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Old 04-18-2008, 01:06 PM
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Default fyi with changing reflectors...

ive seen people talk about the drilled way of getting your reflectors out. i was scared of the idea and had to take out the under tray to change reflectors the first time, but now i gave it a try and its the easiest thing in the world.

one tip is to take a large flathead screwdriver then to heat it to red hot and bend it 90 degrees to yank the reflectors out, and its the best tool to have lying aroung
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unscrew the inner wheel liner and reach through the opening.
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haha that too
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Default 2nd. It took me 10 minutes to swap mine out...

It's a bit tight on the drivers side because of the washer fluid res, but it was still no prob.
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Default that works well on the passenger side but I'm not sure how well it'd work on the driver side

Titanium3.2, I believe the guy's name is Eddie Man, he did one of the clear corner writeups, but he has a post showing how he drilled out his reflectors. Looked pretty straightforward.
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Default It's tight, but it's no big deal.

just look at the ones you're about to put in, so you see how they attach, then you can just reach in and un-clip it
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I found it a lot easier to do it with the bumper off
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Please tell me you didn't remove your bumper just to change the reflectors.
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Default note the wink...

... as you can see from my picture poster, I did a few other things in the process.
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looks great!


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