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Old 04-04-17, 07:45 AM
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I was replacing the corner lights this past weekend in my 98' ls400. Everything was going fine lol until my clumsy self dropped the screw that holds the corner light in on the driver side, behind the light. It fell right behind the light I heard it hit some metal at the bottom of the car the screw is so small I couldn't find it again should I be worried or is everything fine. Also the corner light is kind of offset from the actual engine bae.
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You should be fine there's nothing under there besides the dust cover which I imagine if you took off you'd find the screw.
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Worse case the tire guy that fixes your flat tire will find it.
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Originally Posted by 981uz
I was replacing the corner lights this past weekend in my 98' ls400. Everything was going fine lol until my clumsy self dropped the screw that holds the corner light in on the driver side, behind the light. It fell right behind the light I heard it hit some metal at the bottom of the car the screw is so small I couldn't find it again should I be worried or is everything fine. Also the corner light is kind of offset from the actual engine bae.
I think that passenger corner light does not line up perfectly on a lot of early production 98s. Including mine.
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go to harbor freight and purchase a telescoping magnetic pickup tool. It's the best tool I have in my toolbox due to me being so clumsy with screws, similar to you haha.

It'll allow you to reach way down into the deepest depths of your engine bay that you would think is impossible to get to, to be able to access those dropped screws/bolts. Its saved me a ton of times.

They're cheap, I think 2-4 bucks.
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