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How to remove overhead/reading light housing?

Old Dec 8, 2005 | 08:41 PM
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How to remove overhead/reading light housing?

How do you remove the overhead/reading light housing? I don't see any... opening and I'm afraid to start prying with a screw driver. I want to install an LED array into there for a white(r) interior lighting.
 
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 08:51 PM
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 11:13 PM
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 12:09 AM
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stab at it with a screw driver until you've made a hole roughly the size of the blub you're putting in there... never fails.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 12:16 AM
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.... cup0spam, your name matches with your responce quite well.

anyways, I was looking at the thing and I still can't find any way to open it except to start prying at the sides... any one else tried this before?
 
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 04:52 AM
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its in your manual last time i looked. cup0spam is actually right. you do need a screwdriver, but not for poking.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 04:54 AM
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I used a precision srewdriver and a piece of thin microfiber cloth, then gently wedgd out the clear pnels on the outer sides. The plastic is soft so make sure to use the cloth over the tip. Do what you need to do, then pop em' back in. When popping it back in, match the tabs and it wiil pop back in with little effort.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 01:58 PM
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It's in your manual. Very easy to do. Just get a small flathead and pop it right out. Trust me you won't make any damage. If you want to be safe, put a piece of cloth right underneath your flathead so it won't scratch.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DeStreGa5
its in your manual last time i looked. cup0spam is actually right. you do need a screwdriver, but not for poking.
LOL, right, for prying. (don't forget to wrap it in a cloth to prevent scratching and gouging.)

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