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Old 12-15-2006, 10:01 AM   #1
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They just pry right out, the plastic clips snap off the bottom and they're gone. You need to watch out when shopping for lits that they are intact and the clip is in place, if it isn't it's almost a certainty that they are stolen.

I wondered about having the VIN etched in to them maybe or putting stickers on saying "security etched" or "security tagged" or something.
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Old 12-15-2006, 10:08 AM   #2
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I hate to hear stuff like this happening....good luck on the repair.
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Old 12-15-2006, 10:32 AM   #3
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It actually doesn't take much to take these lights.

All you have to do really is pull up on the front of the headlights and they are gone. I demonstrated this at one of the get togethers with my headlights.

I once had an idiot put his cigarette out on my headlight. I was pissed!
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so wait, you pulled on the bottom of the headlights where the turnsignal is and they came off? wow
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Old 12-15-2006, 12:06 PM   #5
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If you don't clip them in right then the first time you touch the brakes they come out all by themselves... according to one of the admins at PPBB *lol*
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that sux, u dish out all this money for a car and now youre scared to even keep it on the street. if they stole his lights once what are the chances that they will do it again? he better keep it in the garage all the time now, but that blows tho.

btw, wouldnt the alarm come on if you were to pull on them that had from the bottom?
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so wait, you pulled on the bottom of the headlights where the turnsignal is and they came off? wow
That's a funky paint job you have going on there djomlas. One second its grey and the next its green... Unless its something they put in the coffee this morning... maybe LSD???
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That's a funky paint job you have going on there djomlas. One second its grey and the next its green... Unless its something they put in the coffee this morning... maybe LSD???
Or Marsupial turds...
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youre the one that noticed it, so check out what you drank/ate this morning....i see it just fine
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Or Marsupial turds...
Huh? Did I miss something in another thread or do I not watch enough TV???
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