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Old 05-30-2010, 04:01 PM
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Step Two: [VHL DIY 005 thru 013] Remove the Sun-visors and their associated lights. Be careful when prying any plastic as it will damage easily. You will make some prying marks, but you want to do what you can to minimize it.

The sun-visor lights have metal clips on each end, push the clip in with your screw driver 005-1, while prying down to get the light out; be careful not to get you screw driver under the headliner metal trim. This metal trim is visible in the pic; if you try to pry the light out with your screw driver under the metal trim you will break the headliner. For those that have rear seat dome lights 005-A, they are the same light and are removed in the same manner as the front lights.

Once you have the light out there are two little levers 006-1 (not visible in the pic) at the top of the connector; squeeze in on both and pull the connector to disconnect.

The sun-visors have a single screw, remove the cover plate 008-1 and remove the phillips head screw 009-1. Now to get the sun-visor out requires some tricky pulling as noted by the arrow in 010-1, you must pull down while the opposite end of the visor goes up, but there are two little prongs 010-2 on the end your pulling down, so be careful how much force you use to pull down or you will damage the headliner.

For '99 models and up the sun visor wiring has been changed; there is a metal clip [010A] attached the sun visor arm; I am uncertain as to what its use is, just be sure not to damage it.

To disconnect the mirror light pull the little tab 011-1 in the direction of the arrow.

Now the sun-visor clips were the most difficult to get because the plastic clips were the stiffest 012; once you pry the cover off there are only two phillips screws to remove 013-1 and 013-2.
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