To save me a lot of time, how do you remove the side indicators, so I can change a bulb?
The book is vague, as it was for the number plate lights.
The number plate lights were incredibly tight in their slot and I was afraid of breaking them as I prised them out. The garage advised not to try but I wanted to fit LEDs! The solution is, once you have prised them out, to file the boot lid metal on the flat left side until an easier fit is obtained. A lick of Copperslip to help. Obviously not too much metal off or the lights might fall out. A few strokes with a file seemed to do the trick.
Haynes makes a dogs dinner of this. As the man says just slide the credit card in and out it pops!
A little foreplay with silicone spray is good. Can’t see why they would be tight unless jammed by the metal being expanded by rust.
Talking about the number plate lights, just to be clear.
Not bad but worth taking back to metal in places. Only a little rust inside, no pitting. Good call: Thanks
I’d recommend using some sort of rust proofing product around the number plate lights if you’ve gone back to bare metal and have a steel boot because it’s a known area that is susceptible to rust.
The first time around I ground away the areas pitted with rust, then treated and painted it. A couple of years later it came back so I ground it away again and then painted some built hamber zinc primer on, and left it unpainted.
It’s underneath and not visible and if I get any further rust around there I can just grind away the affected area and add another dollop of zinc primer.