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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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DIY: Changing City Light Bulbs

Hey all,

I know there are several threads out there with basic instruction on changing the city light bulbs, ie take off the air intake or going through the wheel wells. I'm a newbie when it come to tweeking with car so can anyone provide a step by step instructions (with pics if possible) how to change out the city light bulbs. I opened up the hoood today and had no idea what to do....air intake box????

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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 01:20 AM
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https://www.myg37.com/forums/d-i-y-installations-modifications/182753-g37-all-headlight-bulb-replacement.html

I recommend going through the wheel well. In the thread the spot circled yellow is your city running lights.
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 02:27 AM
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to the OP:
I tried changing the city/park lights by removing the airbox. Hah! It's almost impossible to do it through there. I was only able to change my fogs. Just go through the wheel wells. It'll be so much easier.
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 07:33 AM
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I tried through the air box as well, and after an hour I got nowhere. Once I gave up and tried through the wheel well, I was done 20 minutes later. Just go through the wheel well!
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 12:25 AM
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Thanks for all the inputs. Can I go through the wheel well w/o taking off the tires? I don't really have the equipment to do that.
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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I think you can if you turn the wheel inward: for driver side wheel well you turn it all the way to the right, vice versa for passenger side.
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 07:15 AM
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Actually, I thought the same thing. I don't have a jack, and I live in an apartment. But someone suggested using the jack in the trunk of the car. Honestly, I'm pretty clueless when it comes to that kind of stuff, but using the Infiniti jack in the trunk I took off the tires and replaced the lights in a little under 20 minutes. It sounds like a lot of work, but it's really quite simple.
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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 11:40 AM
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Thanks for all your input....I will attempt to change the bulbs this weekend going through the whell wells....Are those plastic thing easy to take off and put back on? How many are there in the wheel wells.
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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by reddemon73
Thanks for all your input....I will attempt to change the bulbs this weekend going through the whell wells....Are those plastic thing easy to take off and put back on? How many are there in the wheel wells.
I want to say 5, but don't quote me on that. They're very easy to take off and when you look at them, you'll see. Between jacking the car, pulling the wheel and installing the HIDs and city running lights it took about 2 hours because I stopped a few times. If you have smaller hands then me, then it should take a lot less time because its hard getting to the wedge bulbs.
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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 06:20 PM
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I did...Took me a few hours....went through the wheel well but did not take off the tires....my arms mangle as heck.....
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 01:35 AM
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I bet, getting the bulbs twisted backin was the biggest pain in the @$$ for me lol.
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 02:27 AM
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Yep....It was also tough getting the bulbs on with only one hand. Here is a picture taken from my iphone. These bulbs are a little bit more white than the HID headlights.
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by reddemon73
Yep....It was also tough getting the bulbs on with only one hand. Here is a picture taken from my iphone. These bulbs are a little bit more white than the HID headlights.
What bulbs are those? Are those the fogs or the driving lights?
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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AndrewDDS,

These are driving lights. I got these at superbrightleds.com. They are the 921-cw12 model.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 08:33 PM
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i want this lights where you get this???
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