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E36General discussion and technical help for (E36) 1992-1999 3 series cars. 318, 323, 325, 328.
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Your Ride: 2004 Acura TL
First step is to remove the parking lights. The hole shown in the picture above is where you will access the clip which holds the parking light in place. Be careful not to pry too hard, or you will break the little pin that also holds the parking light in place.
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below is what you are left with.
Above the headlight are 3 8mm size bolts that are threaded into plastic holders. Be careful not to let those holders move.
Then, remove the black cover over the nose panel to get access to another 8mm bolt holding the light in place. The last bolt can be found through the packing light access hole shown in the first pic. After all lights are removed, this is what it looks like...
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Next steps do not have any pictures.. I ran into a few issues and forgot about taking pictures. My kit is from BavAuto, so the wiring of the new headlights will probably be different for you.
I had to cut off the old headlight plugs (leave a few inches in case you ever want to replace the factory lights, which I never will)...
Using supplies BavAuto gave me, I stripped about 1/4" of wire off of 3 wires (out of 4). I stripped the brown, the yellow and the white wires on both the left and the right. I then crimped on the connectors as shown below. MAKE SURE YOU USE ENOUGH FORCE TO CRIMP THESE ADAPTERS! If you don't, they will come loose!
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These pins will slide into an adapter to plug into the back of each new light unit. Once you get those done, you are basically done. If you get Halos (like I did), you have to splice into the GREY wires on the parking lights. Use a radio shack connector that allows you to tap into the grey wires. Using a seperate piece of wire, use another connector (mine came in the kit) like the one in the picture above. Plug that into the last remaining slot on the light adapter and you are done. Now, using the reverse, put your lights back in.
07-28-2005, 07:16 AM
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