Craig
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Probably in the wrong forum, but anyway...
Having just spent a morning changing a couple of blown angel eye bulbs on my 3 series to get it through the MOT (not useful, but a warning light on the dash is a fail - and you can't just pull the bulb in the dash on modern computerised warnings, no matter how silly and non-safety related they are), I'm wondering how user-friendly the lights on the Mustang are for bulb swaps.
The stealer (BMW) wanted £60 per bulb unit + an hour each side - £420 to change two bulbs was a bit pricey, so I did it myself - but changing those angel eye bulbs (cost - £3 for a pair) required removing both front wheels, the inner wheel arch linings, taking out the bulb unit which is deliberately welded shut to force you to replace the whole unit even though it only has a £1.50 removable halogen bulb inside it, dremelling the bulb unit to bits to replace the bulb then glueing it back together before refitting. Saving - £417, but damn - that's a lot of effort to change a lightbulb. Oh and the bulb was a specialist item that I had to order from Germany.
Why's it relevant to Ford? Because the wife used to have a Kuga, and it reminded me of the pain involved in replacing bulb on that - a headlight bulb required you to remove the light cluster completely. To do that, you had to take off part of the front bumper as it came off outwards, not back into the engine bay.
It's a pain in the backside... so how's the Mustang ancilliary bulb access look? I'm hoping americans aren't as devious as the German's when it comes to bulb access... with Ford Stores a bit thin on the ground, it'd make it a 90 mile round trip if bulb swaps are nasty-dealer-only jobs.
Having just spent a morning changing a couple of blown angel eye bulbs on my 3 series to get it through the MOT (not useful, but a warning light on the dash is a fail - and you can't just pull the bulb in the dash on modern computerised warnings, no matter how silly and non-safety related they are), I'm wondering how user-friendly the lights on the Mustang are for bulb swaps.
The stealer (BMW) wanted £60 per bulb unit + an hour each side - £420 to change two bulbs was a bit pricey, so I did it myself - but changing those angel eye bulbs (cost - £3 for a pair) required removing both front wheels, the inner wheel arch linings, taking out the bulb unit which is deliberately welded shut to force you to replace the whole unit even though it only has a £1.50 removable halogen bulb inside it, dremelling the bulb unit to bits to replace the bulb then glueing it back together before refitting. Saving - £417, but damn - that's a lot of effort to change a lightbulb. Oh and the bulb was a specialist item that I had to order from Germany.
Why's it relevant to Ford? Because the wife used to have a Kuga, and it reminded me of the pain involved in replacing bulb on that - a headlight bulb required you to remove the light cluster completely. To do that, you had to take off part of the front bumper as it came off outwards, not back into the engine bay.
It's a pain in the backside... so how's the Mustang ancilliary bulb access look? I'm hoping americans aren't as devious as the German's when it comes to bulb access... with Ford Stores a bit thin on the ground, it'd make it a 90 mile round trip if bulb swaps are nasty-dealer-only jobs.
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