Once again, thank you so much. First-time car owner here and I haven't been able to find specifics on how to do ANY of this for months until I found your channel. Thank you. Excellent editing as well.
@@DIYLifeSkills Not sure why, but I'm just now seeing this. To answer your question though, I recently bought a 2011 GS450H with 206K miles. Got it for $9.5K and have since driven 10K miles (daily driver) with minimal issues. This video for the most part covers my bumper as it's identical. And before anyone says anything, I know it's not the best price, nor does it make sense to buy such an old car with that kind of mileage, but I was set on the car for a while and figured I could get it to at least 250/300K miles with very careful maintenance and key replacements. We'll see how it goes. It's probably worth mentioning I got it earlier in the year when I could not find a single Black interior/black exterior GS450H in good condition for months. They're extremely hard to find and it still amazes me today how rare the car is. I never see it and I drive literally everywhere in NYC as an Uber driver.
@@XSilvenX I bought my 2006 with 105K miles 3 years ago and it’s running so smoothly that I’m pretty confident that I can easily get over 200K miles. Only thing I regret is not getting a bigger engine. Also like you. I prefer black leather interior, but mine is gray which is much better than tan leather which I hate. Thanks for following up.
Do also have a video of removing the rear bumper? Found a manual on the web and it says you need to disconnect the battery to avoid triggering the airbag?🤔
thanx for this video, i was looking to replace the headlight of my GS300 2007, and i notice that i have to remove the front bumper which i do not know how to remove it, thanx to u, now i know
@@DIYLifeSkills hello, there is a water inside the right hand side headlight, and the shop will fix it, but i have to open it and send it to them, that's why i need to remove the bumper
There are number of DIY videos in how to open the headlight and reseal it using kit like this ZXMOTO 13Ft Headlight Sealant Retrofit Refit Butyl Rope Rubber Glue Reseal for Car Headlamps Window Door Windshield (1 Piece) www.amazon.com/dp/B077QJTJ2S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_KVSFEF8RQRR7Z086C893?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I had water in my Jetta headlight, and what I did was take out the bulb and then used a hair dryer to dry out the moisture inside. And then added some caulking on top of the headlight to seal off the moisture leak and that solved the problem.
Would you need to remove the whole bumper to replace the fog light assembly/housing? Or can you just access it from the bottom of the car if you jack it up
I think if you jack up the entire frontend and remove both front tires, and then remove or just peel back on fender liner, you should be able to reach the fog light assembly. Let me know how it goes for others consider doing this.
Looks like it may be possible. Just removed the top plastic engine cover and you should have access to clips that are holding the grill. Let me know how it goes.
I haven't had a real purpose for removing the rear bumper yet, but here are some similar car videos to give you some idea. ruclips.net/video/beoN2-v16AI/видео.html ruclips.net/video/YVkbBVpvkLU/видео.html ruclips.net/video/AleLizxZw1k/видео.html
First of all, that GS is immaculate! 😍 My question: is it necessary to remove the front bumper to change the low beam headlights? I want to upgrade the headlights but I don’t have the tools and expertise to remove the bumper.
By headlight, I'm assuming you are referring to the entire headlight assembly. In that case, you have to remove the bumper. It's not super difficult in terms of skills or tools needed, but it's very tedious as you have to remove so many bolts, screws, clips, and to get it back on perfectly you really need two people.
@@DIYLifeSkills thanks for replying so quickly, but no I’m not referring to the entire assembly. I simply want to upgrade the HID bulbs to the OSRAM series. They are said to give performance similar to LED output.
@@TheLifeOnHigh The OEM HID bulb gets power from the ballast, so I don't think you can just swap LED bulb to it. I think you may have to bypass the HID connection and feed a new power line to the new LED bulb. You can actually all the manufacturer or try to find HID to LED conversion videos on RUclips. If you get this working, I'm curious to give it a try. Let me know how it goes.
@@DIYLifeSkills no no, I’m sorry for poorly communicating my question. The OSRAM bulbs are high performance HIDs. They are not LED bulbs. So the job is a simple HID swap. Would I still have to remove the bumper just to swap them out using the same connectors? Edit: I gave up on the idea of converting the HIDs to LEDs because I’m told LED light does not reflect well through projector lenses. So the high performance HIDs is the next best option for those of us with the projector lenses. I’ve already swapped the fog lights with LEDs and they look incredible on the road. But they also make my existing 4300k HIDs look much more yellow 😒
When removing the 10mm bolt that holds the bumper to the headlight housing it was too tight and broke the housing and now how matter how much I turn it it won’t loosen since whatever the bolt screwed into inside that housing is rotating with it. Is there anyway I can get it out or should I try cutting that screw out
Man I just noticed yesterday the passenger side of my bumper is slightly removed. It's such a shame. I think it got hooked to something on the ground as I was reversing out my drive way because there does not seem to be any other damage indicating.
Sorry for answering multiple times. The bumper moving away from the car was done in After Effect (by my wife), and changing the video content to the sketch drawing was done in Filmora.
It was bit of a journey to figure out how to remove the ballast without completely opening up the headlight assembly. I've tried 3 methods and they didn't work out, but finally on fourth method, I was able to replace the ballast with no disassembly to the headlight. I still have assemble everything back on to the car, and edit bunch of videos, so it'll probably this weekend when I can upload the video.
Thank you, saved me a lot of time figuring out where the cables for parking sensors are.
Watching your videos all over from the Dominican Republic !!
Excellent. What year and model car do you have?
Once again, thank you so much. First-time car owner here and I haven't been able to find specifics on how to do ANY of this for months until I found your channel. Thank you. Excellent editing as well.
What year and model car did you get? And how many miles do you have?
@@DIYLifeSkills Not sure why, but I'm just now seeing this. To answer your question though, I recently bought a 2011 GS450H with 206K miles. Got it for $9.5K and have since driven 10K miles (daily driver) with minimal issues. This video for the most part covers my bumper as it's identical.
And before anyone says anything, I know it's not the best price, nor does it make sense to buy such an old car with that kind of mileage, but I was set on the car for a while and figured I could get it to at least 250/300K miles with very careful maintenance and key replacements. We'll see how it goes. It's probably worth mentioning I got it earlier in the year when I could not find a single Black interior/black exterior GS450H in good condition for months. They're extremely hard to find and it still amazes me today how rare the car is. I never see it and I drive literally everywhere in NYC as an Uber driver.
@@XSilvenX I bought my 2006 with 105K miles 3 years ago and it’s running so smoothly that I’m pretty confident that I can easily get over 200K miles. Only thing I regret is not getting a bigger engine. Also like you. I prefer black leather interior, but mine is gray which is much better than tan leather which I hate. Thanks for following up.
Excellent video - you saved me so many hours on a similar project. THANK YOU!
Glad it helped!
Do also have a video of removing the rear bumper? Found a manual on the web and it says you need to disconnect the battery to avoid triggering the airbag?🤔
thanx for this video, i was looking to replace the headlight of my GS300 2007, and i notice that i have to remove the front bumper which i do not know how to remove it, thanx to u, now i know
Are you swapping out to a completely new headlight?
If the new HID ballast do not last, in the future, I may consider LED swap...so we'll see.
@@DIYLifeSkills hello, there is a water inside the right hand side headlight, and the shop will fix it, but i have to open it and send it to them, that's why i need to remove the bumper
There are number of DIY videos in how to open the headlight and reseal it using kit like this
ZXMOTO 13Ft Headlight Sealant Retrofit Refit Butyl Rope Rubber Glue Reseal for Car Headlamps Window Door Windshield (1 Piece) www.amazon.com/dp/B077QJTJ2S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_KVSFEF8RQRR7Z086C893?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I had water in my Jetta headlight, and what I did was take out the bulb and then used a hair dryer to dry out the moisture inside. And then added some caulking on top of the headlight to seal off the moisture leak and that solved the problem.
Would you need to remove the whole bumper to replace the fog light assembly/housing? Or can you just access it from the bottom of the car if you jack it up
I think if you jack up the entire frontend and remove both front tires, and then remove or just peel back on fender liner, you should be able to reach the fog light assembly. Let me know how it goes for others consider doing this.
Can the center grill be removed from the bumper without removing the entire bumper?
Looks like it may be possible. Just removed the top plastic engine cover and you should have access to clips that are holding the grill. Let me know how it goes.
@@DIYLifeSkills Awesome brother thanks!
@@OhanaRVing did that work for you?
Hello, I'm looking for a video that shows how to remove the rear bumper ☹️
I haven't had a real purpose for removing the rear bumper yet, but here are some similar car videos to give you some idea.
ruclips.net/video/beoN2-v16AI/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/YVkbBVpvkLU/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/AleLizxZw1k/видео.html
Thanks for the video
You helped me alot
Thanks for the feedback. :-)
First of all, that GS is immaculate! 😍
My question: is it necessary to remove the front bumper to change the low beam headlights? I want to upgrade the headlights but I don’t have the tools and expertise to remove the bumper.
By headlight, I'm assuming you are referring to the entire headlight assembly. In that case, you have to remove the bumper. It's not super difficult in terms of skills or tools needed, but it's very tedious as you have to remove so many bolts, screws, clips, and to get it back on perfectly you really need two people.
@@DIYLifeSkills thanks for replying so quickly, but no I’m not referring to the entire assembly. I simply want to upgrade the HID bulbs to the OSRAM series. They are said to give performance similar to LED output.
@@TheLifeOnHigh The OEM HID bulb gets power from the ballast, so I don't think you can just swap LED bulb to it. I think you may have to bypass the HID connection and feed a new power line to the new LED bulb. You can actually all the manufacturer or try to find HID to LED conversion videos on RUclips. If you get this working, I'm curious to give it a try. Let me know how it goes.
@@DIYLifeSkills no no, I’m sorry for poorly communicating my question. The OSRAM bulbs are high performance HIDs. They are not LED bulbs. So the job is a simple HID swap. Would I still have to remove the bumper just to swap them out using the same connectors?
Edit: I gave up on the idea of converting the HIDs to LEDs because I’m told LED light does not reflect well through projector lenses. So the high performance HIDs is the next best option for those of us with the projector lenses. I’ve already swapped the fog lights with LEDs and they look incredible on the road. But they also make my existing 4300k HIDs look much more yellow 😒
@@TheLifeOnHigh Oh HID bulb with same form factor simply swaps in and out without removing the headlight.
Will you do a video on how to take the grill apart? Please! If not...I will have to do it lol! Love your channel! Thank you for all the content!
How long did it take you to remove the front bumper please?
About 1 hour because I had to stop and figure out how it comes out. But with the video, you should be able to do it under 1 hour.
Awesome content thank you sir
Anything on how to remove rear bumper on the gs350?
I thought about doing in the near future. In the meantime, what are you trying to fix?
@@DIYLifeSkills the rear bumper of the gs350 and also the taillight
When removing the 10mm bolt that holds the bumper to the headlight housing it was too tight and broke the housing and now how matter how much I turn it it won’t loosen since whatever the bolt screwed into inside that housing is rotating with it. Is there anyway I can get it out or should I try cutting that screw out
I’m trying to figure out which bolt. Can you point me to a time in my video where I show that bolt?
Great video bro, made it seem possible :)
Man I just noticed yesterday the passenger side of my bumper is slightly removed. It's such a shame. I think it got hooked to something on the ground as I was reversing out my drive way because there does not seem to be any other damage indicating.
What location of the bumper?
What was that first animation from? Also good video
Sorry for answering multiple times. The bumper moving away from the car was done in After Effect (by my wife), and changing the video content to the sketch drawing was done in Filmora.
Thank you very much
Thanks for the feedback
Do a video on tha ballets replacement
Yup, I'm working on it today, but I'm seeing inconsistent lighting behavior so doing more diagnostics. It's coming soon.
It was bit of a journey to figure out how to remove the ballast without completely opening up the headlight assembly.
I've tried 3 methods and they didn't work out, but finally on fourth method, I was able to replace the ballast with
no disassembly to the headlight. I still have assemble everything back on to the car, and edit bunch of videos,
so it'll probably this weekend when I can upload the video.
@@DIYLifeSkills ok thanks buddy can’t wait for the video!!
Make a video for the rear bumper plz
I usually don’t take things apart unless I have something to repair. Are you trying to replace the rear bumper?
@@DIYLifeSkills yes I’m gonna attempt today. Looked everywhere but no step by step instructions that are legit.
@@alexlukash8679
Looks like it'll be similar to this one.
ruclips.net/video/xUEe6Lesjf8/видео.html&ab_channel=MrHeartspeed
How to get original headlights at an affordable price
What is your car model & year? Are you needing to completely replace the headlight? Or looking to repair?
@@DIYLifeSkills
please