How can I change the front parking lights? I've already changed the headlights to the PIAA's Xtreme White Plus 9007 bulbs, and now I want to change the parking lights to match the colors. I know its the 168 wedge bulb, but don't know how to replace them (Remember its the 2002 model). Please help me!! Also, if anyone knows anything about changing the gauge, let me know as well, Thanks!!:cool:

I'm in the same boat as you. I can't find a way to get to them and I don't want to force anything off and break it. Any help would be appreciated.

I'm also having trouble changing the stock fog lights if anyone has any insites on that.

You better not be putting blue bulbs in your signals or you'll be deserving of an ass kicking!

:confused: :mad: :rolleyes:

I don't know how the lens comes off the '02. Doesn't the manual say?

I wasn't actually gonna put blue bulbs in. One of mine burnt out and I would rather replace it myself than to pay the dealer.

I didn't know the subject was so offensive to you. Wow. They're just light bulbs, it's gonna be OK. Just take some deep breaths and relax.

Diversetek: The manual doesn't say how to change them, but in doing some research I saw that there is a screw on the top of the grey molding and underneath the molding. If you screw those off I'm assuming you should be able to get to the parking lights. I don't have the tools to try it though, so if you get to it can you let me know?
Thanks.

Yeah, I've decided to look into it myself, because no one seemed to reply to my thread, LoL! I understand that there is a screw on top of the headlight unit, but didn't know about the one on the bottom, there is also a latch you want to take off on the side of each units (for example, left head unit has its latch on the right, vice versa). I did try to get it off by taking the screw on top off and the latch, but the bottom wasn't moving, eh. Since you stated it has a screw on the bottom, imma go take a look at it right now. I'll get back to you on it bro, btw, let me know exactly where the bottom screw is at, just incase i can't find it. Thanks!

Btw, i'm replacing the wedge bulbs with the Piaa's extreme white plus. It's sae and dot approved, so no KICKING MY ASS! :flipa:

Yeah, the bottom screw is right below the headlight. You can see it in between the two moldings. You either need to take some of the molding off to get to it or have a really long phillips head screwdriver. Inorder to take the molding off you need a long flat head screwdriver. I have neither.

Apparently you guys have never had to sit at a traffic signal behind a riceboy in an Acura with the blue signal bulbs. It's almost like having a friggen strobe light in front of you. Very, very distracting and annoying. I thought they were illegal but if not, they should be.

What's the point anyway?

I'm confused. Where did anyone say they were putting in blue bulbs? Isn't he just putting in the same family of PIAA bulbs you have in your front headlights Chuck?:confused:

That is correct, its not BLUE lights! Its just white, non yellow. Anyhow, policeman, i did check it out and i saw the screw under the molding of the head unit.... eh, i do need a long ass philips but I don't seem to be having it right now so imma have to go buy one, I'll let ya know if it was successful or not.

Originally posted by diversetek
That is correct, its not BLUE lights! Its just white, non yellow. Anyhow, policeman, i did check it out and i saw the screw under the molding of the head unit.... eh, i do need a long ass philips but I don't seem to be having it right now so imma have to go buy one, I'll let ya know if it was successful or not.


That takes all the fun away! BTW, I was only doing this :apoke: to start with and then Policeman seemed to think I was accusing you of having flashing blue lights, which I wasn't. Just making sure you don't add them!

And yes I have PIAA Xtreme White headlight bulbs and like them a lot. I will never get the blue tinted signal lights...ugh! :eek: :rolleyes:

LoL!:D I understand how you feel about signal lights, but I'm changing the parking lights, the ones above the signal. It will look dope with both piaa's on together, eh. I'll try and take a pic for you slores, but thats when i get the job done. ;)

Can't reach that screw under the headlight! I think you have to remove part of the front bumper in order for anyone to reach that screw. There isn't enuff room for the philips to go in an angle. Someone try and let me know whats up, cuz i'm sure as hell not going to the service dept. :)

I got to the screw using one of those extention screw drivers that bends. But I ran into another problem. After I unscrewed the top and bottom screws then there were more screws on the back of the light housing that seemed to be impossible to get to. I'm really not sure what to do now. We need to have a person from the Nissan department post how they do it because I'm a little lost now.

Does anyone know when the next Haynes repair manual is comming out for the 2002 Xterra? Or maybe we can look at one for the Frontier.

We have a 2001 Xterra, and I am sure they will remove the same way. After you remove the screw on the top of the light assembly, try to work the light out just a little, once you do look inside at the bottom of the light you will see what looks like a small white christmas tree holding the light in. If you use a flat head screwdriver and depress one side of the tree, the light will pull right out. Hope this helps.

Thanks for trying, but its not gonna work with the 02-03 models. You have to pull out so many parts, its no joke.

Thanks for trying, but its not gonna work with the 02-03 models. You have to pull out so many parts, its no joke.

Isn't there anyone out there that knows how to replace the parking light(wedge bulb)!? plz help me! I might just take it to the shop and get it installed for 40 bux at a nissan dealer...omg just to install! and thats with my own bulbs too!! c'mon xterra peeps, help me out here!

Good luck with that. Let us know how it goes. I was thinking that would be the only way to actually know how to do it right. See if you can watch him do it.

I will be going to the dealer for sure because i'm getting my fog lights installed, probably by this weekend or the next, depending on my schedule. By the way policeman, are you an officer? I'm majoring in criminal justice and plan to join the LAPD as soon as i hit 20 and half. I'll try my best to find out how they remove the head unit to replace the wedge bulb. I'm installing Piaa's SUPER LED Blue/White wedge bulb. For my fog lights, after a month, when its kinda burned in, I'm going to change the stock bulbs for Piaa's Xtreme White plus H3 bulbs or Super Plasma's. I'm doing this only to have a better view at night and it looks a lot better. I would go with H.I.D's but if i get into an accident, my insurance will not cover it, so I'd rather stick with Piaa's as they are the next best things to real HID's. I'll post up the results as soon as it happens. Till than, wish me luck, LoL!;)

We'll I'm actually not a policeman, but my dad is. Good luck getting into the LAPD. I a lot of people don't like cops, but I have to respect them. They do a job they I could never do.

Anyway, I hope the replacement bulb thing works. I just put iin the PIAA super led blue/white bulbs in my fog lights and they look great. They were also kind of difficult to get out, but after a little work it was easy.
What's the difference between the super led blue/white, super plasma, and the Xtreme White plus bulbs?

On another topic, have you looked into the performance exhaust or the JWT Pop-Charger. I was just curious how much horse power they add and if you need to use premium gas after you get them installed.

Super LEDs for the fog lights? Are you sure? H3's don't have super LEDs and looking at your specs, you have a 2002 as well, meaning your fog lights can take only H3 bulbs. The super leds wedge bulbs (168). Anyhow, the diff. between the super plasma and xtreme white is the colors. plasmas are usually purpleish color, but very nice looking, there are blue plasmas as well which is cool too. The xtreme whites are basically pure white, but with a lil blue tint, which i'd prefer.

what about the lenses do the difference in these bulbs have any effect on melting the lenses or do you have glass lenses?

I finally got it installed!!! Costed me 20 bux at a local autoshop. Well its hard to explain, its best viewed than typing it. All i can say is that you have to remove the front grill b4 u can start with removing the head units. Oh, and to answer your question about lens melting, it doesn't happen with piaa's. I will post a pic as soon as i get my new cam cord in.

There are two things you'll have to do. There is a bolt at the top of headlight (you'll see it when you open the hood), remove that. You'll also have to to remove the screw at the bottom. You can see the phillips screw if look thru the gap betwwn your bumper and the headlight. I used a long screw driver to get it out. After that you'll have to pull on the grey plastic headlight brace to get it loose. Don't take it all the way out, just get it loose. Then slowly pull on the headlight itself (the side where the wedge bulb is). It will actually snap out and you can change the bulb. Then push the headlight back in until it snaps. Put the grey plastic piece back on and put the top bolt back in. Then you'll have to put the bottom screw back. I used a magnetic screw driver for this. You can also magnetize a screw driver by rubbing it against a magnet. The whole job took about 10 minutes. They do look cool but they are brighter then yellowish looking PIAA 9007's. Mine is a 2003 XTERRA.

Good Luck.

How can I change the front parking lights? I've already changed the headlights to the PIAA's Xtreme White Plus 9007 bulbs, and now I want to change the parking lights to match the colors. I know its the 168 wedge bulb, but don't know how to replace them (Remember its the 2002 model). Please help me!! Also, if anyone knows anything about changing the gauge, let me know as well, Thanks!!:cool:
To change the any of the rear bulbs, you have to open the rear hatch door, when you do this you will notice two screws close to the lens, unscrew them both, after you have unscrewed it, the lens are locked on by two wedge clips/anchor which you can loosen by "slowly" tugging on the lens. I have changed my reverse tail light so hyper whites, my license plate light to hyper blue, interior dome and map lights to hyper white, heads lights with krypton bulbs and i now i am attempting to replace my fog lamps with hyper krypton yello bulbs.

Ooh, "hyper" bulbs, so cool... :greddy2:

And since when was anyone asking about the rear bulbs?

LoL offroadX! Anyways, Sugup, you didn't mention what bulb you were using? 2002 and 2003 are pretty much the same in terms of headlight units. Only major diff. would be the foglights, in which i still think 02's look a lot better because of the halo effect (no offense). I do admit to the yellowish Piaa Xtreme whites 9007 bulbs, but everything else rocks! Especially the H3 bulbs from piaa for my fog lights.....now they RULE!! If i can get my headlights exactly that color, i wouldn't need HID ever! I know that Catz sell a 9007 bulb that burns around 4300 kelvin, maybe that one will be the closest to being pure white w/o the yellowish tint, but I'll try that when i have time. If anyone knows about it, let me know! thanks!!!! :loser:

OMG. Okay, I have replaced head gaskets, master cylinders, and radiators and I can't change a frickin light bulb. This is crazy. I found this forum only after I have been crawling around under/ontop/around my truck for about an hour. Still no luck. Did find that if you remove the bottom plastic panel (3 screws and a 10mm bolt) directly under the headlight assembly, and you have a flexible screwdriver, you can remove the bottom screw. There is also another plasic clip on the exterior side of the housing that you can only unclip after pulling the housing out a bit. I still couldn't get it loose! Not sure if it is that I don't have the necessary strength to pull it out or if it is because I didn't want to yank to hard. Would be mad if I had to go buy a new housing because I cracked it! Has anyone come up with a better method since the last post? I'm not interested in installing fancy lightbulbs or anything (I save my upgrade money for my TransAm, lol) but just want a parking light that works! Ugh! :banghead: Thanks for any help!