Took me just over two hours for the whole thing. Couple of things to report for others attempting this:
1. The bumper does not need to be removed. This post from
@Tigchamp was a great help to me - wife not well and unable to hold one end of the bumper. Mine is a Startline single-piece bumper, but there’s loads of flex. Thanks TigChamp.
Just a little update to this thread, there is no need to remove the whole bumper. Just do one side at a time. I had to replace a broken headlight and just removed the trim clips on the top and the Torx screws and trim clip on one side of the inner arch and bottom of one side, then simply pulled that side of the bumper away. This gave me plenty of room to undo the two bolts on the front of the headlight. It is flexible enough to remain attached on the other side. After replacing the headlight I simply pushed the bumper back in place and reinstalled al the fixings. If you wanted too you could then do the same for the other headlight. Obviously doing it this way there is no problems trying to get the whole bumper back in place and you can do it by yourself without a helper.
2. Those ‘better’ CanPlus LEDs from Twenty20 - They look awesome. they are *much* longer than the older version and nearly twice as long as the halogen bulb. There was no way these were going in using the traditional method. I had the headlights on the dining room table with a small torch so I could see clearly why they fouled. The only option was to remove the plastic extension piece from the bulb holder (just unclips) then fit them without the extension. Either they can deal with either polarity or I luckily guessed correctly in both cases. Assuming they don’t fail, I calculated it will take me 250 years to reach the end of their life so now they’re in, I feel good about them. There are no CANBuS errors with ignition on. Haven’t driven it yet.
3. Once I had finished and packed everything away, I noticed that the headlights sit shy of the bumper in the middle (they toe in slightly) by 5mm or so. Not noticeable to anyone other than me, but that made me realise that the headlight mounting screw guide underneath (and fixed to) the lights had an adjustable depth setting. If I ever get bored bored bored I might take the whole thing apart and correct this, but for anyone doing it afresh, check this before you bolt everything together - the right time to do it would be when you just put one screw in the lights and test the wiring etc by switching on the ignition.
Don’t mean to sound negative - I’m delighted with the end result, and if I die before I reach 298 years old then all is good.
Thanks everyone on this thread.
EDIT: ***SEE WARNING BELOW ABOUT AVOIDING THIS ROUTE***