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Old 01-07-2009, 09:51 PM
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I fought my damn front bumper lights on my camaro for 2 hours last night and didnt get 1 of them out. I went from the bottom of the car and removed all 3 bolts and everthing and COULD NOT get them to come out. They were damn near all the way out but nothing does anyone have any secrets on getting them out please. thanks
Old 01-07-2009, 10:19 PM
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I'm guessing your talking about the turn signals. Well you have to take off the 3 bolts and wiggle them upward to the point of almost breaking them. I know I broke my old yellow lights taking them out to put my clears in... But an easy way is to take off the front bumper lol.
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thats what i thought about doing is breaking them
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I thought you could get to them by removing the headlight. Or is there more trouble after that?
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Holy crap you gotta do all that to take out the DRL? What ever happened to good old screws?
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GTA how did you get your black ones in??
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pull you head light
take out screw facing toward back of car
take out screw facing ground
grab small end with 194 bulb in it and use a little force to pull past edge where bumper and fender meet
you may chip corner off.... but youll be the only one to know... you cant tell when its installed
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Originally Posted by jvillescamaroz28
pull you head light
take out screw facing toward back of car
take out screw facing ground
grab small end with 194 bulb in it and use a little force to pull past edge where bumper and fender meet
you may chip corner off.... but youll be the only one to know... you cant tell when its installed
thats basically what i did..it also helps to actually push down on the area of the front bumper where the turn signal screws in and then pull the corner of the signal over that area...its actually really easy once you do it a few times
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did mine today... it popped right out....
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pull headlight out its a very easy job i think i did my clear corners in like 15 minutes
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Originally Posted by IndigoSS
GTA how did you get your black ones in??
The easy way, bought the car with them installed...
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Is it easy to just change the bulb??
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Originally Posted by Z28_Cory
Is it easy to just change the bulb??
i changed my bulb by just taking out the headlight and wiggling my arm in there to do it
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I did this last month. It is definitely easier to take out the one bolt on the headlight assembly and remove your headlights first. Remove the three screws on each turn signal and pull the outer part up and leave the inner part angled down. I also loosened a bolt where the bumper and fender meet. this just gives you that little extra wiggle room. It also helps to squeeze the lip back with pliers right where you loosened the bolt on the bumper. Hope this helps.
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Originally Posted by GTABurnout
The easy way, bought the car with them installed...
Old 01-12-2009, 11:05 PM
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what i do it pull the front bumper towards me and ease the outside of the signal around the metal piece that gets in the way everytime
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changing the bulb does not make the lens clear or black



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