Side Signal Lights

Keep in mind the owners manual will tell you basics here and there, but will ultimately try to send you to the dealer to do your work. More money for the dealers. Most side signal housings that are on/in the body work like on the lancer usually use a spring loaded hinge that can, with a little strength and effort, be popped out to reveal the bulb to be switched out. I would recommend just verifying this with the dealer first, but don't let them cheap you out of something as easy to switch as that.

Also, keep in mind that, depending on your local laws, white/blue parking and turning signals are illegal. I know down here in Houston, TX and Harris County (which includes the city of Houston) it is illegal to have those. Granted, people put them on anyway, but any anal cop can easily pick them out and right you an expensive ticket for it. So, you might want to check with your local Police Department or their website to get the 411.

Bill

 

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Bill

 

On my old EVO you could pop them off with a small flathead screwdriver. I would imagine it being the same way on this year's lancer as well! They can't make it impossible to get to it...gotta change it somehow at some point haha!

 

yeah i was thinking about getting a light blue one to match the hid kit im getting

 

can someone do a check for Cali in white

 

ill do those little things after i get my performance stuff im getting soon

 

last time i checked in south carolina the only lights allowed to be seen is white and amber in the front, amber from the sides, and red amber and white only while in reverse. It sucks because neons are illigal but nobody really enforces it.

 

As long as it is not blue or red, your cool...but cops can do anything to F with you

 

i had blue ones on my old car and got one ticket then changed for stock bulbs, waist of money to pay up the tickets

 

has any one changed their side turn signals yet?

 

So then I take it that no one has tried to change the side turn signal bulb

 

i havnt yet but i will be in the very near future got my car payment on friday though!

 

if u r talking about the turning signal on the fender ,then yes i took mine out but here wasnt a way to change the bulb u have to change that whole unit

 

^^ If you don't mind me asking, how exactly did you take the side marker on the fender out? I tried to wedge a butter knife in between the turn signal and the fender to try to pop it off. I stopped because it looked like i was pulling part of the fender out.

 

u push in a lil on the light and push it toward the front then it should pop out

 

Last nite I finally decided to take the side markers out and change the bulb. It was a bit of a pain in the ass to try to figure out on how to do it without damaging the housing. But with some hot heat from the oven and the use of a razor blade and a small flat head screw driver, I was able to pry open the housing and take out the plastic amber covers and replace the bulb with a white led wedge bulb. Here are some pics of the finished results.

 

Cool. What about with a WW? What colors would be sickening!