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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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Front of car is disassembled....

well i started a day early and decided to take my front bumper off and headlights out because i have a new set of headlights being delivered tomorrow already modified, but in the middle of doing this, i thought of my fellow board members (your welcome) and seeing how there are alot of new people, i figured i would make a post real quick,

does anyone need a picture of anything while the front is taken apart? or a question answered?,, in the mean time i'm goin back down to the garage to take out the final bolts holding the headlights in.
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 03:37 PM
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Question What's holding the...

silver hood trim onto the hood? i can't see any visible screws or bolts... i need to remove this as i'm replacing it with a chrome one. thanks
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 04:11 PM
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the bolts are underneath on the underside of the hood... i can't remember if there are plugs but you will need a 10mm socket and an extension to get in there.. it is pretty deep...
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 04:24 PM
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the bolts are underneath on the underside of the hood... i can't remember if there are plugs but you will need a 10mm socket and an extension to get in there.. it is pretty deep...
there are these black rubbery plugs on each side,, i guess i pull them out to expose the bolts??
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 04:52 PM
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there are these black rubbery plugs on each side,, i guess i pull them out to expose the bolts??
There is four nuts under the four black plastic plugs. Pry off the plugs and you will see the nuts. Small 1/4" drive sockets work great in the tight areas.

There is also a center plastic clip. This clip always breaks, but is not needed to hold the part in place. Gradually pull the trim, and the clip will snap apart.
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by powerflow
There is four nuts under the four black plastic plugs. Pry off the plugs and you will see the nuts. Small 1/4" drive sockets work great in the tight areas.

There is also a center plastic clip. This clip always breaks, but is not needed to hold the part in place. Gradually pull the trim, and the clip will snap apart.
thank you very much!
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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Pics of the new lights?
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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Funny and true
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:12 AM
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Funny and true
lol,, my post says the front is taken apart, for any NEW PEOPLE that have questions or need to see pics of something while it's apart, i'd be happy to do that.. but since Jeru and princlybug are not new and need to see pictures of....? i'm gonna assume they want to see what my new lights look like,,, they are all cleared, with carbon fiber inserts on the sides... i wanted to do another set of lights but this tme not have the turn signal top and bottom area painted (didn't realize when i first did this how much the lightoutput/reflection would be decreased).. so i'm gonna clean these up really good,, i may open them if there's any imperfections i don't like.. cool thing is.. these already have the ZKW lense's in them


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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:24 AM
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iuf you havnt gotten the hood trim off i managed to get it off w/o breaking center clip its in the little hole just to the right of the center
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