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Do you have to take the head light out ot change the parking light and turn signal?

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Old Jul 14, 2003 | 04:41 PM
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Default Do you have to take the head light out ot change the parking light and turn signal?

The owners manual to this car has to be one of the worst I have ever seen. I was looking around and the only way I can forsee getting to those bulbs is to take the fender liner out, or pull the head lights out. is there another way??
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Old Jul 14, 2003 | 06:30 PM
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I just pulled the wheel of, and took out the plastic liner. The bulbs are right there. Its kinda tight, but that was the only way i could figure how to do it.
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Old Jul 14, 2003 | 07:55 PM
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I ran into the same problem. I could not figure it out. I now have
the factory service manual on cd-rom. And the plastic liner is the only way to change out any of those bulbs. That is why nissan tells you to take your Z in to them just to change a little bulb.
Right, like i don't know how to take off a tire and some plastic.
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Old Jul 14, 2003 | 08:45 PM
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Dead right - read the owners manual and it says you can change the lamps from the engine bay. What a joke....

Wheel off, then plastic trim, but have a look at the mess of steel and plastic while you are there !

PS What does the manual say about alligning the low beams ? I fitted HID's and the pattern is no a bit off.

What's the manual like - heard its pricey, think its worth the $$$ ?
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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 05:14 AM
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Well, I guess I'll pull the tire and fender liner, thats a alot of work just to cahngea damn corrner lamp.

I saw that service manual cd on ebay, but I don't know if its the same one you got. I'm going to look into getting a factory service manual book. I was into hondas before this, and I hd the huge grey helms manual for it. Very helpful, anyone know if there is ahelms out for the z yet?
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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 09:18 PM
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PS What does the manual say about alligning the low beams ? I fitted HID's and the pattern is no a bit off.
What's the manual like - heard its pricey, think its worth the $$$ ?
There is an alignment screw next to the bulb.
This manual is the best thing I've ever bought.
I found it on ebay for $20 it has over 600 pages, well worth it.
You can take the complete car apart and put it back together with this manual.
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