Headlight bulb keeps blowing on 2006 subaru forester

SOURCE: Forester 2.0 model 2006 lift up

Ther are lift kits out there if thats what you want to do. But if you want to go up that high you will need to replace a lot of things with bigger and stronger things. Like springs, trailing arms, you may need to add trailing arms if you have not got them fitted, axle guides axle mounts, spring dampers, and you may need to change universal joints and angles to accomadate the extra hieght. Go see you local 4x4 product supplier and see what they have to offer for your 4x4 in the way of lift kits. But unless you are going to do some hardcore offroading, and often, it may not be worth your time or money to do. If you are just after looks of a lifted vehicle and don't plan on testing out what it can do, you could always just add the lift blocks and be done with that, it just depends on what you want to do as to how much and how far you need to go. You can get real hardcore or you can go for looks. But the more hardcore you go the more your wallet opens up and the money falls out!

SOURCE: 2006 SUBARU FORESTER HEADLIGHTS

open hood,unplug wire to bulb,pulloff rubber boot.There is a paperclip like thing you squeeze,ant bulb will come out.reverse the order.ok

SOURCE: Need to replace a headlight assembly for a 2006 Subaru Outback.

No, you just remove the radiator grill and the side marker light and the headlight housing bolts and it comes out. Not a real hard job and is Real straight forward. Good luck and have a good day.

SOURCE: My headlights do not work on my 2002 Subaru Forester

Do you have park,signal lights ,check fuses.

SOURCE: changing the bulb in a Subaru headlight

This is not a trivial job. I would recommend you get all four bulbs for whatever side you are replacing - do them all. The dealer-dude didn't have the orange turn-signal bulb in stock, and said they don't see too many replaced. I guess thats probably right since it was about ten years ago when I last saw someone actually use their turn signal.

So step one - go get 3 (or 4 if you replace turn signal) bulbs. The front marker and side marker are the same bulb type.

Step two - remove the middle grill. The top connectors are visible and you can use a flat-bladed screw driver to compress the side or top and jiggle them so they pop loose. One you get the top part of the grill loose - DO NOT just pull outward - you will break the non-visible two lower connectors and get to go to the dealer again to get new ones. Instead, to remove the grill once the top part is loose, PULL UP. These light gray lower connectors are inbedded in the Head Lamp assembly.

The exterior trim piece is next. The two top black poppers need to be jimmied up 1/4 inch and then they pull out. The trim piece has 3 additional attachment points that are hidden. About the middle and a few inches to the outbound side, there are 2. They have an outbound facing notch, and the trim piece needs to be tapped towards the outward direction (side of the car) until it is free of them. This piece can flex a bit - its OK - but don't overdo. The final attachment is at the outermost corner that is a 1/4" male that plugs into a female fitting - This can be carefully pulled out and the trim piece is off.

The next part is the Head Lamp Assembly. There are 3 screws which the owners Manual actually correctly identifies. These come out. And the assembly is basically loose, but attached by 4 cables going into the Assembly. The Marker lights and turn signal are easy - just untwist them. When you reconnect them - they have VERY different slot keys, so you won't have trouble remembering which is which. The tough one is the headlamp.
The connector to the bulb has a rubberized cover. You can't see it while it is in place,but it has the word "PUSH" and two arrows on it pointing at the sides. You need to press in on the sides, a little higher than the middle, and disconnect the bulb connector. I had to gently use channel locks to do this.

When the connector is removed, you can remove the rubber dam material surrounding the light. It may stick, but this entire thing will come off, making removal of the bulb a much simpler task.

Once this is removed, you will see a wire latch holding the lamp in. Squeeze the wire latch (like pinching a clothes pin - kind of) at the top and it should release the bulb, which can now be simply removed from the enclosure.

Replacement is the reverse and will be much easier now that you see all the parts that were previously hidden.