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Old Dec 8, 2015 | 09:04 PM
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How do I change the low beam headlight on my 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited?
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Old Dec 9, 2015 | 12:38 PM
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Try wk2jeeps.com
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Old Dec 9, 2015 | 03:49 PM
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Thanks Dave. Plenty of great info but not what I'm specifically looking for. I'm sure it will come in handy in the future.
Thanks again!
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Old Dec 9, 2015 | 08:32 PM
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Check the section on removing the front fascia. You have to do that to access the headlights.
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Old Dec 9, 2015 | 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dave1123
Check the section on removing the front fascia. You have to do that to access the headlights.
Do you have to remove the engine to change the oil?
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Old Dec 10, 2015 | 01:19 AM
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Firestorm don't give them ideas on how to make things harder lol.Half the new cars on the road don't even use a trans dipstick anymore.
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Old Dec 10, 2015 | 03:15 AM
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My wife's cobalt has a sealed trans and I hate it. Sealed radiator too
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Old Dec 10, 2015 | 05:42 AM
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Ya know what's amusing? They tell you mercury is toxic and they are even trying to recall mercury medical thermometers, yet we still use mercury vapor street lighting, CFL light bulbs in our homes with mercury in them, and HID headlights have it in them as well. WTF? Smash up the front of your car and die from mercury poisoning? It makes no sense.
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Old Dec 10, 2015 | 09:57 AM
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In the case of the mercury thermometers, they are worried about proximate direct ingestion if one breaks in your mouth.

The other stuff is more or less released into the air, so the concentration isn't as great.
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Old Dec 10, 2015 | 04:43 PM
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Well, I'm going to tell you how toxic mercury is to handle. Not injest, I'm not going there. In 8th grade science class (1957), we had Science Club meetings after school and did some weird stuff before the class advisor got off bus duty and came into the room. We used to take shiny pennies and rub them with mercury with our fingers to make them look like dimes! Most of the time they would fool the clerk in the candy store!

In later years, I was tested for mercury and my blood level was so low they couldn't find it with the tests they had then. That was the Navy medical for active service.

Mercury vapor gets absorbed by the blood quickly in the lungs. If I change my headlights, I'm going to LED.

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Old Dec 12, 2015 | 10:02 PM
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I only want to replace the low beam headlight bulb. Gotta be a way to do that without removing the front of the car.
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Old Dec 13, 2015 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by muddwheeler
I only want to replace the low beam headlight bulb. Gotta be a way to do that without removing the front of the car.
Maybe not. Check your owner's manual.
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Old Dec 13, 2015 | 11:09 AM
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That info I told you I got from wk2jeeps.com
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 12:48 AM
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Welcome to working on a new car/suv things take forever to do what we would think is a simple job.
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Old Dec 15, 2015 | 04:35 AM
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I had a friend with a new VW Beetle tell me they had to take off his fender to replace a headlight!
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