How to: taking out marker bulb from headlight

hi guys,

Im planning to get some PIAA 168's today (wedge/marker in superwhite) to match my H4's I installed over the weekend. How do you take out that marker bulb inside the headlight? please let me know. thanx again! :D

are you talkin about the small bulb right next to your headlight?

yep, the one right next to the headlight bulb inside the same porjector lense.

That bulb is REALLY hard to get to. You gotta basically dislocate your hand reaching it. If you really need to, I guess you could take out the head light. But I would just keep tryin to reach it w/out taking it out

thanx, but reach from where? how did you get to it? :D

just got the bulb 19168 (superwhite)...15bucks with tax.

some asshole in a orange IS300 almost smashed into the front of my P11 around the corner in the rear parking lot of this store. sh*t, was about to step out and take the damn kid out. :mad: lucky he didn't hit my car. gave him my race face :flipa:

basically look at it though the headlight work you hand down in ther twist it and pull ive got big hands its not that hard

I bought some bulbs too. You can get to it b/c I did. The problem I had was that the one on the psngr. side wouldn't f*ckin turn. Driver side bulb was easy. My car hates on me. I will have to take out the whole headlight to do this. Gotta do it anyway to clear the amber piece....got some bulbs for the corner too.:shocked:

i have to take a look at the headlight assy (been in meetings pretty much all day..only had 15min to go to the store today :( ) but is there like a hatch that opens in the back of the headlight assembly next to the large rubber gasket cover behind the headlight bulb? or is there an opening on the bottom of the headlight fixture that accesses to the marker bulb?

thanks again. :D

Originally posted by kenchan
i have to take a look at the headlight assy (been in meetings pretty much all day..only had 15min to go to the store today :( ) but is there like a hatch that opens in the back of the headlight assembly next to the large rubber gasket cover behind the headlight bulb? or is there an opening on the bottom of the headlight fixture that accesses to the marker bulb?

thanks again. :D

You can access it soon as you open you hood. Just got look for it. Its way at the bottom.

YOU HAVE A P11 RIGHT ITS NEXT TO THE RUBBER BOOT THAT GOES AROUND THE HEADLIGHT

thanx guys, I will check it out as soon as i get home tonite. :D with the info I got, I think it should be cake to do it. :p

Didn't you clear out your light's if you did you wouldve seen them!

But yeah what SLEEPY said there next to the rubber boot!;)

i have the cure to that problem...have ur lil bro or sis do it hehe..i had my sister do the one side since i couldnt get my fat hand to get it ehhe..the otehr side(by battery) waas easier for me:0)

thanx guys for all your help. i was able to get the piaa markers installed today. :D it was a pain in the ass to get to the one on the passenger side!! i was at it with my bare hands for a while, but decided to use a long-nose plyer to twist it. after that, it was a breeze. :D

when i put back the one on the battery side, I noticed that I didnt get it in there exactly the same way it was before taking it out, meaning that the twist lock position was off by one. there's no difference between the lock position vs bulb angles, right? not sure, please let me know. thanx. :p

are you talking about after u inserted the bulb in "the thing the bulb goes in to"? It is made to go in a certain way. I would try twisting it back out and make sure it is in the right spot. If it is it will twist right in and lock. Am I talking about what you are needing to know.