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Old 10-17-2011, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by BonesZ33
if you need a diy to change these bulbs, you shouldn't be touching your car. No offense to the OP.
Since the thread was bumped I read it and this was very funny to me.
Old 01-09-2012, 05:38 PM
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Just changed mine. Its a nice inexpensive mod thats makes a good difference.
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Thanks for a good post-only problem I'm having is that the bulb housing may have warped over time-I got an '04-might be able to extend the little tab that sticks out(the little tab that's on the opposite side of the v-shaped clip on the housing-I might get a little piece of hard plastic+crazy glue it on the bottom of the little tab to make it work-it's just not secure as it was before-
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It's nice and easy to do, but looked like some people had some very dim LED's back when this thread was created.



Old 03-21-2015, 12:09 PM
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Just did mine, looks great

Just an FYI, you don't actually need a flat head to pry open the housing. It was designed to pop out if you push it to the right and pull.

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I swapped out my entire light housings for pre-builds with 16 white led's in each. Lights up the entire back of the car now. Only got pulled over once. Cop said I was illuminating my license TOO well. I never removed the bulbs, just went by to get the fix-it ticket cleared in broad daylight and they cleared it.
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I've had LEDs in mine for several years, but went with the dimmest white ones I could find. Similar to original bulbs, but whiter. No point in attracting attention or making the rear plate too easy to see, As an aside, I would never be stupid enough to tint heads, tails, signals, reverse lights, etc.
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