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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1361579" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>Did the LED upgrade tonight. Spring has sprung in the northeast, so it was a pleasure to go out to the garage and to the upgrade. Sort of.</p><p></p><p>I've changed the headlight bulbs on 1st and 2nd Gens before, and while it is a little challenging, it can actually be done without removing any dash panels. No such luck on the 3rd Gen, at least not with my ES. The area around those headlight bulbs is very crowded with wiring and the rods that do the vertical headlight adjustment. No bigee... just grab the boobs on the dash and jiggle them off.</p><p></p><p>What was especially challenging was getting those big rubber boots back on. I did put a light smear of silicone grease on the rim to help it ease on, but you still need to be a double jointed contortionist to get those damn things back in.</p><p></p><p>Special shout out to eflyguy for the tips on trimming the boot. If you trim the inner diameter back to the first set of ridges inside that diameter it fits perfectly and still allows the two part LED bulb to be inserted and twist lock into position easily.</p><p></p><p>I took some photos which Ill need to process, and upload in the AM and then will post the beam patterns both before and after as well as with a set of LR4 aux lights used as fillers. More tomorrow...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1361579, member: 3828"] Did the LED upgrade tonight. Spring has sprung in the northeast, so it was a pleasure to go out to the garage and to the upgrade. Sort of. I've changed the headlight bulbs on 1st and 2nd Gens before, and while it is a little challenging, it can actually be done without removing any dash panels. No such luck on the 3rd Gen, at least not with my ES. The area around those headlight bulbs is very crowded with wiring and the rods that do the vertical headlight adjustment. No bigee... just grab the boobs on the dash and jiggle them off. What was especially challenging was getting those big rubber boots back on. I did put a light smear of silicone grease on the rim to help it ease on, but you still need to be a double jointed contortionist to get those damn things back in. Special shout out to eflyguy for the tips on trimming the boot. If you trim the inner diameter back to the first set of ridges inside that diameter it fits perfectly and still allows the two part LED bulb to be inserted and twist lock into position easily. I took some photos which Ill need to process, and upload in the AM and then will post the beam patterns both before and after as well as with a set of LR4 aux lights used as fillers. More tomorrow... [/QUOTE]
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