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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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i boguht different color parking lights for my z, i am not sure do you have to take off the whole bumper to get to the headlight or just take off the plastic by the wheel to remove the old light and replace it with the new one?
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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You bought different color parking lights? Like, what color?
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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You bought different color parking lights? Like, what color?
its sort of a blueish white color, just trying out how it looks, if i like it i will keep them on...
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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no, you dont have to take off the bumper.. just pull the liner in ur tire fenderwall after u take the plugs out and u can swap them out unless u have fatty handss then ur screwed.. good luck
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 06:49 PM
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YOUR WHAT I LIKE TO CALL A "DICK" ON THE FORUMS
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by cchhaenvgy21
no, you dont have to take off the bumper.. just pull the liner in ur tire fenderwall after u take the plugs out and u can swap them out unless u have fatty handss then ur screwed.. good luck
THANK YOU, thats what i thoguht i wasnt sure
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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Another tip is the parking light plugs are the 1/4 twist type. Reach up and a slight twist counterclockwise unseals them and allows for easy removal. Then you can easily remove the bulbs and replace them in the socket before reinstallation.
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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Another tip is the parking light plugs are the 1/4 twist type. Reach up and a slight twist counterclockwise unseals them and allows for easy removal. Then you can easily remove the bulbs and replace them in the socket before reinstallation.
thanks bro, i am doing it right now im on laptop in the garage i just did that, im gonna give it a little bit of time to cool down the lamps cause i left it on, its gonna be a bi*ch to put all that plastic back on when im done
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Terror
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your clear side markers are more rice than bulbs
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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I didnt see the part where you said whitish my bad. I thought you were just throwing in blue bulbs.

Clear side markers are probably used by more than half of the people in this forum. Ive seen more clear,tinted or blacked out side markers than the stock orange ones. My bad if i offended anyone.
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Terror
I didnt see the part where you said whitish my bad. I thought you were just throwing in blue bulbs.

Clear side markers are probably used by more than half of the people in this forum. Ive seen more clear,tinted or blacked out side markers than the stock orange ones. My bad if i offended anyone.
gotcha...just finished one of the 2 bulbs i will do the other one tomorow night im too tired now..wasnt too bad just suckd putting everything back together... and blue bulbs arent bad either if they match the car..at least i dont think thats rice
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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personally i would like to do away with my parking lights
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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Not rice at all...
People throw the word rice around too much



I have red led clusters in my parking light locations. Nobody think's it's rice. Sure as hell looks nicer than regular 168 yellow/white bulbs.



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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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i have leds.... if urs dont look good, try LEDS man. good luck
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Originally Posted by z32 Outlaw Z
i have leds.... if urs dont look good, try LEDS man. good luck
+1 LED's are worth the money, better color and last much longer.
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 08:17 PM
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Not rice at all...
People throw the word rice around too much



I have red led clusters in my parking light locations. Nobody think's it's rice. Sure as hell looks nicer than regular 168 yellow/white bulbs.


what color is your car, mine is silver so i got blue because it looks nice as a combo..but yours looks soooo mean
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 08:17 PM
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heres a pic of the leds.... they are 5 leds in one bulb....
get them at www.lightwerkz.net

u really cant tell by this pic of my Z, but they are nice and bright, they light up the road at night.
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by BojanC350z
what color is your car, mine is silver so i got blue because it looks nice as a combo..but yours looks soooo mean
Hey thanks! It makes children cry...

I gots teh Silverstone ... hence my name

I thought about blue, but the color theme for my last car was blue. The car was white. So I thought hey, red looks good with silver.

I think also, the red flows better with the orange side markers.

If I had clear sidemarkers I'd get all blue or somethin. Or HID White.
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by z32 Outlaw Z
heres a pic of the leds.... they are 5 leds in one bulb....
get them at www.lightwerkz.net

u really cant tell by this pic of my Z, but they are nice and bright, they light up the road at night.
Ahh. It's the HID white I was talking about. Goood look. Good with black.
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