Spent Saturday morning getting the shop ready for my sons ballast removal on his 2006 Acura TL. What a freakin’ bitch it is to get to the actual part. You literally have to remove the entire front bumper assembly along with supporting brackets and covers. Not to mention the battery has to removed too.

I don’t know what a shop would charge but accessing the lower bumper screws and fasteners is difficult because of the low stance.

Once the bumper and supporting hardware is removed you’re able to remove the actual headlamp which has the ballast attached to it on the underside.

It turned out that the left blinker lamp wasn’t working so a quick trip to the auto parts store was needed.