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this is an FYI on parking light LED replacment...

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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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Angry this is an FYI on parking light LED replacment...

was it worth it? you may ask... NO. does it look good... yes. if you ever want to replace your parking lights dont do it... unless you have a lot of time and patience...
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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why not?
I've done this at least 4 times and it's both SUPER easy and looks awesome.


Here's my leds vs OEM lights


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My Jedi Powers sense that someone dropped a bulb in the housing...
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 05:25 PM
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Read your other post - could have just added reply instead of whole new thread and one w/o explanation.

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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 05:49 PM
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i think it would be easier to just take off the bumper then to screw around with that. but i like the way it looks... but next time ill do things differently lol
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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dont' take the bumper off, just be a bit more careful.
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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I swaped mine (again) just yesterday for some better quality LEDs... took 5 minutes... if that, one wrench to take off the ECU cover... maybe you just did it the hard way.
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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i did do it the hard way... damn first bulb fell in the housing w/o tape. next one with tape so it was impossible to take out cause the tape kept it from coming out. plus it was cold to the tape was not sticky. also if you drop the bulb in. the best way to take it out is with a wire and tape on a sewing thread. so the thread would grab one of the two little wires lmao
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 07:23 PM
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Did mine in about 15 minutes today. Driver side was a piece of cake. Passenger took a little work.
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 07:51 PM
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I've done it plenty of times. it helps to have small hands.
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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I've done it plenty of times. it helps to have small hands and be about 5 foot nothin
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fixed
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 08:38 PM
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i'm 6'2" with large hands and i was able to do this twice on my car.
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by laythor
i'm 6'2" with large hands and i was able to do this twice on my car.
you sir deserve a cookie



I took a bite out of it just to make sure it was good....hope you don't mind...
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