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Old 16-01-2011, 03:03 PM
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Just put some smoked head lights in the frs,just wondering if you can take the motors out of the clear light and out them in the smoked?

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Old 16-01-2011, 03:08 PM
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yes straight swap!
Old 16-01-2011, 03:14 PM
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take it you just take the motor out and the wiring plug etc?
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Yes that's right, they untwist and pull out, don't break the ball off the end though!
Old 16-01-2011, 03:38 PM
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Took me an hour to figure out how to remove those headlight motors haha. All good now in new pair mk1 lights.
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how does the wiring block actually come out? is it just clipped in
Old 16-01-2011, 06:16 PM
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Yea, it's just the clip in type. It looks like the fan header plug off a pc mainboard.
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no i meant the main wiring connector in the headlight? as the motor wire runs from that (if you know what i mean)
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That just unclips, there are 2 tabs on each side that press in and then wiggle it out.
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