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04-04-2001, 08:01 AM
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How to clear out your corners and rear signals on a P11
Someone had asked how i went about this in another thread so i decided to start a new thread so everyone can find this in the future... here is what the stock corners and rears look..   here's how i went about it... Front Corner Signal -------------------------- 1] remove both your headlight and corner bulbs. 2] remove the two bolts above your headlights which secure them to the chassis. you'll notice the headlight assembly is now loose and that the corner assembly is attached to the headlight. there is one more nut which must be removed. The nut is on the lower backside of your healdights (underneath the connectors for the bulbs) once the headlight is free the only thing holding everything in is the corner assembly because it is still being held in place on one end. 3] grab the whole assembly (one hand on the edge of the headlight, the other on the edge of the corner) and give it a nice tug outwards. the corner assembly is held in place by snapping into this little rubber mounting hole. by tugging back on the whole thing you will pop it right out. 4] the whole unit should be completely free from the chassis and when you flip the headlight/corner assembley over you will see that there is one screw holding the corner to the headlight. remove it to free up the corner and make it easier to work with. 5] now here comes the fun part... trying to get that silly yellow plastic outta there. i had heard of people breaking it out slowly... piece by agonizing piece... this didnt seem like the right way to do it to me. here's what i did.... i'm sure you've heard of a dremel tool? www.dremel.com well i swear by this thing... i use it ALL the time, definately worth its small price. i put a drill bit (about 1/8") in the dremel and began drilling tons of holes into the yellow plastic. i then took a small cutting wheel bit and put it in the dremel, and began slicing up that plastic. when slicing through all those holes i made the yellow plastic break into very small pieces which is what i wanted so that i could just shake them out. tada, a little ingenuity and i now had clear corners... which they "dont make" for the car.  6] re-attach the corner to the headlight 7] push the corner assembly in first so that it pops into its holder 8] re-attach the headlight bolts and bulbs. here's the final product....  REAR Tail Signal ---------------------- 1] remove part or all of your trunk lining (simplest thing to do, trust me... just pop out a couple of those push pins and you're game) 2] you will have to remove the bulbs from your outter light assembly. 3] you'll notice that there are a few nuts which hold the light assembly to the car. remove them. you'd think the light would pop out now, right?  well there's this VERY sticky black adhesive "gunk" which holds the light to the car also. i think its mainly to keep water from coming in.here's a pic...  here's what i did to free the puppies up... i took a rubber mallet and from the inside of the trunk and began tapping on the bolts (the ones we just took the nuts off of) well, this still didnt get me very far  i then took a flathead screwdriver and put a very small cloth around it (only one layer thick, dont wrap the whole thing up in cloth). right above the tail light where the trunk lid covers it when closed, i began to wedge the screwdriver in between the light and the chassis (no damage or scratching done due to the cloth  )and while applying force i tapped on the bolts again with the rubber mallet... this did it!! the light slowly started to pull apart from the chassis. be careful with that black gunky stuff it makes a mess. i got it on my fender and bumper and it was a pain to get off. you might want to tape some newspaper onto your fender and bumper first to shield it.here's where to put that screwdriver and use it as a lever...  4] now that the light is free i used the same technique to remove the yellow plastic as i did with the corners. 5] put the light back in. re-attach the nuts. put your lining back. go drink a coke, you're done!! here's the final product...  hope this helps, and gives you a little creativity when someone tells you they dont make something for our babies!! Last edited by b-b00gie; 08-27-2001 at 04:14 PM. 
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04-04-2001, 09:00 AM
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btw... that dremel tool i was referring to is called a dremel "multipro"
here's a link... here's a link to the actual kit i purchased #3962 Variable-Speed MultiProŽ Rotary Tool Kit this is a very good tool and i highly recommend it. it also come with various accessories i also recommend the following accessories as they do come in quite handy... flex shaft attachment right angle attachment you can get everything at home depot. i dont recall the pricing as i've owned this stuff for years, but it is very cheap and good quality.. Last edited by b-b00gie; 04-04-2001 at 06:55 PM.
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04-04-2001, 09:52 PM
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Thanks for the help. I cleared out my rears. I don't have a dremmel tool so I did it the old fashioned way and broke it apart using pliars. It looks pretty good, although not as clean as yours might be. I wish I had the dremmel tool though. BTW, did you change those bulbs to Piaas? What size are they? I tried to take off the front headlights but I can't find that thrid long one you mentioned. The front right headlight has a long screw right on the side of it, but I use that to adjust the angle of the bulb. The other headlamp has a long screw in the engine compartment just under the bulb plug but that, too, changes the angle of the bulb. I tried to take those out before but all it did was jack up the position of the bulbs.
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04-05-2001, 09:33 AM
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Clean corners???
Do you mean white corner? Or what? I would like to have a white corners at the back of the car - the back hod. I should change al four (4) part of a back-lights (stop-light ets). One USED part of a back light cost about 70 $. So 4 x 70$ = 280 $. I don't have that amount of money so I decide to do something else (but I still don't know what ) So I'm wondering if you mean clean corners - white-transpareny platic corners. Becouse that yellow platic is realy ugly. (BTW the Primera/G20 1995 allready has original installed a white transparency platic).If you don't understand what I mean to say ask me and I'll try to re-frase the question. I told you I'm from Europe and that my english is bad Keep cool ... the cops are watching you 
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04-17-2001, 11:56 PM
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ni55andriven, i just realized i never got back to you
on that 3rd screw for the headlights, lol sorry to leave you hanging.. i'll check tomorrow since i need to get under the hood anyway...
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04-26-2001, 10:57 AM
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Just wondering if you ever got to looking at that 3rd screw for the headlights.
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08-27-2001, 05:34 PM
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do you have a photo ( hee hee, just to let everyone know, ive bugged this guy nonstop on how to do this)
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08-28-2001, 08:21 PM
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Where's it at man???
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#14
08-28-2001, 08:29 PM
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Damn! I was hoping you'd forget!!
Well I brought my digicam home today and took a couple pictures... too bad the USB cable to get the pics off the cam and onto my laptop is at work. I'll have to do it tomorrow when I walk into work...
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08-28-2001, 11:06 PM
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Damn Brian, that nut is a real pain right there. I removed the corner today, and boy I was sweating for that nut!!!!!
Expect a package thursday. And please, send back ASAP, my primera looks weird without the corners  I hope the cops don't notice!!! 
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