ARRRGHHH I cant remove the sidelight clusters..!!! dead bulb

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Frustrated Pilot
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ARRRGHHH I cant remove the sidelight clusters..!!! dead bulb

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Hi all!

i am getting annoyed with this damn cluster... tried everything!

prising off with screwdrivers... just destroying plastic thats all...!!!

reached under front bumper... not enough leverage to turn bulb mount!!

ARRRGGGGHHHHH :x :x :x :x :x

please help... also maybe with some photos?? :cry:
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Re: ARRRGHHH I cant remove the sidelight clusters..!!! dead bulb

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There is a how to and pictures on the IMOC site...... oh......... :(

In summary you remove the small piece that's at the side, this reveals a screw that holds the cluster on, take this out and away you go.
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Re: ARRRGHHH I cant remove the sidelight clusters..!!! dead bulb

Post by Driftlimits Performance »

Well, the how to was pretty straight forward.

Get a flat head, gently hold this in the vertical groove (gap between the 2 halfs of cluster). Whilst your pushing it in wiggle it on a horizontal axis, the screwdriver should start making a gap between the two parts. The part on the side of the car (nearest the back) will unclip first, the rest is kind of self explanatory.

I did this not so long ago and only took about a minute to change the bulbs on both sides.

HTH
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Re: ARRRGHHH I cant remove the sidelight clusters..!!! dead bulb

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really.. they appear to be screwed in...! feeling from the back... ok i will try.. but hmmmmmmmmmmmm

seems dodgy.. :?
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Re: ARRRGHHH I cant remove the sidelight clusters..!!! dead bulb

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Aye, it's really not that hard, unless some bright spark has glued the side lens' on :roll:
January 2014
..the only thing I can promise for sure is slow progress.

May 2015
just have this niggling thought that if I rip out the wiring, then the car will never get out of the garage again.

Still in the garage...
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