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Old 11-15-2005, 08:21 PM
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Default D.I.Y Getting to the Headlight Area

So I was really bored since my car is hibernating for the winter now.

Note: I'm in no way responsible if you damage your car, Attempt this at your own risk.

Here is what you will need(notice the blantent attempt at showing off my work-in-progress plastic Model):
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Jack up the car and remove the wheel:
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Damn it Young....

Come flying with me!!!! I let you have the controls at 160 miles per hour!!! I'm sure you'll like that!!!
Seriously, anytime this week/week-end works for me!
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Old 11-15-2005, 08:23 PM
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Unscrew these two screws:
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Old 11-15-2005, 08:24 PM
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Take these three um... whatchamacallits out(will show in details later).
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Old 11-15-2005, 08:25 PM
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Unbolt these two bolts(ignore the scrapage )
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Old 11-15-2005, 08:27 PM
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Here is an attempt at showing you how to take out the whatyamacallits:
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Put your hands underneath the rear flap and grab the front flap and pull it out:
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Also pull out the bottom area of the front flap:
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Now you will have plenty of room to work:
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Originally Posted by cessna
Damn it Young....

Come flying with me!!!! I let you have the controls at 160 miles per hour!!! I'm sure you'll like that!!!
Seriously, anytime this week/week-end works for me!
Regards,
Louis

Young you look deperate!!! Give me a call brother!
Old 11-15-2005, 08:33 PM
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Default In Addition: Changing the Turn Signal bulb

I was changing the turn signal bulb when I decided to do this D.I.Y so here it is:
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Old 11-15-2005, 08:36 PM
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It might seem tight and you might be scared to break the bulb, but it will come off. Just don't snap it in a quick and forceful manner. Gently wiggle the bulb side to side while pulling outwards:
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Old 11-15-2005, 08:39 PM
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Hope this helps anyone to be more confident that they can change the Turning signal by themselves.

Hopefully I can update this thread when my Hyper White H7 day running light comes. I'll also do one for the parking lights.

If I forgot anything, please don't hesitate to correct me.

PS: Someone said you can do this without jacking the car up and removing the tires by just turning the wheels inwards. I tried that and the space was nearly impossible to work with.
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u should of replaced it with a clear bulb..
for a DTM look
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I wasn't going to post these last pics just in case some people just want to change out a burnt bulb with OEM bulbs.

Plus, these clear LED amber one that I installed blinks too quickly, you need some kind of registers to make it blink normally.

Second picture is with clear LED that turns amber when blinking. The third picture is the before picture with the orange OEM bulb.
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Old 11-18-2005, 08:35 PM
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Just recieved my $0.50 Ebay Hyper White H7($0.01 if you wait out the 24 hour bidding):
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Old 11-18-2005, 08:38 PM
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What you will need other then the three tools I posted at the beginning:

Latex glove(don't ask me why I happen to have one handy...):
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After you have taken the white cap off to expose the HID and H7 area as shown on post 12, this is what you will see:
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At first, the H7 area looks a little scary and complicated. But once you find out how to open it to get to the bulb, you will be amazed how easy it is.

Here is a close up picture of the H7 area. Instruction is pasted on the picture:
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