thru. Lol so, I got this, because of people like yourself on RUclips.
Great video. I was able to swap my lights out in about hour thanks to your tips! Much appreciated.
Great the only one I found about this. Thanks!
Thanks, you made my Saturday a lot easier 👍🏻
Thank You for this. I also have a hybrid and am tired of breaking my knuckles and catching the bold from all the cuts. Appreciate it.
Thanks man. Was able to replace the HL assembly in under an hour.
Thanks for the vid.l am having issues with my HID lights and apparently it’s the reflective coating...common issues w Kia Optima
.This keeps me from have to go to the dealer🙂.
Thank you for posting this video! It was very helpful!
You know what I think I’m good with my stock headlights 😂
Great video , why they have to make everything So complicated , Lot of work to replace the HL Thank You for sharing ..
I really appreciate the instructions! 🙌
Thanks, this video helped. What a pain in the butt that was though!
Your video was a great help. Thanks
good lord. what a massive PITA! thanks for the video.
Great video, helped a bunch!!
Great video! Thanks for the warning about prying the bumper off carefully. No plastic parts broke! :-)
Every sound made me cringe but thank you i fell asleep driving so not only do i need a new headlight. I also have too replace my bumper so you saved me time
Glad the video could help, sorry to hear that happened though
Thank you for posting the nice video.
car designers prob have never spent any time actually working on a vehicle
Great video, but my question is how did you run that big wire , or which way did you? Under the car or through the firewall?? Do you have video or pictures,, im installing a audio system in mine is reason im asking
Thank You for sharing
Thanks for video
Having trouble taking off the headlight cover from the driver's side without having to remove the whole bumper n what not. Any tips?
Every single video on this car is the passenger side replacement, I'm assuming the driver side is the same concept?
Yup, the exact same, just flipped
Thanks!!!
روح ي مبدع ❤️
Good one!
Do you have any suggestions on where to buy a new headlight assembly from?
I would call kia and get the part number than Google it. A lot of times, other dealers or part wearhouses will be selling OEM for much cheaper
eBay
Serious question,
I recently busted my headlight . I bought a used one online but I believe its for a 2013or2014 not my 2015.
From what I can tell the lights are identical , BUT the female end of the plug doesn’t match the male end.
Is Cutting , splicing the wires and switching plug ins an option ?
As of now I’m kinda screwed with having no light in general due to damage.. any advice helps!
It’s most likely for a 2013 as the 2014 is the refreshed year and 2015 is a carryover. The plug ends are different because of some minor changes in the wiring for the upper end models. There’s ways to rewire it. I’d suggest googling it and researching forums
Alright so take it to a body shop, got it.
Hey man. Can the whole housing be fully disassembled cause Im about to install white side markers on mine.
Yeah, every hosting can be. You'd have to look up some videos but you need to heat up the assembly to loosen the glue holding it together. I belive its 220 degrees in the oven for 7 minutes
You should have backed your car up a lot more. That other car was distracting. Otherwise good video and instructions.
How did you do a led conversion
How did u remove the D1s?
Dude what kind of wheels are those, and where did you get them😭😭👀👀
They are actually the 18 inch rims from a 16 kia forte koup sx. The inside comes gunmetal, but I painted mine black
When I'm putting the thhhkreewws back in, do thkrew them tight?
Shut up
What are those orange hoses you have on there
It's a hybrid. The high voltage wires are covered in orange to distinguish them from everything else.
Breaks tab... anyway. You can't really see it properly... anyway. Lols
Will this apply for a 16 forte
It'll probably be similar, but the location of the clips and screws would be different.
Crazy KIA has you remove a bumper to change a turn signal bulb.
You do not have to remove headlight assembly, much less the bumper to change the turn lamp bulb. But you do have to remove the bumper to remove the entire headlamp assembly as he did in this video. He clearly says that at the end.
So uhh. Its dark out....i watched like first minute, got grille and top bolts out thinking that was it 😭😭😭 im gonna just squeeze and scrape my hands, my old forte was 2 bolts on the top of headlight and that was it, this is a whole days work
Well I must be an idiot because this completly broke main clips under the headlight for my bumper....
Dude, use a flashlight so we can see what your doing lol
Why, just why Kia? It’s a headlight!
You can replace the headlight without doing any of that. Just a simple cover over the back, But to remove the assembly you gotta take the bumper off
@@ipp2109 yeah, but to change turn signals you still have to deal with the bumper and everything else that was in this video
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