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What a pain to replace DRL bulb in 07. Any help?

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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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So the manual is wrong? I always thought it was H11. 1156 bulbs are small.. dang..
 
Old Mar 16, 2009 | 01:05 PM
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The manual is referring to fog lights, but if you have DRLs it doesn't mention what bulbs needed. Also, the manual does give you all the steps how to get the bottom removed to have these bulbs replaced. Btw, I ordered 1156 LEDs and will take some pictures once I get them installed. If someone could help me out how to get to the right fog light I would really appreciate this.
 
Old Mar 16, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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the drl bulbs are 1156... i have replaced mine with polarg hyper white ones.... and yes it is very difficult to replace those bulbs....
 
Old Mar 16, 2009 | 02:08 PM
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bino, can you tell me please how did you get to the one on the right (driver) side?
 
Old Mar 16, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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bino, can you tell me please how did you get to the one on the right (driver) side?
I can't remember all the steps... I believe I removed the plastic covers under the bumper(removed the clips and bolts).... then removed the black thing(don't know what it's called) that is under the bumper (the one with the air vent/hole that brings air to the oil cooler-not sure if this is an oil cooler but it looks like a mini radiator)... then there is a plastic thing in front of the oil cooler.. I removed that also.. after that I was able to reach the bulb....
 
Old Mar 16, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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Thanks bino! that's exactly where I got stuck, I couldn't figure out how to get the air vent cover removed on the right side.
 
Old Mar 16, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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Thanks bino! that's exactly where I got stuck, I couldn't figure out how to get the air vent cover removed on the right side.
if I remember it correctly there is 1 bolt that you have to remove to get the air vent out of the way.....
 
Old Mar 16, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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i'll give it a shot tomorrow when I get my new LED DRLs and will post some pics of the final product
 
Old Mar 18, 2009 | 02:13 AM
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Success! I replaced DRL, parking light and license plate, all in about an hour. The painful part was rear side of the car. It was pain to get parking light replaced and it took me 30 mins to figure out how to get to DRL also on the right side.

I know you all want to know about brightness. Well, DRLs are slightly less brighter then stock OEM, but at least they are nice color. I will take some pictures tomorrow. I was in a rush today and tried to get this finished.
 



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