How to clear out your corners and rear signals on a P11

Someone had asked how i went about this in another thread so i decided to start a new thread so everyone can find this in the future...

here is what the stock corners and rears look..

http://208.230.215.20/corner_yellow.jpg http://208.230.215.20/rear_yellow.jpg

here's how i went about it...



Front Corner Signal
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1] remove both your headlight and corner bulbs.

2] remove the two bolts above your headlights which secure them to the chassis. you'll notice the headlight assembly is now loose and that the corner assembly is attached to the headlight. there is one more nut which must be removed. The nut is on the lower backside of your healdights (underneath the connectors for the bulbs) once the headlight is free the only thing holding everything in is the corner assembly because it is still being held in place on one end.

3] grab the whole assembly (one hand on the edge of the headlight, the other on the edge of the corner) and give it a nice tug outwards. the corner assembly is held in place by snapping into this little rubber mounting hole. by tugging back on the whole thing you will pop it right out.

4] the whole unit should be completely free from the chassis and when you flip the headlight/corner assembley over you will see that there is one screw holding the corner to the headlight. remove it to free up the corner and make it easier to work with.

5] now here comes the fun part... trying to get that silly yellow plastic outta there.

i had heard of people breaking it out slowly... piece by agonizing piece... this didnt seem like the right way to do it to me. here's what i did....

i'm sure you've heard of a dremel tool? www.dremel.com (http://www.dremel.com) well i swear by this thing... i use it ALL the time, definately worth its small price.

i put a drill bit (about 1/8") in the dremel and began drilling tons of holes into the yellow plastic. i then took a small cutting wheel bit and put it in the dremel, and began slicing up that plastic. when slicing through all those holes i made the yellow plastic break into very small pieces which is what i wanted so that i could just shake them out. tada, a little ingenuity and i now had clear corners... which they "dont make" for the car. :D

6] re-attach the corner to the headlight

7] push the corner assembly in first so that it pops into its holder

8] re-attach the headlight bolts and bulbs.

here's the final product....

http://208.230.215.20/corner.jpg



REAR Tail Signal
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1] remove part or all of your trunk lining (simplest thing to do, trust me... just pop out a couple of those push pins and you're game)

2] you will have to remove the bulbs from your outter light assembly.

3] you'll notice that there are a few nuts which hold the light assembly to the car. remove them.

you'd think the light would pop out now, right? :confused: well there's this VERY sticky black adhesive "gunk" which holds the light to the car also. i think its mainly to keep water from coming in.

here's a pic...

http://208.230.215.20/inside.jpg

here's what i did to free the puppies up...

i took a rubber mallet and from the inside of the trunk and began tapping on the bolts (the ones we just took the nuts off of) well, this still didnt get me very far :bloated: i then took a flathead screwdriver and put a very small cloth around it (only one layer thick, dont wrap the whole thing up in cloth). right above the tail light where the trunk lid covers it when closed, i began to wedge the screwdriver in between the light and the chassis (no damage or scratching done due to the cloth :) )and while applying force i tapped on the bolts again with the rubber mallet... this did it!! the light slowly started to pull apart from the chassis. be careful with that black gunky stuff it makes a mess. i got it on my fender and bumper and it was a pain to get off. you might want to tape some newspaper onto your fender and bumper first to shield it.

here's where to put that screwdriver and use it as a lever...

http://208.230.215.20/inside2.jpg

4] now that the light is free i used the same technique to remove the yellow plastic as i did with the corners.

5] put the light back in. re-attach the nuts. put your lining back. go drink a coke, you're done!!

here's the final product...

http://208.230.215.20/rear.jpg


:D

hope this helps, and gives you a little creativity when someone tells you they dont make something for our babies!!

btw... that dremel tool i was referring to is called a dremel "multipro"

here's a link... (http://www.dremel.com/productdisplay/tool_family_template.asp?SKU=1003009005&Color=99CCFF)


here's a link to the actual kit i purchased

#3962 Variable-Speed MultiPro® Rotary Tool Kit (http://www.dremel.com/productdisplay/tool_kit_template.asp?SKU=3962&Color=99CCFF)

this is a very good tool and i highly recommend it. it also come with various accessories (http://www.dremel.com/productdisplay/assort_bit_template.asp?SKU=2003962072&Color=99CCFF)

i also recommend the following accessories as they do come in quite handy...

flex shaft attachment (http://www.dremel.com/productdisplay/att_template.asp?SKU=225&Color=99CCFF)

right angle attachment (http://www.dremel.com/productdisplay/att_template.asp?SKU=575&Color=99CCFF)

you can get everything at home depot.

i dont recall the pricing as i've owned this stuff for years, but it is very cheap and good quality..

Thanks for the help. I cleared out my rears. I don't have a dremmel tool so I did it the old fashioned way and broke it apart using pliars. It looks pretty good, although not as clean as yours might be. I wish I had the dremmel tool though. BTW, did you change those bulbs to Piaas? What size are they? I tried to take off the front headlights but I can't find that thrid long one you mentioned. The front right headlight has a long screw right on the side of it, but I use that to adjust the angle of the bulb. The other headlamp has a long screw in the engine compartment just under the bulb plug but that, too, changes the angle of the bulb. I tried to take those out before but all it did was jack up the position of the bulbs.

hmm.. i'll take a peek tomorrow... since its been 15 months since i did it lol..

maybe i'll snap a pic or two w/ the digi-cam

Clean corners???

Do you mean white corner? Or what?

I would like to have a white corners at the back of the car - the back hod. I should change al four (4) part of a back-lights (stop-light ets). One USED part of a back light cost about 70 $. So 4 x 70$ = 280 $. I don't have that amount of money so I decide to do something else (but I still don't know what :confused: ) So I'm wondering if you mean clean corners - white-transpareny platic corners. Becouse that yellow platic is realy ugly. (BTW the Primera/G20 1995 allready has original installed a white transparency platic).

If you don't understand what I mean to say ask me and I'll try to re-frase the question.

I told you I'm from Europe and that my english is bad :D

Keep cool ... the cops are watching you
:devil:

Damn !!!

I was writing platic instead of PLASTIC.

Transparency plastic.

Sorry :rolleyes:

i updated the original post with some pics to show what exactly was meant by "clear"...

check them out...

ni55andriven, i just realized i never got back to you
on that 3rd screw for the headlights, lol :bloated:

sorry to leave you hanging.. i'll check tomorrow since i
need to get under the hood anyway...

Just wondering if you ever got to looking at that 3rd screw for the headlights.

:confused:

I updated the part where to find the "third screw" on the headlights... its actually a nut on the lower back side of the headlight...

do you have a photo ( hee hee, just to let everyone know, ive bugged this guy nonstop on how to do this)

will post tomorrow mid morning...

Where's it at man???

Damn! I was hoping you'd forget!!

Well I brought my digicam home today and took a couple pictures... too bad the USB cable to get the pics off the cam and onto my laptop is at work.

I'll have to do it tomorrow when I walk into work...

Damn Brian, that nut is a real pain right there. I removed the corner today, and boy I was sweating for that nut!!!!!

Expect a package thursday. And please, send back ASAP, my primera looks weird without the corners :eek:
I hope the cops don't notice!!! :rolleyes:

BOOGIE, actually it was me on the HOW TO REWIRE FOGS that asked
bout the 3rd screw. he he. man that third bolt is a bitch. I found another bolt on the backside ot the headlight but when it came off it did
nothing. Damn which bolt is the lucky bolt. I never thought getting
clear corners would be this damn difficult. I will be keeping my eyes
open for those pics. I'd pay a million dollars for those...........................
well, not really but those will be treasured and I will keep them under my
pillow when I sleep at night.
:smoker: :smoka: :smoker2: :bandit:

keep forgetting to put up the pic lol...


here we go... I couldnt get the cam into the engine bay and get a good pic..


Here's a pic of the back of the headlight. The nut is attached to the bolt which is highlighted. Its under the beam adjustment screw...

sweet man, thanks!!!

damn damn i was really hoping that wasnt going to be the bolt u pointed to i was playing with it and really hoped it wasnt the one that little sucker is hard as hell to reach let alone unscrew .........
i've had alot of cars and by far infiniti has got to be the most untouchable one everything is so tight and only infiniti for example you cant even remove your front emblem cuz then it leaves a big whole in the grill anyway wish me luck on getting that bolt loose and i got it for that side but what about the other headlight is it located same spot i couldnt see a third one on that one..

sorry no puntuation just fustration

same spot on the other side....

not to bad to get to.. its only a nut to remove... try a box wrench

BOOGIE
MAN O MAN. I was trying to clear my tailight last night and tha shit
was a little harder than expected. so all you do is drill a bunch of holes
and after that what. I tried to get a flathead and break it up and tha damn thing broke away from the shit holding it in and it war hard as hell
to get that big amber piece when it was moving around and shit. I could
only do one. it took my like a couple of hours or something. Mesquitos
got tha best of me. That 3rd bolt i saw but you know what size i need to
get it. On one side there is a whole bunch of shit in the way so u can't
get a straight shot at it. You must be da man b/c that is a bitch. could'nt
even get the socket over it. You get big props man. Also there is a whole bunch of dust in the tail light lens. How would I go about getting
that out. PLEASE HELP B/C I JUST WANNA THROW MY CAR IN DA TRASH. :devil:

LOL...


*in a Brooklyn voice...* Aayye ooooooh, take it easy!!


It's not that hard to take out the headlights. Lots of people have done it...


About the tail light... sorry, I didnt have that problem... after I drilled the holes I sliced it up w/ a cut off wheel. You're using a screwdriver? lol...

As for the dust... blow it out.. or shake it out... :rolleyes:

well, I guess this will be round 4. I've lost all of the other rounds with
the g20. I'm pretty sure that our g20's are the same under the hood but
one side there is some shit in the way. I will take another crack at it,
I reply to you again about this shit my car might be in a lake floating
slowly to da bottom. na not really. thanx for working wit me on this one
BOOGIE. is dat a nickname?:eek:

sooo your the one w/ the impul kit. I know your enjoying that! That kit
is off da hook. Does it does it come down lower than the wings west lip?:bloated:

with tears rolling down my eyes i sit here with my right rear tailight i just spent about 2 agonizing hours breaking peice by peice my hand and the yellow bastard peice in there ow i'm down to one flat long peice i been pullling and tqwisting with everything i can find buti cant find my dremmel tool dont know i think i let someone borrow it
now i just have this yellow thing floating back and forth in my tailight

frustration
frustration
frustration

i'm about to get ahammer and really clear my tailight out

i got my clear side repeator aka sidemarker the blinking one turn signal if you want to know how i did just let me know
casual

say dawg. it seems me and you are in the same boat. It took me about
2 agonizing hours myself. And yeah it did float around in the lens. I
know exactly how you feel man. I had the dremmel. I cut the holes and
shit and then I tried to break it down with a screwdriver.(MISTAKE) I wanted to drive my car off of cliff and say a whole bunch of swear words to it on the way down to its death. I just have one clear tail light
now and it looks goofy. I had to get some little tweeser thing and grab
it and twist. There is a whole bunch of plastic dust in there now. I didn't
know what cutting tool to use so that is where I f*cked up. Say we should talk about our problems man.:( :mad:

cas8. let me know how you got that 3rd bolt out.

mr coilover

Well I had a few issues with some large chunks not being able to fall out...


Have any small needle nose pliers???

shake the light so the piece is over the opening and grab it w/ the long skinny pliers.. twist and pull ;)

:lol2: LOL, this is the first time I looked at this thread. Man, I'd hate to see you guys try a cam install. :p:p

ACTUALLY boogie that is what i did. exactly what i did. just couldn't think of the name. they work quite well actually and that was my last
resort. ha ha . CAS8 how did that turn signal go!

Originally posted by G-Forces
:lol2: LOL, this is the first time I looked at this thread. Man, I'd hate to see you guys try a cam install. :p:p


LOL... I didnt think this was all that hard... especially just removing the lights lol...

I guess this will be a good building block :)

MAN,I CAN DO A DET ENGINE SWAP WITH MY HANDS TIED BEHIND MY
BACK! just have a hard time with with clearing my corners, thats all!:rolleyes:

LOL you guys are hilarious, If you don't have a dremel tool use your drill wtih a drill bit make a bunch of holes in the orange plastic & brake it apart with some long nose pliers.

You got some yellow dust all over the place no problem, get some compresed air in a can from office depot & spary it out with the compressed air. LOL you guys got me crying over here!

Hey I feel you guys, it maybe easy for us but it would be hard for me to do a DET swap.
But sure is funny when you see some one Strugling call it human nature but it sure is funny when you see some one trip! LOL.

Props 4 ya guys for trying your darndest!

i finally cleared the back trust me fellas i tried he drill but it was no match to the almighty yellow plastic lol it would just slide off or barely graze it anyway i removed it on both tailights on the second side it took me five minutes to do i was not about to sit there for hours so i did it thug style and showed the yellow peice whats up!
now we move on to the front ohh boy here we go again
casual

Bet that. I got a cock-eyed tail lights right now. That hoe ass amber piece be diggin up in my ass. That muthaf*cka be tryin to check my nuts and sh*t. But itz all good cuz Ima get tha best of it. Am still tryin
to get over not getting tha celica gts, but this thang here keeps taking
shotz at me. Just tryin to give me a reason to trade it it. Yeh but Ima
dat uda one out and heat to the front corners. Sh*t tell me whats up
when you finally get dem thangs out. Any bolt can be a b*tch when you
can't even get a hold of it but we'll see.:bandit: :smoka: :smoker2: :smoker: :smoka: :smoka:

Hey you guys are funny writing your experiences, I guess this must be moved to the stress/release forum.

Hey Cas, be patien with the nut on the headlights, that is a real pain in the ^$$.:mad:

Originally posted by G-Forces
:lol2: LOL, this is the first time I looked at this thread. Man, I'd hate to see you guys try a cam install. :p:p
Thats exactly why ill never try :)

Ok so I was about to go out and clear my corners today. I have nothing to do today and school starts tomorrow so I just figured what the hell. I just read most of the posts.

DAMN THIS.

I don't even wanna try now. I got my side marker (repeater) done with a white bulb and it looks phat. But I don't wanna be taking mad crazy long fustrating hours to take that little orange peice out. Plus I have a short temper so I would probably end up breaking my car.

Oh yeh to get that orange peice out. . .if you have a wire cutter that is in the shape of needle nose pliers...it works great. You can just cut it into peices.

Well good luck people. . .if I decide to do my corners. You'll definitely see my remarks. hahahahha

Thanx for the info on how to do it though.

hey coilover man u better catch up man i got the front done today all around clear i finally reached those third bolts and unscrewed them remember this when u do it once you remove the 3rd bolt u gott pull hard at the headlight to actually pull it out
ok i'm out
casual
p.s. so now i need all around white lights unstead of this yellowish factory lights
let me know where to look and what number each bulb is
cas just being lazy

hey man, howd you reach them?? I cant :(

ok what you do is get a socket wrench first with a extender on it about the lenght of your index finger and then try the right headlight. the right when you are facing the front of the car! ok now you have to find different heads that will fit on the bolt then when u get the right one to fit on it the rest is history also remember the black bolt is not the one iat first i took out the wrong one i unscrewed with a screwdriver the black bolt but that was for the radiator its right above the radiator screw and its that back peice of a screw you will be trying to take out like you know when you have a screw and theres that other part on the back that screws on to the screw to secure it thats the part u taking off then on the left side its kind of discouraging to to find it but remember its at the same spot so just stick the wrench in there and feel around for it and u will get it
the socket wrench i dont know if it is the name its the one that clicks when you go the opposite direction of tightening the bolt and tightens and when you move back again it clicks clicks clicks man i'm sorry i wasnt even going to answer you hoping someone will answer you better but i tried i just dont kno the proper name of the stuff to use i hope this may help a bit

2 suggestions when u do this try doing it with someone else around so u dont get pist off
and also remember after u take all three screws out u really got to pull hard towards you to pop the headlight out
casual

But pull carefully, so you don't break anything else.;)

saw dawg are u cool fool. all dat behind us right?
CAS-you got the passenger side with a sochet wrench. I couldn't even
fit it in with the damn a/c lines in tha way. But when I do do it I will
be the happiest man in da world. I got my bulbs and everything waiting
to jump right in and then Ima get them factory fogs and rewire them.

Hey, I am a no problemo kind of guy. I respect other people opinion, and expect the same. I just think sometime people have to be carefully writing things here. Maybe you think you are not, but others can find your words offensive. There is when extra care comes in play.

coilover
what kind of lights you got waiting let me know man cuz i gotta buy bulbs tomorrow see after i cleared everything you will realize that all the lights flash not reallywhite but amberish kind of yellow so i wanted all white bulbs all around white headlights with no blueish tint and white turning signal lights so when it turns on its completely white and i have the white g anywayone guy at the shop i went to today was trying to get me to buy the blue bulbs and told me when it flashes it will be a cleaner whiter look and not blue but i doubt it he just trying to get me to buy it i just need all white let kme know anywhere i could look
casual

youll get it youll get to that bolt u just gotta get a cup of fruit punch and some people hanging around telling some jokes and here and there try to play with it and give it a break if you cant reach it relax have a drink bring a tv outside i got a 12v power converter hooked up in my trunk u can get one at like circuit city for like 50 bucks anyway i just plug up my 13 inch tv in there and just chill until i finally get it

listen to what Rcer said when u pull on the light pull forward and kind of in a gentle hard way ---pull forward not at any angle i'm trying to do this bulb thing by next week cuz my birthday the 18h so i'll be gone for a while going to visit iceland again with my girl then when i get back time for suspension
later
casual

anyone know how to rewire it so that headlight foglight and clearence light and brake light in the back flash with alarm
casual
and also you know the way the interior light dimms when you turn your alarm on and it turns off
could we do the same for our lights on the outside?

Actually the bulbs i got are hyper white. Dat dude who you was talkin to
was straight with you. The bulb itself has a blue tint but, when it shines,
is very white, won't show blue light on da ground neither and looks very nice.
But be sure to look out for the dark blue bulbs. Those shine blue. You should probably get the ones he suggests and you be straight, if not go
back up there and return them and spit (and/or) kick dirt on his feet. The should be called hybrid or something. ah aa ahoo. Ima try to get doze damn der bolts of tomorrow. Got class tonight 6-10. Might get relaxed first
:bandit:
then go to class.

ok man thanks .. one more question your keyless entry now u know how its alarm too but when i activate my alarm and the lights flash and the door is locked i was wondering if you peoples alarm made a sound like a chirp cuz mine is silent i like it silent but was just wondering if there was a switch to turn it to silent
casual

Mine is silent. I wish I had tha cheese to get boogie's IMPUL KIT. That
shit is clean. Looked tight as hell on that white g20. Even at $2800...that
is a lot to come off of plus painting and installing add another $1000-1100.:mad:

I was able to get the third screw out by doing what casual said. Just get a socket wrench with an extension...if you got that its very easy to reach the third screw. The amber piece is a different story though, I have no idea how to get that thing out. I tried drilling a hole into it but man, that piece of plastic is strong...doesn't look like it but it is. I don't have a dremel tool and I don't want to go buy one just to clear my corner. Some people have said that they took it out with pliers...how did you do it?

is it worth clearing out your corners? Has anyone changed the corner bulb after they cleared out the amber piece?

This is some funny shit.....my brother who is 13 took out the left side all by himself (USED AN EXTENSION PIECE FOR THE NUT)..... as for the amber piece I took another direction....instead of dilling holes I burned holes...I used the stove top to heat a nail...then I took the nail and pushed it throught the plastic.....then with some needle nose pliers I broke off the plastic......it only took about 1 hour.....

yeah I was thinking about using a soldering iron to burn holes in it and then you use pliers to break the pieces.

all those ideas will work...

I personally haven't built up the courage to take another shot at the 3rd
bolt yet. Just to make my life a little easier. Does anyone know what
size sochet to use>?

when i was getting crazy frustrated man i had one idea i was thinking you can go to the dealer and ask them to takeit off for ou asnd put back on when you done think about it its our cars we do what we want just an idea if all else fails i'll try to go see in a bit wich size bit i used but damn it might give me flashbacks of trying to do it lol
aight i'm out
casual

I think I could have got it on the driver side. But the other has all the
bullshit in the way so I couldn't even get the sochet on. I am die-in to
put my bulbs in b/c I have the little bulbs and the corner bulbs. Ima
try tonight. I always get what I want. I don't like to loose battles to
little bolts that are hard to get to. I ain't gon sweat it. If will be off in no
time. thanx for da info.

holla

Originally posted by Mrcoilover
I personally haven't built up the courage to take another shot at the 3rd
bolt yet. Just to make my life a little easier. Does anyone know what
size sochet to use>?
10mm i think deep socket with a short rachet is what i used to pull the headlights:smoker2:

preciate it SLEEPY. Why did you put that as your name. U like to sleep alot. I sure as hell do.:o

its a nickname from highschool just kind of stuck with me

thats tight.

IS THERE ANY EASY WAY OF GETTING THE ORANGE OUT???

I PUT A HOLE IN MY TAILLIGHT YESTERDAY TRYING TO BREAK IT WITH A SCREWDRIVER. 8 P Sux @$$

People say dremmel tool...gotta try that but any easier way???

And is the front just like the baack??? Or is it easier (after getting the headlight out)




2002 G20 w/ Sports Package
Black Obsidian

Hyperwhite:
Headlights, foglights, map lights, dome light, license plate light, back up lights, and side repeaters

its all about wich tool you use the front yellow peice is just as hard as the back when you pop the headlight out to remove the yellow so definently go wit dremmel drill and make sure you dont pop out the yellow into the headlight before you drill the wholes cuz if you do then the plastic peice will be sliding back and forth in the headlight while you trying to drill it
i think you get what i'm saying
good luck!
casual

I say you can't do it without the dremmel tool. I used it and still had to
do most of the work with needle nose pliers. It would be nice to use a
cutting tool, but it wouldn't reach the amber piece.:cool:

i just put a drill bit in it and then used my dremmel like a rotozip saw if youve seen them on tv worked fine

hey guys, i just got my 2000 g20t and i saw the post up for clearing the corner for the car, but i ran into some problems i got out the drivers side long screw but i cant find the passenger side's screw can anyone help me? decribe where i might get to it easier cause the radiator is in the way and a thick wire blocking the way too please anyone help me....PLEASE