Changing Rear Bulbs

[Martin W]

I'm obviously not cut out for this.

 

I set out today to

1) Change my 04 Stop/Tail for a T20 LED

2) Change the Indicators for the SIlvatec Chrome indicators that a lot of you use

 

Rear lights off - no problem - even in the teeming rain.

 

I followed the instructions in the guide section on here to find that there is no way I could get my arm far enough down to change the Indicators.

 

And I can't work out how to get the Stop/Tail light out of the housing for fear of breaking something. Any ideas anyone?

[GIXXERUK]

Brake lights removed, reach down and turn the bulb, its a bit tight but i did mine that way, use wife/girlfriend/mums arms if they are thinner

[GIXXERUK]

Rear lights off - no problem - even in the teeming rain

 

And I can't work out how to get the Stop/Tail light out of the housing for fear of breaking something.

 

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??? what rear lights have you taken off ? the stop/tail lights are the rear lights you take off and reach down through the hole to access the indicators

[Martin W]

Brake lights removed, reach down and turn the bulb, its a bit tight but i did mine that way, use wife/girlfriend/mums arms if they are thinner

 

I think my arm would end up staying there if I pushed hard enough to reach it.

What about removing the brakelight? is it just a very firm twist? or a bit of leverage somewhere?

[Martin W]

Rear lights off - no problem - even in the teeming rain

 

And I can't work out how to get the Stop/Tail light out of the housing for fear of breaking something.

 

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??? what rear lights have you taken off ? the stop/tail lights are the rear lights you take off and reach down through the hole to access the indicators

 

I'm trying to change both Stop/Tail - for an LED equivalent I got from OZ.

(Trying to work out how to remove the light grey 'plug' from the back of the light unit

 

AND

 

Swap the indicators out too

[GIXXERUK]

Brake lights removed, reach down and turn the bulb, its a bit tight but i did mine that way, use wife/girlfriend/mums arms if they are thinner

 

I think my arm would end up staying there if I pushed hard enough to reach it.

What about removing the brakelight? is it just a very firm twist? or a bit of leverage somewhere?

 

just pull mate, iirc you stand at the side of the quarter panel and pull towards you, there are lugs on the opposite side to the 3 bolts you have undone, theres a gasket on them that sticks a bit

[GIXXERUK]

the plug on the light connector has a lug you have to push in to remove it, push that in with a screwdriver and pull the connector

[GIXXERUK]

http://www.350z-tech.com/zwiki/LED_Tail ... stallation

[Martin W]

the plug on the light connector has a lug you have to push in to remove it, push that in with a screwdriver and pull the connector

 

AHAH!!! will give it a go next break in the downpour!!

[clarkie34]

So you have to take the rear clusters out to change the indicators.

[Martin W]

So you have to take the rear clusters out to change the indicators.

 

cluster removal only a 2 minute job. But I now need to find someone who can squeeze their hand into a tiny gap underneath the clusters

[Chris`I]

So you have to take the rear clusters out to change the indicators.

Yup. Its easy though, only 3 bolts on each side along the top of the light

 

To remove the connectors turn them 1/4-1/2 turn and it should just come out.

 

Assuming you used my guide, I cant see how you can get it wrong

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... indicators

[GIXXERUK]

So you have to take the rear clusters out to change the indicators.

Yup. Its easy though, only 3 bolts on each side along the top of the light

 

To remove the connectors turn them 1/4-1/2 turn and it should just come out.

 

Assuming you used my guide, I cant see how you can get it wrong

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... indicators

 

sounds like he had problems getting the cables out of the brake light chris, they are tight

[Martin W]

So you have to take the rear clusters out to change the indicators.

Yup. Its easy though, only 3 bolts on each side along the top of the light

 

To remove the connectors turn them 1/4-1/2 turn and it should just come out.

 

Assuming you used my guide, I cant see how you can get it wrong

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... indicators

 

sounds like he had problems getting the cables out of the brake light chris, they are tight

 

Yep - thought they were glued in at first - replaced now tho

[GIXXERUK]

So you have to take the rear clusters out to change the indicators.

Yup. Its easy though, only 3 bolts on each side along the top of the light

 

To remove the connectors turn them 1/4-1/2 turn and it should just come out.

 

Assuming you used my guide, I cant see how you can get it wrong

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... indicators

 

 

led's look and make the car look newer

 

sounds like he had problems getting the cables out of the brake light chris, they are tight

 

Yep - thought they were glued in at first - replaced now tho

[Chris`I]

All good then

 

Yes they are a sod at first if they've never been touched since the car was built. Just need to persude it a bit. On an old car I had used a screwdriver on one of the tabs and walloped it. Got that one out