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PorkChopSandwiches
08-16-2012, 10:53 PM
Of course you need to remove the entire bumper to do this. :facepalm: Why do I have a feeling I may be driving to work tomorrow without a bumper. Fuck you Infinity

PorkChopSandwiches
08-16-2012, 10:57 PM
Oh I forgot I had two bulb options. One that was 12.99 and the other $99 :shock: I don't know which I have but I'm sure its the more expensive one. I had to buy both and then take back the one I don't need.

Teh One Who Knocks
08-16-2012, 10:57 PM
It would have been worth the hassle to take it to the dealer :lol:

PorkChopSandwiches
08-16-2012, 11:00 PM
That's what I'm thinking now. Plus its 100 here right now. I need to wait for it to cool down before I attempt it. I'm sure if I out it off I'll get pulled over the way this months been going.

Goofy
08-16-2012, 11:44 PM
Of course you need to remove the entire bumper to do this. :facepalm: Why do I have a feeling I may be driving to work tomorrow without a bumper. Fuck you Infinity

*snigger*

If you stayed over here i could do it for you mate.......... actually, you pay the airfare and accommodation and i'll be over in CA tomorrow tooled up and ready for action :tup:

Hugh_Janus
08-16-2012, 11:57 PM
I'd do it quicker than goofy :hand:

Hugh_Janus
08-16-2012, 11:59 PM
btw, $99 option will be a xenon HID bulb, so the bulb may not be the problem

Goofy
08-17-2012, 12:00 AM
I'd do it quicker than goofy :hand:

You're a mechanic, you guys know fuck all about bumper removal :hand:

Hugh_Janus
08-17-2012, 12:02 AM
we wouldn't have to if you panel beating donkeys did your jobs properly :nana:

Goofy
08-17-2012, 12:03 AM
we wouldn't have to if you panel beating donkeys did your jobs properly :nana:

Go do an oil change monkey boy :hand:

Hugh_Janus
08-17-2012, 12:05 AM
ha! I can't even remember the last time I did a service :sad2:

Goofy
08-17-2012, 12:05 AM
:lol:

What kind of garage do you work in mate?

Hugh_Janus
08-17-2012, 12:10 AM
a last chance saloon garage.... it seems we get problem jobs that have been looked at by other garages and they can't fix them. I thought I'd seen the last of that when I left the main dealers :facepalm:

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 12:11 AM
Im getting my brakes done on Monday, Im just going to have them throw it in then. I thought I had changed the bulb before, but I guess I was thinking of the Pathfinder which was easy, just reach behind the case unlock the bulb put in a new one and done. I found a video on youtube on what to do but its more effort then I feel like putting into it :lol:

Hugh_Janus
08-17-2012, 12:12 AM
I'm gunna google search it :dance:

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 12:14 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cayATmOiO4w

Richard Cranium
08-17-2012, 12:14 AM
I got the tools to do that job really quick..

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JsTvh9vweaQ/St0KANGqAmI/AAAAAAAAAoI/C2o9ciVMXCA/s400/South+Wall+Fire+Dept+Jaws+of+Life+Bay+Head+Marine+ 10-09.jpg

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 12:14 AM
that will look great when Im done

Muddy
08-17-2012, 12:18 AM
Take that thing to the dump with the other Fords..

Hugh_Janus
08-17-2012, 12:20 AM
the only tool you'll need, porky
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/hammer-1.jpg

Muddy
08-17-2012, 12:21 AM
the only tool you'll need, porky
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/hammer-1.jpg

Just use that claw part.. :lol:

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 12:21 AM
Take that thing to the dump with the other Fords..

Its not a Ford :slap:

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 12:22 AM
I found the right tool


http://theapplepeeled.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/all-cash.jpg

Muddy
08-17-2012, 12:22 AM
Its not a Ford :slap:

Pu that thing in the back of my truck and I'll take it to the dump for you..

Muddy
08-17-2012, 12:22 AM
I found the right tool


http://theapplepeeled.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/all-cash.jpg

:lol: true story

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 12:23 AM
Pu that thing in the back of my truck and I'll take it to the dump for you..

:slap: I love the car, runs like a champ, its just a bitch to do anything yourself. You know those Japanese and there tiny hands

DemonGeminiX
08-17-2012, 12:38 AM
The Infinity is a Nissan. Like how the Acura is a Honda and the Lexus is a Toyota. Volvo's are Fords.

Muddy
08-17-2012, 12:39 AM
Mazda and ford are linked as well

DemonGeminiX
08-17-2012, 12:40 AM
What kind of idiot plans an automobile out where you have to take the freakin' bumper off to access the bulbs to the headlights?

DemonGeminiX
08-17-2012, 12:43 AM
Mazda and ford are linked as well

Ford used to have a controlling share in the company. Not since 2010 though. They only have 3%.

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 12:47 AM
What kind of idiot plans an automobile out where you have to take the freakin' bumper off to access the bulbs to the headlights?

Thats what Im saying, im surprised I dont have to pull the engine to put gas in it

DemonGeminiX
08-17-2012, 12:50 AM
Thats what Im saying, im surprised I dont have to pull the engine to put gas in it

I was just reading instructions and they're saying you have to get to 4 screws to take the bumper and the front grill off, and I'm thinking, "Really? All I have to do with my Honda is pop the hood." I believe that's all I ever had to do with any of the cars my family has owned.

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 12:53 AM
Its 6 "pop out" plastic screws on top and 10 actual screws underneath the bumper. I found one that said turn the wheel out and undo the cover that separates the tire and the engine and pull it back then you can get to it. But I think you need to jack it up and even then people are saying its a real tight fit.

DemonGeminiX
08-17-2012, 12:55 AM
Its 6 "pop out" plastic screws on top and 10 actual screws underneath the bumper. I found one that said turn the wheel out and undo the cover that separates the tire and the engine and pull it back then you can get to it. But I think you need to jack it up and even then people are saying its a real tight fit.

The next time you buy a car, your litmus test is gonna be "how do you change the headlight lightbulbs? If it's hard I'm not buying it."

:lol:

Griffin
08-17-2012, 12:56 AM
Here's a mod (http://kaksak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/flashlight-headlight.jpg) you could try.

Hugh_Janus
08-17-2012, 01:00 AM
What kind of idiot plans an automobile out where you have to take the freakin' bumper off to access the bulbs to the headlights?
you'd be surprised what these designers come up with :facepalm:

Ford used to have a controlling share in the company. Not since 2010 though. They only have 3%.

other than the mondeo, if you take awat the body panels and the interior, they're the same cars

Pony
08-17-2012, 01:01 AM
What kind of idiot plans an automobile out where you have to take the freakin' bumper off to access the bulbs to the headlights?

You would be surprised how many manufacturers are going that route. especially with the HID bulbs, they don't want the consumer messing with them.

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 01:02 AM
Here's a mod (http://kaksak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/flashlight-headlight.jpg) you could try.

I was looking into this (www.meatspin.con)

Pony
08-17-2012, 01:03 AM
you'd be surprised what these designers come up with :facepalm:


Yep, I scream at the faceless engineers all the fuckin' time.

Hugh_Janus
08-17-2012, 01:06 AM
You would be surprised how many manufacturers are going that route. especially with the HID bulbs, they don't want the consumer messing with them.

good point, 25k+ volts going through some poor sap that's trying to save a few quid is a lawsuit waiting to happen :lol:

Muddy
08-17-2012, 01:37 AM
25k volts? Lol yeah right..

Arkady Renko
08-17-2012, 10:52 AM
Ford used to have a controlling share in the company. Not since 2010 though. They only have 3%.

correct, but at least the models Ford sell in europe mostly share platforms with the Mazda range. And I think they still share or trade a lot of parts and designs regardless of the reduced mutual share packages

redred
08-17-2012, 11:07 AM
I was looking into this (www.meatspin.con)

you couldn't even do that right :dance:

Goofy
08-17-2012, 11:25 AM
you couldn't even do that right :dance:

It's a con :mrgreen:

Teh One Who Knocks
08-17-2012, 11:28 AM
I was looking into this (www.meatspin.con)


you couldn't even do that right :dance:


It's a con :mrgreen:

:fail:

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 02:59 PM
:facepalm:

redred
08-17-2012, 03:30 PM
:lol:

Noilly Pratt
08-17-2012, 05:48 PM
See the following:

http://g35driver.com/forums/faq-diy/81380-g35-sedan-headlight-removal-guide-3-simple-steps.html

The lights are meant to last the life of the vehicle so they don't make them very accessible.

Hal-9000
08-17-2012, 05:52 PM
I found the right tool


http://theapplepeeled.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/all-cash.jpg


:rofl:

Guess my story last night was small potatoes....


My Dad told me a story about his bud with a Jag......1200 for a bulb replacement from the garage because of the same BS, shop time :lol:

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 05:53 PM
See the following:

http://g35driver.com/forums/faq-diy/81380-g35-sedan-headlight-removal-guide-3-simple-steps.html

The lights are meant to last the life of the vehicle so they don't make them very accessible.



Thats where I was at :) Thanks anyway. I'm getting my brakes done today and they will have it jacked up and the tires off anyway, you can get to the lights from behind when the tires off, so Im going to have them swap 'em out for me. :tup:


Hal :slap:

Hal-9000
08-17-2012, 05:55 PM
Hey, I was laughing at the truth in your post and the cleverness...

I don't have a fancy car and many a time I thought pieces of it would end up in the park behind my house :x

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 05:55 PM
Hey, I was laughing at the truth in your post and the cleverness...

I don't have a fancy car and many a time I thought pieces of it would end up in the park behind my house :x

I was slapping you for mocking my story last night :lol:

Hal-9000
08-17-2012, 06:10 PM
I had no idea this thread was here, really :lol:

I don't even know where this section resides on the forum until someone bumps :oops:


:immachickmechanic:

PorkChopSandwiches
08-17-2012, 06:11 PM
You;re quote was almost exactly what I was doing yesterday, I figured you had to be giving me shit. Brake lights, youtube, failure :lol:

Hal-9000
08-17-2012, 06:23 PM
You;re quote was almost exactly what I was doing yesterday, I figured you had to be giving me shit. Brake lights, youtube, failure :lol:


not at all....I seriously didn't see this and started tearing mine apart at around 630...couldn't do shit by myself and then had my Pa help me around 10 pm when he got home.

3 people and myself see that the whole left brake light bank is out, I rip mine apart, check all 5 bulbs, everything looks fine and just ended up putting it back together. Works so far....:lol:

Yt Trash
08-17-2012, 08:39 PM
we wouldn't have to if you panel beating donkeys did your jobs properly :nana:

This made me spit all over my monitor. :lol:

Noilly Pratt
08-18-2012, 06:12 PM
I knew with my car, after driving it on roads following gravel trucks for the first 15 years of its life would need new headlight lenses. So when I was moved to a different office, I had 'em done by a bodyshop. $50 for used parts and $200 for labour!

Glad I did it, because now my car is 20 years old and the parts availability has dried up (a Nissan). They say with the Tsunami and the resulting catastrophe, Nissan had a subsiduary factory that was nearly wiped out - they told me it was a lot of the old parts were destroyed and retooling and remaking the parts is not in the equation.

So guys, don't buy an old Nissan - the parts availability will be crap from mother Japan!!!

I had toyed with the idea of bringing it back to new specs (wouldn't take much) and getting collector plates when it turns 25 but now, with no parts available, dunno how I can.

I can buy a replacement sun visor but for $80 used and I must ship it from Toronto!!! I'd be better off doing what my buddy did and buy a 45 year old MGB and restoring it -- it'd be cheaper!

Hugh_Janus
08-18-2012, 11:27 PM
25k volts? Lol yeah right..

I'm not lying, dude :lol: