Removing front turn signal lense.. Help
08-12-2015, 03:00 PM
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Removing front turn signal lense.. Help There doesnt seem to be much info on this subjest that I can find. From what I HAVE found, it's supposed to be a fairly easy task. I took out the headlamp assy. and just couldn't get the turn signal lense out, no matter what angle I tried to move it to or turn it at. The it's like it was too long and I couldn't get past the sides... I had extremly limited side to side movement, and it would only lift up so high, then it would just jam in there. Any ideas or suggestions?
I was trying to take it out because I had gotten some water in there somehow and the bulb blew out, so I wanted to get the water and glass pieces out. I ended up just using some mechanical fingers to get the big pieces of glass out and i wadded up a napkin and used the mechanical fingers to move the napkin around in there to get the water. But now, I want to replace the lense because I broke one of the holes that a screw goes into to hold it in place. Its holding just fine with 1 screw, but I wanna fix it before too long.... but I gotta get the old one out first.....
I was trying to take it out because I had gotten some water in there somehow and the bulb blew out, so I wanted to get the water and glass pieces out. I ended up just using some mechanical fingers to get the big pieces of glass out and i wadded up a napkin and used the mechanical fingers to move the napkin around in there to get the water. But now, I want to replace the lense because I broke one of the holes that a screw goes into to hold it in place. Its holding just fine with 1 screw, but I wanna fix it before too long.... but I gotta get the old one out first.....
Last edited by DuckDude; 08-12-2015 at 03:36 PM.
08-12-2015, 07:12 PM
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Should be pretty easy, I've never had an issue. Follow these steps from another thread:
Originally Posted by djfury05 View Post
You do not need to take off the bumper. Here are the steps I use.
1 - Pop the hood
2 - Remove the 5 pushpins on the front top part of the bumper
3 - Pull the bumper cover up and over the foam support
4 - Remove the (1) 10mm bolt on the backside of each headlight
5 - Disconnect the High/Low beams from the head light assembly
6 - Slide the passenger side headlight towards the driver side to remove it
7 - Slide the driver side headlight towards the passenger side to remove it
8 - Remove the running light and turn signal bulbs from the old turn signal housings
9 - Remove the (2) 7mm screws from the backside of the turn signal housings
10 - Put new turn signal housings in place and work backwards through these steps to the beginning
Good luck
You do not need to take off the bumper. Here are the steps I use.
1 - Pop the hood
2 - Remove the 5 pushpins on the front top part of the bumper
3 - Pull the bumper cover up and over the foam support
4 - Remove the (1) 10mm bolt on the backside of each headlight
5 - Disconnect the High/Low beams from the head light assembly
6 - Slide the passenger side headlight towards the driver side to remove it
7 - Slide the driver side headlight towards the passenger side to remove it
8 - Remove the running light and turn signal bulbs from the old turn signal housings
9 - Remove the (2) 7mm screws from the backside of the turn signal housings
10 - Put new turn signal housings in place and work backwards through these steps to the beginning
Good luck
09-04-2015, 06:11 PM
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Remove a bumper to take out a turn signal housing? Brilliant idea... totally unnecessary maintenance to complete something so simple. Not saying blackandGold is wrong, just sayin thats a stupid design.
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09-06-2015, 09:22 AM
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Removing front turn signal lense.. Help When I changed my housings I had to pull them bumper a bit, not remove it, to get the original housing out. I believe that's what Blackandgold meant
09-06-2015, 09:31 AM
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no need to remove the housing to change the bulbs... you do need to remove the headlights to change the top bulb but not the marker bulb..
getting them out is much easier than getting them back in.. I have to flex the corners of the opening for them to slide back into place...
getting them out is much easier than getting them back in.. I have to flex the corners of the opening for them to slide back into place...
09-06-2015, 06:33 PM
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I don't understand why people are having problems with this...all I had to do was remove the headlight (super easy) then remove a couple screws on the turn signal housing and the it popped right out
09-06-2015, 08:20 PM
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Taking out the headlights gave me all the access I needed. Just have the angle it right to get it out, I think I had to lift the outer side first and swing it back to get it out. Once you do it the first time, its not too hard (ive taken mine out like 3 times to fix condensation issues)
09-07-2015, 01:33 PM
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Taking out the headlights gave me all the access I needed. Just have the angle it right to get it out, I think I had to lift the outer side first and swing it back to get it out. Once you do it the first time, its not too hard (ive taken mine out like 3 times to fix condensation issues)
09-07-2015, 06:36 PM
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^^Oh gosh* I would say wrenching all the time either means you have a race car, or a POS** Mine was wrenched on for its current build and since then, not so much. It is where I like it and since it is not daily driven, she sleeps peacefully inbetween drives*
09-09-2015, 06:22 PM
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It doesnt really matter anymore ya'll... All I wanted to do was get the water out of the lens. I just put a paper towel in there with some mechanical fingers and soaked it up. If I get around to graying the turn signals to match my whistler mod, I will have to take them out, and I will figure it out then. But for now its not a big deal anymore.
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It doesnt really matter anymore ya'll... All I wanted to do was get the water out of the lens. I just put a paper towel in there with some mechanical fingers and soaked it up. If I get around to graying the turn signals to match my whistler mod, I will have to take them out, and I will figure it out then. But for now its not a big deal anymore.
