Can't reinstall driver's side headlight assembly

[Tucker2]

I just sprayed it on the contacts and rails. Liberally.

I did wipe off the obvious excess.....for what it was worth.

I hope you have as good of results as I did.

[Nine8Six]

OP, you can take off the wheel, then two little plastic clips inside the wheel well, and bend that plastic wheel well lining just enough so you can see the connector on the back of the headlight.

You want to ensure this is aligned properly before forcing anything.

The female connector often (slightly) moves out of place and can become unaligned with the headlight's male connector. If its the case the thing won't lock in place

Luck

[ttmedical]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

OP, you can take off the wheel, then two little plastic clips inside the wheel well, and bend that plastic wheel well lining just enough so you can see the connector on the back of the headlight.

You want to ensure this is aligned properly before forcing anything.

The female connector often (slightly) moves out of place and can become unaligned with the headlight's male connector. If its the case the thing won't lock in place

Luck

Hi, I'm oconfident the connector isn't causing the problem because of two little experiments I did:

1) I completely removed the female connector out of the way and the assembly wouldn't go all the way back

2) I left the connector properly attached and when I put the assembly back in, it goes the exact (Within 1mm, I measured) depth as if there was no connector but the lights work just fine, meaning that the assembly is properly connecting to the female socket.

I've worked with 308 headlights and they were easier than this hahaha!