My new black turn signals arrived, so I decided to install them really quick before wifey comes back home.
First one took 2 minutes - insert credit cart, undo the clip, and wiggle it out.
Second one... first the lens broke off of the old one. Then the case wouldn’t come out. The part that was stuck - I hit it with a screwdriver and got it loose and it went inside the fender. I tried pulling it out with pliers, destroying the already damaged case. A chunk of it broke off as I was pulling and the whole thing disappeared in the fender. I tried all the tools I had to fish it out, but no luck.
Then, I had to jack the car, which has no typical jack points. I finally got it up (manual says take it to the shop if it needs to be jacked up), took the wheel off, undid the fender lining, found the wire, took of the broken element, installed the new one, put the lining back, reinstalled the wheel, all in time for a call from the wife, letting me know our new to us 2017 Acura RDX with 18000 miles is shifting hard.
Car gods are not on my side this week, with the Tundra having a drained battery yesterday because the driver door didn’t close all the way.
On the positive note, black blinkers look pimpin’!!
