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Old 12-26-2009, 10:35 AM
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okay so im changing my parking lights to led and i lost a damn bulb in the housing. question is.. ifi use a magnet will it mess anything in the led or will it be fine? second... how the hell do you reinstall the passenger side??
Old 12-26-2009, 10:43 AM
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Ooo, i warned you. It is really hard to get it in especially if you have bigger hands/fingers but you just have to work with very little room, and getting it out of the housing after it has fallen in there is extremely difficult from what i have heard, so i guess good luck and let us know if you can get it out.
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OMFG!!! so i lost the one on the drivers side so i was like w.e ill just do the passenger side. i taped that one up put it in. then after 2 hours, i finally got the bulb out that i lost on the drivers side. taped that one up put it in.. turned on lights to see if it was working... drivers one works now the Fing passenger one fell out. question now is how do you take out the whole light housing thing cause the esu is a bitch and i cant see what the hell im doing. so i think it would be easy if i just took off the lights.
Old 12-26-2009, 12:25 PM
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OMFG!!! so i lost the one on the drivers side so i was like w.e ill just do the passenger side. i taped that one up put it in. then after 2 hours, i finally got the bulb out that i lost on the drivers side. taped that one up put it in.. turned on lights to see if it was working... drivers one works now the Fing passenger one fell out. question now is how do you take out the whole light housing thing cause the esu is a bitch and i cant see what the hell im doing. so i think it would be easy if i just took off the lights.
Sorry but to remove the headlights from the car you have to remove the front bumper....
Old 12-26-2009, 12:49 PM
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Just take the ECU lid off.

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i took off the lid. but i dont have a lot of work space as i did at the drivers side.
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The passenger side is tighter to work with then the drivers side, you just have to manage with the little bit you have.
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6 1/2 hours to change the bulbs. lol my first time.
Old 12-26-2009, 09:11 PM
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heh. i had similar troubles. and after finally getting them in, they only lasted about 5 months.
Old 12-27-2009, 12:27 AM
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ya same here, i've had to replace both passenger and drivers side already, i think it was about 5 months for me as well.
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gl with that! i made the same mistake you did...i had to remove the actual headlight to get the bulb out. i think thats the easiest way to go...removing the front bumper really isn't that hard .
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well i found the easiest way to take out the bulb w/o taking off the bumper is to get a wire long enough for it to get inside the housing, and tape a sewing thread on it... its like going fishing, but for a bulb lol



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