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2001 C70 COnvertible Headlight Lens Replacement

Help, Advice, Owners' Discussion and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's stylish, distinctive P2 platform cars sold as model years 2001-2007 (North American market year designations).

2001 - 2007 V70
2001 - 2004 V70 XC (Cross Country)
2004 - 2007 XC70 (Cross Country)
2001 - 2009 S60
2003 - 2007 S60 R
2004 - 2007 V70 R

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TDolce
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2001 C70 COnvertible Headlight Lens Replacement

Post by TDolce »

Hello,..I'm a newbie here and also a newbie to the Volvo scene. Just recently acquired an 01 C70 convertible. It had a hole in the passenger side headlight lens and after purchasing a new lens,...I see that it is seemingly IMPOSSIBLE to simply change this out. I cannot for the life of me see where I can get to the bottom few clips without taking the whole bumper off. (I'm NOT going to do that just for a lens!!) Ialso realize that finding a repair book for the 01 C70 is about equally impossible too! Can somebody out there guide me through this? I found a photo that shows taking off the wiper by the headlight to access a cover strip thus exposing the clamps. This is not valid for my 01 as the bumper is all one piece and there is no strip behind the wiper. The headlight is seated in this one piece bumper. I think I need to get the whole headlight out to access the bottom clips. The book for the car shows a metal clamp that I need to depress with a screwdriver to allow the headlight to be freed. Again,..there is no metal tab or clip that I can see that matches the photo.

Anyone? Thanks for helping someone who apparently is struggling with the simplest of tasks!!!
Todd P. Dolce

owenmpk
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Joined: 1 August 2006
Year and Model: 96 and 97 850 99 C70
Location: Granite Bay CA

Post by owenmpk »

I replaced the lens on my 1999 C70 by removing the compltete headlight then it was very easy.

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