headlight shoru won't fit

[eagle eye]

after replacing a broken headlight on my 97 firebird the headlight shroud won't fit properly/ What am I doing wrong?

[Red&Black_Attack]

Re: headlight shoru won't fit

The thing that holds the bulb in? Or the black plastic thing that goes around the whole headlight assy?

[eagle eye]

Re: headlight shoru won't fit

the black plastic thing that goes around the whole headlight assy

[Red&Black_Attack]

Re: headlight shoru won't fit

Hmm.. Why's it not fitting? Like, whats its doing?

[eagle eye]

Re: headlight shoru won't fit

I put it on, screw it in, and the light won't go down. Can the shrouds get warped after 10+ years?

[Red&Black_Attack]

Re: headlight shoru won't fit

Did you look to see where its hitting? After my wreck I had to cut some of the edges off them cause they hit the bumper cover going down.

[eagle eye]

Re: headlight shoru won't fit

That's the wierd thing, it fit before I took it off, now it doesn't. It's hitting the bumper cover and a bracket inside the car.

[Red&Black_Attack]

Re: headlight shoru won't fit

Yeah I had the same issue geting my car pieced back together after my wreck. Never went back the same so I shaved some of it off.

Did you take the whole assy apart from the car or did you just replace the bulb w/out removing anything else?

[eagle eye]

Re: headlight shoru won't fit

I just replaced the bulb and that's it

[Red&Black_Attack]

Re: headlight shoru won't fit

Hmm. Thats wierd.

Well have you tried adjusting it around? If you didnt care though you can just leave those off, you wont see there missing at nite anyway.

[steddy]

Re: headlight shoru won't fit

I usually need to push it over the bumper cover a bit, then make sure that it fits on the outside of the brackets (scissors). Make sure it clears the bumper cover. It takes a little persuassion, but it'll pop in and it shouldn't hurt the paint. Then you just align it and tighten it down, once it fits over the bracketry. I wouldn't let the shroud force the headlight open too long, it may mess up the gearing in the headlight motor.