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in the 2008 silverados!! This is crazy!! I have to pull the gril off, and the tire well cover by the front wheels.. alot of work just for a stupid light bulb.. You have to completly remove the housing. :|>:(
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I didn't believe you, so I did a quick google and found the same instructions. Sweet jesus on a stick! I guess GM really really wants you to take that truck into the dealer for anything! I bet that would cost $300 at the dealer.

I used to have a '98 K1500 and the hardest part to changing the bulbs was getting my sausage fingers in the space on the battery side because I was too lazy to take the battery out.:D

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My Civic gave me the option to either remove the bumper or the quarter panel and battery to get to its light when it went out on the drivers side. I went quarter panel route since it was only 6 bolts and all those pop connectors that were tying the plastic guard to the wheel well protector.

The make the crap so complicated for no reason.
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this had 4 bolts on the grill, and 3 on the under tire well ,and alot of metal clips and plastic clip things.. Now, i have to google how to adjust the light bulb.. its shooting to the left on both of them. ( i changed them both)...
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My mazda was really simple... after I figured out the method... All it required was the removal of a grommit behind the bulb assembly...

The fog lights required a bit more manipulation but were still not overly tough...

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The make the crap so complicated for no reason.




I think that it's because the engineers who design the assemby line never have to put a wrench on it later.

There was a Mustang with a V-8, I forget what year, and to replace the 2 rear spark plugs on th left side you had to take the engine loose fron the motor mounts and jack it up severel inches to get a socket on them. A friend of mine was clever enough to put a couple od holes in the front left wheel well to access them. Still a pain in the butt.
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Have you ever dealt with 20+ year old sealed beam lights? They can be just as aggravating, & even more so, since the lights are secured with rings & 3 screws. Three TINY steel (= rust) screws! & you may still have to disassemble half the grill to get to those! On the 68 Dart, 68 Barracuda & 69 Coronet you have a bezel covering the headlights held on with 4-screws, not all the same length. Reasonable easy to change compared to the 64 Imperial...

Yea, this has been going on for a lot longer than you may think!

Welcome to the wonderful world of vehicle maintainance!

BTW, plenty of different methods of aiming headlights with a Google search.
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That's good American auto design. And Chevy wonders why nobody wants their cars?



Well, in all fairness, the MTBF of the lightbulb and the entire rest of the vehicle is about the same. So really when the lightbulb goes out you might as well scrap the entire truck and buy a new one. This is perfectly consistent with all current American design. And even if it's not good for the environment, it is good for the economy. Not yours, but certainly the manufacturers.
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That's good American auto design. And Chevy wonders why nobody wants their cars?



Do you want me to go into my "oil change rant mode" concerning a certain Toyota Highlander hybrid? About how a huge piece of plastic has to be removed to get to the oil filter every 5000 miles, & how that giant piece of plastic is secured to the car with 10 fasteners of three different styles, two of which are quite similar & easily mixed up? Or about how frustrating it is to get oil back INTO the engine without spilling it everywhere or taking 5 minutes a quart to drain? Two pieces of plastic, worth maybe 3¢ each, could make this simple, repetitive, common, necessary job so very much easier...:|

No sir! ALL automakers have their "issues," not just the Americans.
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and then you have to deal with the bulbs. I upgraded to the Sylvania 'blue-whatever' super fucking white/bright bulbs for $40 each, and they burned out within a few months.

Helluva a lot brighter, but fucking worthless.

back to the regular halogens.....

At least i can reach them on my car without dismantling it.....

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You could get a psychiatrist to change it, But the light bulb would really have to want to change.


Sorry.;) I just couldn't resist.

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That's why I like my Passat, no tools required and it took about 2 minutes. Maybe 3 for the passenger side since it has one more piece of plastic covering in the way.



True for the headlights, but lots of things fail on the Passat that should never fail, and many are not so simple. When I can remember my VIN just from ordering parts, you know there are more things failing than should!

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When I can remember my VIN just from ordering parts, you know there are more things failing than should!



I felt that way on my new Escape when I got it and was ordering the aftermarket parts I wanted on it. :S
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The bulbs do burn out a little more frequently due to being on whenever you are driving because of the DRL feature using the lowbeams. And yes, the Passat does have some issues, but at least they are easier to fix.[:/]

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and then you have to deal with the bulbs. I upgraded to the Sylvania 'blue-whatever' super fucking white/bright bulbs for $40 each, and they burned out within a few months.

Helluva a lot brighter, but fucking worthless.

back to the regular halogens.....

At least i can reach them on my car without dismantling it.....




Buy PIAA bulbs. Sleightly more expensive ($5 to be exact) but should last you at least two years. I use the PIAA Super Plasma GTX's.
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Buy PIAA bulbs. Sleightly more expensive ($5 to be exact) but should last you at least two years. I use the PIAA Super Plasma GTX's.



Well, I've replaced a total of 2 headlight bulbs in 9 years (maybe the same one both times), and they are on anytime the car is moving, so two years doesn't sound so great to me...

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There was a Mustang with a V-8, I forget what year, and to replace the 2 rear spark plugs on th left side you had to take the engine loose fron the motor mounts and jack it up several inches to get a socket on them.

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69 & 70 Mach 1's with the 428...

I had a 1970...428 Cobra-Jet, wasn't advanced enough to consider the hole-cutting idea, I had a friend weld a couple custom made sparkplug sockets, to a couple pieces of bar-stock we bent into the appropriate shapes to clear the mounts...I'd get about 1/16th of a turn on the rears and have to move my little 'wrench' again.

At least I could go in from the top-side, my friend with the welder had a 69 Cougar with a 428...has to jack-stand it and do the same thing from underneath!










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Buy PIAA bulbs. Sleightly more expensive ($5 to be exact) but should last you at least two years. I use the PIAA Super Plasma GTX's.



Well, I've replaced a total of 2 headlight bulbs in 9 years (maybe the same one both times), and they are on anytime the car is moving, so two years doesn't sound so great to me...




Well there is longevity and there is performance.
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and then you have to deal with the bulbs. I upgraded to the Sylvania 'blue-whatever' super fucking white/bright bulbs for $40 each, and they burned out within a few months.

Helluva a lot brighter, but fucking worthless.

back to the regular halogens.....

At least i can reach them on my car without dismantling it.....



BTW in case some dont know..... Do not touch halogen bulbs with your bare skin. The oil from your your skin will burn it out early. Wear latex gloves while handling halogen bulbs.
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There was a Mustang with a V-8, I forget what year, and to replace the 2 rear spark plugs on th left side you had to take the engine loose fron the motor mounts and jack it up several inches to get a socket on them.

***

69 & 70 Mach 1's with the 428...

I had a 1970...428 Cobra-Jet, wasn't advanced enough to consider the hole-cutting idea, I had a friend weld a couple custom made sparkplug sockets, to a couple pieces of bar-stock we bent into the appropriate shapes to clear the mounts...I'd get about 1/16th of a turn on the rears and have to move my little 'wrench' again.

At least I could go in from the top-side, my friend with the welder had a 69 Cougar with a 428...has to jack-stand it and do the same thing from underneath!



In 1970, you could hear a Cobra-Jet "hiss" as it sucked air.

Now it's just a cute decal.
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