mattg and soopa are pros! (bumper/headlight removal)
10-24-2004, 10:16 PM
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mattg and soopa are pros! (bumper/headlight removal)
This is harrrrrrrrd! Well considering that you need the following
1) sockets: 10mm, 8mm,
2) Large phillips for 3 center screws where the grill meets the bumper, flathead screwdriver for a billion plastic clips: little bitches and big bitches.
3) MOST important of all! T-20 security socket bit, a star shaped bit with a hole in the middle to un screw a special screw on the HID low beam electrical unit.
4) Removing the roadlamp housing is ESPECIALLY a BITCH for people with Polarg M6's!
Either you're lucky and can manage for the housings to barely hang loose or the bulbs dislodge from the socket, which means a little trickey reconnection will be required.
Started at around 1:15 ish..
Hardware store run to get sidemarker/blinker amber bulbs (Sylvannia 1157A)
Had trouble with striped screw heads for about an hour...
Realized the need for T-20 socket bit
Hardware store run at 6... . Ran into some old familiar faces.
And grabbed dinner..
Dinner at 8pm
Resume working on car till midnite
BURN THE MIDNITE OIL BABY!!!
Pics to come after everything is done.
10-24-2004, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by KavexTrax
Had trouble with striped screw heads for about an hour...
you'll get it.
10-24-2004, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by KavexTrax
4) Removing the roadlamp housing is ESPECIALLY a BITCH for people with Polarg M6's!
Either you're lucky and can manage for the housings to barely hang loose or the bulbs dislodge from the socket, which means a little trickey reconnection will be required.
Either you're lucky and can manage for the housings to barely hang loose or the bulbs dislodge from the socket, which means a little trickey reconnection will be required.
http://wizardsworks.org/chod/acura/m6/
10-25-2004, 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by mrsteve
It's midnite guys, i've met my quota! Headlamps are OPERATIONAL. All except one of the roadlamps,
fuck em. I can live without them, both!Did I mention i heard the such SWEEET SWEEET harmonious HUM of the HIDs? Awwww
how sooothing it is to my soul!
10-25-2004, 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by mattg
let me guess... it was one of the screw/bolts on the top of the bumper.
you'll get it.
you'll get it.
It was one of the "three stooges" in the middle Where the grill would make contact with the bumper.
10-25-2004, 10:40 AM
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First time you do it 
it is hard.
However once you get a sense for how much pressure it takes to remove the bumper it ain't all that hard. Can do it now in like 10-15 minutes.
it is hard. However once you get a sense for how much pressure it takes to remove the bumper it ain't all that hard. Can do it now in like 10-15 minutes.
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10-25-2004, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by mattg
let me guess... it was one of the screw/bolts on the top of the bumper.
you'll get it.
you'll get it.
10-25-2004, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Chaptorial
First time you do it it is hard.
However once you get a sense for how much pressure it takes to remove the bumper it ain't all that hard. Can do it now in like 10-15 minutes.
it is hard. However once you get a sense for how much pressure it takes to remove the bumper it ain't all that hard. Can do it now in like 10-15 minutes.
10-25-2004, 02:58 PM
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how was it harder to get the road lamps out with polarg M6 bulbs? didnt you have to shave at the socket hole anyways to get the bulb in? after that its as easy as taking out the stock bulb.
10-26-2004, 03:41 AM
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Originally Posted by gingerbread
how was it harder to get the road lamps out with polarg M6 bulbs? didnt you have to shave at the socket hole anyways to get the bulb in? after that its as easy as taking out the stock bulb.
10-26-2004, 01:31 PM
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Finished product http://www.photohost.org/gallery/sho...y.php/cat/4070
I even took a picture, before I broke the styrofoam, capturing the UP arrow. LOL
I even took a picture, before I broke the styrofoam, capturing the UP arrow. LOL
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