Wonderin How I Go About takin off my tail lights to put in some new ones.. pictures would help ..
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Posted 12 August 2004 - 11:17 PM
http://www.geocities.com/kyle301/car/matri...ghts/lights.htm
thats what helped me install my TYC tail lights. Not sure who did it but its really helpful.
thats what helped me install my TYC tail lights. Not sure who did it but its really helpful.
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Posted 25 March 2005 - 06:01 PM
can someone update this?
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Posted 25 March 2005 - 07:38 PM
the stock taillights have 3, 10mm nuts holding them in place. just unscrew them and the light should just be able to be pulled out from its position. the rubber gasket between the lights and the body might be sticky, but it should just come apart. the reverse light, indicator light, and brake like all get wired together into a central hub which will need to be unplugged in order to fully remove the tail light. i bought the x3 taillights off of ebay, and they didnt come with any bulbs or sockets, so i had to take the stock ones off the stock tail lamps and insert them into the x3 tails. once you get the tail light off the car, removing the bulb sockets is pretty easy....
...i hope this helps a bit...
...i hope this helps a bit...
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Posted 25 March 2005 - 07:42 PM
oh ya.....the new lights should likely come with a new gasket that wont fit quite as well as the old stock one cause its brand new....
i also found that the x3 tails needed to be dremeled a bit to fit properly, but the dremeling doesnt take too much time or effort....you can search for a post from matr6 - - he has the x3's too and he has pics of where the tails need to be dremeled.
i also found that the x3 tails needed to be dremeled a bit to fit properly, but the dremeling doesnt take too much time or effort....you can search for a post from matr6 - - he has the x3's too and he has pics of where the tails need to be dremeled.
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Posted 25 March 2005 - 08:55 PM
Whatever you do DONT DROP THE NUTS!!! It is a pain to get them back because you have to remove like 20 different panels to reach the nuts if they fall.
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Posted 25 March 2005 - 08:58 PM
good advice....
i suppose you could get one of those extendable magnet thingies....no?
i suppose you could get one of those extendable magnet thingies....no?
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Posted 25 March 2005 - 09:03 PM
I tried getting the nut out when it happend McGyver style with a magnet and some imagination and it didnt work lol
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Posted 25 March 2005 - 10:36 PM
nothing beats trying to grap your nuts mcgyver style!
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Posted 25 March 2005 - 11:00 PM
i dropped out of the nuts when i was swapping out my tail lights this week. i was able to retrieve it by sticking my hand through the small opening after removing the plastic spare tire cover.
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Posted 25 May 2005 - 04:01 AM
what is the number on the brake/parking light bulb, and signal???
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Posted 25 May 2005 - 04:16 AM
Tail light / Stop light = 7443 (21w/5w)
Rear turn signal = 7440 (21w)
High mount (3rd) Stop light = 921 (16w)
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License plate = 168 (5w)
Rear turn signal = 7440 (21w)
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Posted 25 May 2005 - 07:22 PM
hey that's my old website,
here's a newer one:
http://kountry.digitalfireal.com/car/matri...ghts/lights.htm
here's a newer one:
http://kountry.digitalfireal.com/car/matri...ghts/lights.htm
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Posted 30 April 2006 - 02:58 PM
I don't follow too well. I'm getting my matrix in a few weeks (its on order). I can't stand altezza -=anything=- as its much too blingy for me and I have found a set of used tails from an 03-04 matrix. I don't really want to do it myself, but is it these same instructions?? Do the 03-04 matrix tails play nice with the 06's?
I'm not crazy about tearing apart my new matrix, but I can't handle those tails...
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I'm not crazy about tearing apart my new matrix, but I can't handle those tails...
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Posted 30 April 2006 - 08:51 PM
joneSi, on Apr 30 2006, 04:58 PM, said:
I don't follow too well. I'm getting my matrix in a few weeks (its on order). I can't stand altezza -=anything=- as its much too blingy for me and I have found a set of used tails from an 03-04 matrix. I don't really want to do it myself, but is it these same instructions?? Do the 03-04 matrix tails play nice with the 06's?
I'm not crazy about tearing apart my new matrix, but I can't handle those tails...
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I'm not crazy about tearing apart my new matrix, but I can't handle those tails...
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I am fairly certain they will work just ducky.
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Posted 01 May 2006 - 06:29 PM
I'm about to be the biggest dumbass newb on the board, but I'm not gonna mess with my new matrix. I'm gonna let somebody else do it. For $40 I can get my guys who are going to do my window tints to install my tails. So for $280 I get a whole new matrix, after I get a whole new matrix.
Seeing as how I installed 90% of my mods on my Si on my own, I would think tails would be easy. But I really don't care. So there, NAH! Lol.
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Seeing as how I installed 90% of my mods on my Si on my own, I would think tails would be easy. But I really don't care. So there, NAH! Lol.
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Posted 01 May 2006 - 06:32 PM
Get this ^^^ man an aspirin and a glass of water. He doesn't seem to be feeling too well. 
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Posted 01 May 2006 - 06:57 PM
I'm feeling fine Its just that if I can get it for $40, it'd be better than if I did it. Just to save me the headache of the work. LOL.
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Its just that if I can get it for $40, it'd be better than if I did it. Just to save me the headache of the work. LOL.joneSi
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Posted 01 May 2006 - 08:42 PM
I actually tried removing the tail lights earlier today. It's not as hard as you make it seem. The only problem was getting the aftermarket tails to fit properly. 
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Posted 02 May 2006 - 04:56 PM
notmytrix, on May 1 2006, 09:42 PM, said:
I actually tried removing the tail lights earlier today. It's not as hard as you make it seem. The only problem was getting the aftermarket tails to fit properly.
LOL, thats why I'm not getting aftermarket. I'm getting the right market...haha. The 06's should ship w/ normal tails. period. Not these altezza things...thats what aftermarket tails are for. These are NOT my taste at all...so they come out.
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