How do you switch the reverse lights in the rear bumper? do i have to take the bumper off? Also, i want to get rid of that nasty orange wedge bulb in the front housing. I have all the LED's and stuff, i just don't know how to do it. Please help



thx
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sang

 

The front ones are kinda pain to get out, but if you take the bolt off on the top of the housing you can get about an 1" more clearence. Just twist the connector and pull the whole thing out. Pull out the bulb and plug the new one in. Installing is bit tricky, you have to drop the whole thing down and angle the bulb upward into the housing. Twist to lock in.
The rear bumper I think you can reach from the bottom.

 

yup, alpha red got the instructions right.

what bulb are you replacing it with? I made a little custom bit this weekend, gonna put them in on wensday or thursday. Id like to see how yours come out.

 

The rear bulbs come out really easy , just take the tail lights out , : pop the 3 plastic bolt covers on the tailights with a flat blade screwdriver and remove the 3 10mm bolts. pm me if you have any problems!
Leigh

 

I think he's talking about the combo lights with the turn signals and backup lights.

 

yeh basically, my light for when i go in reverse, i hate that orange, so i want to change that to white, and the other is going to be that third wedge bulb in the head light casing. Annoying, but thanks guys for the help. If you have any more specific instructions please let me know.


Holla

Sang

 

the orange is your turn signal, the clear one next to it is white for reverse.

white turn signal will attract the cops...

 

Do you guys know where i can find the headlamps themselves for the 350Z, i want to do the LED conversion on them but i cant send out the lamps i have for 2 weeks and not hav the car, is there any place where i can buy the 2 eadlamps for the Z, or does anyone even know how expensive they are for that matter??

 

2-300 each.

seen them for as little as 150-200, or even 75 if they are damaged but that wouldnt help would it?

 

white turn signal will attract the cops... [/B][/QUOTE]

I did check with the local cops, and they were fine with the one I swap out, thank god! Because they are pretty bright!

 

what kind of bulb is that?

 

i want to do the LED conversion on them but i cant send out the lamps i have for 2 weeks and not hav the car

Sean, 2 weeks is the average turn-around time for our conversions. If planned in advance, we may be able to have the lights converted in about 3-4 days. We just finished moving to a new office, so things are still settling down.. but in the future, if anyone wants to have their lights modified within a quicker time-frame, just be sure to let me know and I will do my best to schedule everything.


>> white turn signal will attract the cops...

I did check with the local cops, and they were fine with the one I swap out, thank god! Because they are pretty bright!

Illegal, I have actually been pulled over for that before. The law states that white/amber is okay for FRONT signal, while amber/red is okay for REAR signals. White in the rear of a vehicle should solely be used for reverse lighting, not signal useage.

- Mike / ClearCorners.Com

 

I got some of the Superwhite blue bulb 7440 at Pep Boys, had to do some modication, but it was very minor. All my turn signal and back up light are mostly the same type of bulbs. So at night time it is pretty bright! the only thing sucks for the front, it tends to get a little bit hotter than the stock, so on top of the turn signal area has a little discolor affect, but you couldn't tell, until you look very close at it. I wondered if the wattage are too strong with the bulbs that I got for the front?

 

>> white turn signal will attract the cops...

I did check with the local cops, and they were fine with the one I swap out, thank god! Because they are pretty bright!

Illegal, I have actually been pulled over for that before. The law states that white/amber is okay for FRONT signal, while amber/red is okay for REAR signals. White in the rear of a vehicle should solely be used for reverse lighting, not signal useage.

- Mike / ClearCorners.Com [/B][/QUOTE]

Now you mention that, I realized I didn't check the rear one with the cop, hmmm..... I was more worry about if that would be too bright and white for any turn signal. But it look soooo much better with all pretty white tho!!!

 

What modification did you have to do to get the front turn signal bulbs to work? Because I also bought some hyperwhites for the front signals, but they only went in halfway.

 

I had to widen the groove in order for it to fit, since where the plug is made out of plastic (on the bulb), it was really easy to cut the groove out to make it fit. But I will still search for some super white with the glass attachment instead of plastic, and also the correct watts for the front.

 

I'm sure for rear turn signals, they can be red or amber.
Front must be amber only.

I'll be swapping bulbs in a couple weeks. I'll take day and night pictures as well.

The regualar white LED bulbs look nice, but isn't bright at all so it's hard to see what's behind the car at night when backing up.

I, too, would like to get rid of the amber stuff.

*If someone can get me electrical specifications to the door switch and A/C controls, that will help very much. I would like to replace the small amber LEDs inside of them with white/blue. :-D

 

here is a picture that better explains it.... I mark the line where I cut out the groove to make it fit. Make sure you do that on both sides. And you keep trimming it until you get a nice fit, it would actually click in to the slots.