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How To: Install Smoked Tailights! Pics!
How to install the Modern Performance smoked taillights.
Tools Needed
-3/8" Ratchet
-10mm deep socket
- 11mm deep socket
- Extension bar
The Brake Lights
1. Pop your trunk and unscrew the plastic net holders on both sides.
2. Pull the carpet back and remove the nuts from the stock lights using a 10mm deep socket.
3. Remove the stock light and unclip the harness.
4. Remove the bulb from the stock harness.
5. Insert the male harness from the new light into the same spot the stock bulb came out of and press down hard. Reconnect the harness to the car harness.
6. Insert the new light in it's place and tighten the bolts down using that 10mm deep socket. Do the same to the other side.
The Reverse Lights
1. Pull the black plastic cover off the reverse lights.
2. Remove these nuts using an 11mm deep socket.
3. Remove the stock bulb from the case and pull out the stock reverse light.
4. Install the light into the new reverse light case, put the light in it's place and tighten the bolts back down.
You are now done and this is what it looks like.
New smoked LED taillights for Cobalt Coupes! PICS ! - Cobalt SS Network $144.99
Tools Needed
-3/8" Ratchet
-10mm deep socket
- 11mm deep socket
- Extension bar
The Brake Lights
1. Pop your trunk and unscrew the plastic net holders on both sides.
2. Pull the carpet back and remove the nuts from the stock lights using a 10mm deep socket.
3. Remove the stock light and unclip the harness.
4. Remove the bulb from the stock harness.
5. Insert the male harness from the new light into the same spot the stock bulb came out of and press down hard. Reconnect the harness to the car harness.
6. Insert the new light in it's place and tighten the bolts down using that 10mm deep socket. Do the same to the other side.
The Reverse Lights
1. Pull the black plastic cover off the reverse lights.
2. Remove these nuts using an 11mm deep socket.
3. Remove the stock bulb from the case and pull out the stock reverse light.
4. Install the light into the new reverse light case, put the light in it's place and tighten the bolts back down.
You are now done and this is what it looks like.
New smoked LED taillights for Cobalt Coupes! PICS ! - Cobalt SS Network $144.99
Last edited by TommyP; 10-03-2012 at 01:05 PM. Reason: Updated Pics
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I got mine in the mail today & was wondering how the hell I'm supposed to put the reverse lights in when there isnt a thread on them to hold them in place... heres some pics... please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
stock reverse light:
modern performance smoked reverse light:
stock reverse light:
modern performance smoked reverse light:
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Haha, thanks Tuner.
Cool man good luck with them. They really change the look of the rear end.
Gotta love LEDs too. POst pics when you're done.
You use the same nuts that came off. They actually cut new grooves in the new post. Just reuse the stock nuts you'll be good to go.
Gotta love LEDs too. POst pics when you're done.
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i love mine but CT u know how to slow down the blink?
here is a video of mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiYP1z3dIio
here u can see the color difference from stock to smoked during day (at about noon)
And here is a better picture of them
here is a video of mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiYP1z3dIio
here u can see the color difference from stock to smoked during day (at about noon)
And here is a better picture of them
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I would bring it back to normal though if this resistor works for us. Thanks Rally.
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They look great CT.... im guessing the car is reading the LED light as if it was a burning out blinker huh?
I guess since LED's usually take so much less energy that the two lights appear like 1 to the car
I guess since LED's usually take so much less energy that the two lights appear like 1 to the car
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Thanks man. I'll check that out.
Edit: I found this from that seller. Is that it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-LED...spagenameZWDVW
Edit: I found this from that seller. Is that it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-LED...spagenameZWDVW
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might have to put those little self-tapping hollow nuts on the ground and beat on them with a hammer to get the diameter of the hole small enough to actually cut into and grab onto the studs coming out of the new tail lights.
if that doesnt make sense, it might tomorrow. thats what i had to do to mine. thats the only problem i ran into.
if that doesnt make sense, it might tomorrow. thats what i had to do to mine. thats the only problem i ran into.
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might have to put those little self-tapping hollow nuts on the ground and beat on them with a hammer to get the diameter of the hole small enough to actually cut into and grab onto the studs coming out of the new tail lights.
if that doesnt make sense, it might tomorrow. thats what i had to do to mine. thats the only problem i ran into.
if that doesnt make sense, it might tomorrow. thats what i had to do to mine. thats the only problem i ran into.
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the clips dont hold them tight enough. and one should be fine, but if theres some way you can put on 2, i would.. especially if you have a system because it might rattle