Probably the dumbest question you've ever heard...
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Probably the dumbest question you've ever heard...
I have an '04 RX330 with factory HIDs. Like many of you, I have been bitten by the LED bug, and have been slowly swapping out various incandescent bulbs with LEDs, with much success.
Until tonight...
While in the process of swapping out the parking lights with 9-LED replacements, I dropped one into the lighting housing, and it is now rolling around inside the clear housing for all the world to see!!
When you get done laughing, can anyone help me by telling me of some trick way of getting at this bulb and removing it, WITHOUT removing the entire lighting assembly and taking it apart? Specifically, I'm wondering if any of you McGivers out there have a slick way of inserting something through the bulb hole and down to the bulb, sticking it, and then gently pulling it out.
Otherwise, I guess I'll be off to the dealer to get laughed at by those guys as well....
Thanks in advance for any ideas you can offer...
P.S. Let this also serve as a cautionary tale to anyone else thinking of doing the same thing. Make sure the bulbs are very firmly seated before reinstalling. I may very well take some electrical tape to all my vulnerable bulbs.
Until tonight...
While in the process of swapping out the parking lights with 9-LED replacements, I dropped one into the lighting housing, and it is now rolling around inside the clear housing for all the world to see!!
When you get done laughing, can anyone help me by telling me of some trick way of getting at this bulb and removing it, WITHOUT removing the entire lighting assembly and taking it apart? Specifically, I'm wondering if any of you McGivers out there have a slick way of inserting something through the bulb hole and down to the bulb, sticking it, and then gently pulling it out.
Otherwise, I guess I'll be off to the dealer to get laughed at by those guys as well....
Thanks in advance for any ideas you can offer...
P.S. Let this also serve as a cautionary tale to anyone else thinking of doing the same thing. Make sure the bulbs are very firmly seated before reinstalling. I may very well take some electrical tape to all my vulnerable bulbs.
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Originally Posted by rominl
get a cloth hanger, cut and bend it into whaetver shape you want/need. get some duct tape or so and wrap the tip so it becomes sticky. now use your skills and "stick" the bulb out
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Yeah, tape and clothes hanger will work - BUT be careful about the end that you don't scratch up the inside of the headlight housing. Pepboys sells these extendable magnet things which might work... believe it or not I've used a chopstick with great success in the past.
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Originally Posted by ShadyJC
Yeah, tape and clothes hanger will work - BUT be careful about the end that you don't scratch up the inside of the headlight housing. Pepboys sells these extendable magnet things which might work... believe it or not I've used a chopstick with great success in the past.
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Touche! Awesome demonstration of skill
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No no no, no Mr. Miyagi here LOL
What I meant was, I put a wadded up duct tape or double sided tape at the end of a chopstick and used that instead of a clotheshanger becuz the chances of scratching the inside of the housing is much less (wood vs. metal).
wax on, wax off
What I meant was, I put a wadded up duct tape or double sided tape at the end of a chopstick and used that instead of a clotheshanger becuz the chances of scratching the inside of the housing is much less (wood vs. metal).
wax on, wax off
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Thanks for all the great ideas. I wanted to try the vacuum idea, but didn't have anything appropriate readily available. So I tried the hanger with duct tape, and it worked!!
It took about ten minutes of fiddling around, and I went in through the high beam hole, but the bulb is out.
Thanks again. Although I'm sure this problem doesn't come up too often, I can certainly endorse and vouch for the solution.
It took about ten minutes of fiddling around, and I went in through the high beam hole, but the bulb is out.
Thanks again. Although I'm sure this problem doesn't come up too often, I can certainly endorse and vouch for the solution.
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Originally Posted by sakaike
Thanks for all the great ideas. I wanted to try the vacuum idea, but didn't have anything appropriate readily available. So I tried the hanger with duct tape, and it worked!!
It took about ten minutes of fiddling around, and I went in through the high beam hole, but the bulb is out.
Thanks again. Although I'm sure this problem doesn't come up too often, I can certainly endorse and vouch for the solution.
It took about ten minutes of fiddling around, and I went in through the high beam hole, but the bulb is out.
Thanks again. Although I'm sure this problem doesn't come up too often, I can certainly endorse and vouch for the solution.
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