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Headlight "Over Engineered"

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by eman08, Feb 27, 2017.

  1. eman08

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    Any one else think the headlight placement in the 2nd gen Prius awkward and over engineered? removing the halogens light bulbs is very easy but putting them back in and then plugging the electrical cable back in is ridiculous hard takes me a good 30 min per side. That stupid rubber cover thing that you have to put back in before you plug the cable back in is a pain as who ever designed this, it's a horrible design. Its such a tiny tight space to work with.
     
    #1 eman08, Feb 27, 2017
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    drop bumper forward, take out headlight. Won't take long at all
     
    #2 bikes4u, Mar 5, 2017
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    that's a lot of work just to change a damn light bulb. I didn't have to do that with other cars.

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    #3 eman08, Mar 20, 2017
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    hoist engine partially out of bay to change spark plugs, now that's bad engineering.
     
    #4 bisco, Mar 20, 2017
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