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New electron smell
Pete, thanks for a great product! And for dealing with us in such a professional and patient manner. We are well behaved so far, but car geeks can be demanding!
A few notes from my experience:
With this approach, I was able to change the trunk hatch, front trunk, front door puddle lights with no noticeable scuffing of the trim. More to come. And YMMV, since trim seems to vary between cars.
And as a few have noted: even if you do nick the plastic trim, you would go temporarily blind trying to see that with the lights on.
A few notes from my experience:
- Mine is a 70 (non-D) built in September 2015. No Premium anything (lighting or audio)
- The trunk lights on each side make a world of difference, and were easy to do. Patient, gentle pulling of the carpet, and cutting of the four punch-out connections on each side and I was done.
- No premium audio, so no messing with trim or a subwoofer
- The trunk hatch was hard, and removing the hatch release did not feel like it helped. I would have needed much stronger fingers to make a difference IMHO. But maybe that is me. Or my car's trim.
- What did work was the "sandwich": two layers of packing tape on the car's trim, and the thin cardboard Abstract Ocean insert from the packaging. I wedged that insert in between the spudger and the tape, once said spudger was in place under the edge of the OEM light.
- Once the spudger was fully inserted and got the edge of the light to come up a bit, I inserted the flat head screwdriver portion of a Leatherman Wave multi-tool next to it (or a flat-head screwdriver), on top of the cardboard and tape "sandwich".
- KEY: With the spudger maxed out, twist the screwdriver back and forth gently, focusing on getting that corner of the light out at an angle (and not the whole end of the light straight out).
- Take your time, and nothing should break.
With this approach, I was able to change the trunk hatch, front trunk, front door puddle lights with no noticeable scuffing of the trim. More to come. And YMMV, since trim seems to vary between cars.
And as a few have noted: even if you do nick the plastic trim, you would go temporarily blind trying to see that with the lights on.
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