i don't know if this has amir's clicky-turney experience beat, but it comes close. was tired of my old PIAAs (bad install left them burned - will post pics in seperate thread) and was getting reverse lights as well.

last night i started with the reverses and then went to the road lamps...removed the splash guard and turned the light housing like you're supposed to and started pulling the bulb out...wouldn't fit through the opening and..surprise surprise, it fell off in the road lamp housing.

i'd be lying if i said i didn't break out in a sweat right there...tried for 30+ minutes to fish around in there with string/tape/screwdrivers and finall (what i should have done first) got online and looked at Shawn's instructions on removing the whole housing...had the bulb out in no time. don't feel like any less of a dumbass though.



be careful changing out those bulbs! they're deadly!!

 

crap

 

crap crap

 

Now you know why a lot of us do it the slow way (taking the housing out), instead of the quicky (just pull the bulbl out of the housing). YMMV

 

bro that shit is soeasy i cant believe u broke the bulb that sux

 

I feel your pain, it's happened to me as well.

 

 

go to Tim's web site and get a new housing..they are not expensive

 

I can barely put a nail in the wall, and I was able to change mine. PATIENCE IS GOLDEN ! :shakehd: :shakehd:

 

lmao.. well last time when i was removing the bulb from the housing it just crumbled up.. because all the heat had made it so fragile.. maybe the same happen to you?

 

Just pull the housing out, then get a screwdriver and poke it in there breaking the bulb into little pieces. Once it's in little pieces you can just move the lense around a bit until all the broken bulb bits fall out the hole.

 

or you could just take a shopvac and suck it out!

 

dude.. that happened to me too...
the wedge bulb is out of shape... it has a bulge on the side. but i'm still able to use it though

 

thanks for the advice...but i did get it out last night...just had to take the whole housing off then shook the bulb out.

thanks for advice/condolences tho, i guess its good to know i'm not the first one to screw that up

 

i didnt screw mine..i can change them less then 5 min

my driver side housing was cracked at the high way..i got a nwe one now

 

Your good a sucking, go help him out with your natural talent :pfawk:

 

how do members with 69 posts, know about this?..he even registered AFTER i posted that thread..

haha,

i hope everything goes well with your car...

 

There is a tool they sell at the hardware store that can remove it. It is a tool that is used to retrieve bolts dropped by mechanics in hard to reach places. It look like a metal wire with a button on top that is used to expand the little grabbing claw. Maybe this might help.

 

at least i dont swallow like you! :wackit:

 

RELAX Amir... This doesn't come close to yours; Your still in the mechanics "Hall of Shame"

 

Just a word of advice...BEFORE you put these bulbs in, all you have to do is file a p*ssy hair off the inside edge of the hole the bulb goes through and it will never get stuck.

As for the bulb thats in the housing now, just take the housing off the car, and you can grab the bulb with a pair of needlenose pliers, no problem.

 

James should read this thread

 

wtf? am i imagining this right?

 

LMAO, i dunno, what are YOU imagining

 

its in the terms of service, we make it mandatory for new members to read your famous topic before registering.

 

hey jetset...what side of town do u live on? I think I've seen your ride near I-10 and Hwy 6 alot because of your lights...Mainly when Im driving my Tundra

 

Dude! Just a couple of days ago, I heard people sitting a couple of tables away from me at lunch laughing about some guy on the 'net and his turny-clicky experience! Face it, you're a living legend.