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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 08:58 AM
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Default Ques: Replace parking light bulb?

How do you get behind the lense to get at the bulb? One of my driving light bulbs went out. I noticed a fast blinker when I used the left turn signal. Sure enough,park light out passenger side. I tried to get my hand through the air duct under the lense but can't quite reach it.
Is there a better way?
Once you find the backing does it twist off?
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 09:38 AM
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There is a panel behind the lens which is directly in front of the tire, it has about 5 screws holding it on. Turn wheel all the way to give you some room and remove the panel, observe how it fits in there when you take it out. Look up and spot bulb socket and see tab you must depress to turn socket to allow it to drop down, then replace bulb. Button it up, your done.

Some guys with thin arms can push the air duct aside and reach in, depress tab, and replace bulb once they know how, my arms aren't that small.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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My arms are also too big to go through the front and I have to jack my car up to work from the access panel on the bottom, I prefer just go in from the top. Plenty of room to work that way and you can easily see what you are doing... Maximum of fifteen minutes start to finish. This procedure will also work for changing headlight bulbs or foglight bulbs if you ever need to...

Tools: 8mm wrench, phillips head screwdriver, T15 screwdriver, T20 screwdriver (If you can, get a set of torx size allen wrenches like this one:http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...&blockType=G17 instead of the straight handle torx drivers. It makes removing the horizontal bolts in step 5 much easier).

1. Turn the lights on so your buckets flip up then turn switch back one click. Your headlights will go off, but the buckets will stay up. (Note: It's actually easier to remove the two T15 screws on the back of the housing (see step 4) before raising your headlights. Not necessary, but easier.

2. Disconnect the negative battery cable (8mm bolt).

3. Remove three phillips head screws to take the plastic bezel surround off the headlight.

4. Remove Four T15 size bolts to take the painted cover off of the headlight housing (two in back and one on each side).

5. Remove 2 horizontal torx bolts (I can't remember if they are T15's or T20's) attached to 8mm nuts.

6. Lift the housing up off the rails and let it hang down.

7. Reach down and swap the bulbs.

If you do it this way REMEMBER TO DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE (8mm bolt). The car has a feature that automatically lowers the headlights after a few minutes and it doesn't really care if your arms or fingers are in the way... Happened to a friend of mine, really nasty bruise...


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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 04:00 PM
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I used the instruction that CDKCorvette7 posted, but I was able to lower the Head light without completly removing it bucket and disconnecting the battery. It was more than enought room the change the bulb.
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