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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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So my buddy and I were just changing all the bulbs in the car when I accidentally lost one of the 194's that go inside the driver side high beam enclosure . There's a gap between the inside (chrome reflective) shell where the bulb sits and the outside shell that faces the inside of the car. so yea, it fell in there. Now the problem came when I tried to take the headlight off to try to shake the bulb out. I googled how to take the light assembly out but I couldn't get it. It called for taking the wheel well off and the front bumper and all that. is it really necessary?
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 04:44 PM
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yep! try a antenna magnet. the metal at the bulb base should stick...
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 05:09 PM
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Are you any good with chopsticks?
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 06:29 PM
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Some guy in here managed to take out the headlights without removing the front bumper. Just take off the bumper and remove the light. It's pretty easy.
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 10:38 PM
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I got one out with some precision needle nose pliers. It's a bad design !!
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 11:21 PM
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It's not gonna work without removing the headlights. LOL. That's why I don't use them at ALL. It's even worse with Big hands.
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by ThomasGS4
Are you any good with chopsticks?
Lol do they sell rubber ones with a magnetic tip anywhere out there??
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 08:37 AM
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yea, I tried the magnet... it didn't work and I also got one of those this flexible claw things from AdvanceAuto but that didn't do the trick either. I'm gonna have to wait till it stops raining over here and just take the whole thing out. I could go out and buy new bulbs but I don't want to give up just yet lol
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
It's not gonna work without removing the headlights. LOL. That's why I don't use them at ALL. It's even worse with Big hands.
You know what big hands mean.. lmao
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 12:45 PM
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lol, yeah, just take off that bumper, its not too bad!
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