DIY Smoked side markers

OK whole job should take about an hour after these steps. Of course the first side took me an hour!

 

 

Front, raise the car up and turn the wheel outward which I found was easier.

 

Remove this plastic piece which has 3 torx screws.

 

 

Then remove the other torx screws and the 10MM bolt to loosen up the liner.

Once loose you need to pry it out from the bumper so it looks like this.

 

 

You now have access to the back of the marker from the open hole. The reason for prying out the liner is because it us up against the one side of the marker and is in the way.

 

Examine the new markers and you can see how the metal plate moves inward which allows you to remove it from the bumper.

 

Now reach in and squeeze the metal part inward and then push the marker in and it will release from the bumper. You can now pull it out from the opening. Twist and remove the bulb housing.

 

 

Now pay attention to the marker you just removed there is a left and right, the Teconcraft is actually upside down so look at the angle of the markers and match them up.

 

Now you need to file down the end that has the metal clip, as match it up as close to you can as the OEM part. The plastic is soft so it doesn't take much to form it.

 

The left one is after it's been filed down.

 

 

Now bend the end of the metal clip a tad to match the OEM, this helps it go in to the groove.

 

 

Now you're ready to install the new one, I chose to leave the bulbs white as I prefer that look instead of orange bulbs.

 

Angle it in and start with the end towards the front of the car first, once that is in pull the metal plate back to the clip snaps in on the other side.

 

Reassemble and you're done with one side, repeat steps for other side.

 

Before

 

 

After

 

 

 

 

 

Now for the rear.. which is very simple..

 

Remove the rear grill, there are 4 screws total in the corners.

 

 

Now you need to do the same method as the fronts, file down and slightly bend metal tab back.

 

 

Nothing else to the rears once that is all done, repeat on the other side.

 

Before

 

 

After

 

I also left these lights white..

 

 

Beware this will give you at least a 10HP gain

looks great. and thanks for the DIY tips! are the bulbs behind the OEM makers white? i think i might run amber/red ones just so i don't have any issues with cops.

Really appreciate the installation tips on these markers Kevin. Yours came out great

looks great. and thanks for the DIY tips! are the bulbs behind the OEM makers white? i think i might run amber/red ones just so i don't have any issues with cops.

 

You're welcome guys, yes they are all white.

You're welcome guys, yes they are all white.

 

 

you don't happen to know the bulb size for front and rear do you?

good news. found AMBER bulbs.... BAD NEWS.... Tecnocraft sent me 2 of the same PAIR on one side. so 3 of them went in, but one of the passenger markers won't work cause they're made for the driver side.... so looks like a couple day delay for them to hopefully send me a new one.

 

 

Well that blows, wonder if any of the other guys got a miss match set.

good write up, looks good but am I the only one who like the OEM more? I switched the markers and taillights Back to oem on my SV

You had non OEM taillights? What taillights did you have?

You had non OEM taillights? What taillights did you have?

 

Sorry, I should reword. They were the OEM ones "smoked" black and I reversed the process back to red, as well as the front and rear side markers

Ahhh, that makes sense. And I agree, blacked out is so 90's!

good write up, looks good but am I the only one who like the OEM more? I switched the markers and taillights Back to oem on my SV

 

 

Thanks, it's just a matter of taste and contrast, orange isn't in my palette

 

Here is a better pic in some light..

 

Thanks, it's just a matter of taste and contrast, orange isn't in my palette

 

Here is a better pic in some light..

 

 

This looks much much better than the orange/red markers for sure