I had to change my headlight bulb this weekend on my KIA Sprectra, and let me tell you that it turned into quite the endeavor. A simple task that should take a few minutes ended up taking over an hour and is still not technically completed.
Step One: I went to AutoZone and purchased new headlights and came back home. No problem so far.
Step Two: Look on car manual to make sure I change bulb correctly. The book is made for every kind of KIA, not just a Sprectra. Why don't they have a specific book for each type of car. This is like Sony creating one user's manual that is for CD players, telvisions and PlayStation 3. So I find the section that shows how to change the headlight in a Sprectra. It turns out you have to remove the bumper, yes the bumper, to get to the headlight. So I figure, what the hell, thats do this. I proceed to take off the bolts to remove the bumper. The book shows 4 bolts, even though there about 9. SO I take them off and then nothing happens. The bumper won't budge. Which brings be back to a rule in life: bumpers are meant to be removed.
Step Three: So I think to myself , this car is not going to get the best of me. It turns out that you need to remove the bumper so you can get inside the headlight and attach this little metal clip to hold in the bulb. You really need two hands and a good angle to do this. Using my brain I decide to use the old standby, duct tape. I duct tape two toothpicks together and make my own little wooden clip and use more duct tape to duct tape the toothpicks to the headlight and tape this whole contraption together. Long story short; those crazy Japanese automakers may have thought they have outsmarted most Americans, but not this one. I found a way around your wacky headlight changing system.
How many people does it take to change a headlight bulb?
One, and some duct tape.
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