Hey guys, my last z was broken into and totaled so, here's my new baby.
It's a 2007 SMB Touring. Had a fun drive home
Bad news... driver side headlight is out. Can anyone the best method of repairing? Dealer is probably a bad idea huh? Doing it yourself is also a pain though I hear..

 

Very nice

 

Very nice indeed!

 

Some say the front bumper has to come off, yet others say you can get to the rear of the headlight by partially removing the inner arch. I can't offer anymore than that as I've yet to have one fail on me. One thing is for sure its going to cost you plenty of $$$$'s to take it to a dealer. The car looks beautiful by the way.

 

bumper does have to come off, but nice looking car

 

nice car


but WHAT!? you have to take off the front bumper to replace a headlight bulb? I just replaced my GF's headlight bulb in her VW jetta..... im always **** talking german engineering for being difficult to work on.... but you gotta take off the front bumper on the zed??? thats ridiculous.....

gl.

 

That's beautiful. Love the color. Congrats!

 

beautiful Z, grats!

 

You should only need to take the fender well liner off. There are like 5-6 plastic pins and a few screws and it should pop off with some convincing....

 

Yeah you dont have to remove the front bumper cover. that would be stupid. They are thinking of taking the headlight out maybe. to replace the bulb take the fender liner out. its do able with the wheel on. but easier with the wheel off.

Very nice car.

 

i know you can get to the turn signal bulb from the wheel well, i dont know about replacing the headlight bulb... but i know to remove the light, you do have to take the bumper off

 

Nice z!

Just remove wheel and front wheel liner plastic clips and screw and can get access to everything you need to replace he lights

 

just to change a bulb I doubt it has to come off. I took out the entire light and it was a mission.

 

This is pretty much exactly what I was looking for when I was in the market for a Z. After 4 months of diligent searching I settled for the second best color, Silverstone Metallic. Congrats! I love that color!

 

Welcome back to the Z game!

 

Very nice! I almost got the same Z as you; 07 smb touring, but the person had already sold it. :/

 

Enjoy number two. Headlight bulbs are a bit of nuisance to get at, but not difficult, it doesn't take long.

 

Woops double post.

 

This is what Nissan workshop schedules say and allow 4.5 hours for the replacement of the bulb hence the high cost of dealer replacement. Its forum members who have found that it is possible to remove the inner arch either partly or fully to replace the bulb. So if you think it 'stupid' to remove bumper cover then take it up with Nissan US to see if they'll change their protocol and as a result charge the customer 2 or 3 hundred $ less!