Visor bulbs
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Visor bulbs
Ok guys, I bought new LED's to replace my old bulbs in my 2004 CE convertible. I think I have tried everything and I just can't seem to get the old bulbs out. Does anybody have and ideas??? I know someone on here posted that one thing you don't want to do is break the bulb because it becomes a way bigger problem. HELP!!!!
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No experience with an 05’ (C6), but I believe you meant an 04’. When I did this mod, 2 out of the 4 bulbs exploded into a PITA mess. I had to use needle nose pliers and picks to get the remainder of the mess out of the socket. On the last 2 bulbs I used duct tape and pinched it onto the exposed part of the bulb and left a little tab of tape to pull on, lifted up and the popped right out. Some guys have removed the visor and dismantled it to get the bulbs out. But I found the duct tape trick to be the quickest and hassle free way of removing them. Good luck.
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Visor bulbs
I wish that I had used the duct tape trick when I replaced the bulb in my gear shift consol. What a pain in the azz that was. The bulb shattered, then the socket shattered etc. Just be smart and try the duct tape.
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ps...I just replaced my sun visors. They suffered from the floppy ear problem. Easy to replace and only a little over $100.
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ps...I just replaced my sun visors. They suffered from the floppy ear problem. Easy to replace and only a little over $100.
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I have Shale color Visors and can't get them no where. I sent my shale visors to corvette america and had them refurbished. If I knew that it was so hard to get the bulbs out i would have asked them to replaced them. By the way the Shale visors came out great. But I sure like to replace them bulbs.
