Saturday, February 5, 2011

Replacement Corner Lights for Your Vehicle


It is important to check all of your vehicles exterior lights every once in a while to make sure they are still working properly. This includes the headlights, the tail lights and also the corner lights and turn signals.
Exterior Lights
There are three different types of exterior lights on your vehicle. The first set is the safety lights or the lights so that you can see the road properly. This includes headlights. The second sets of lights are those that let other drivers see you like your tail lights and marker lights. The third set is your warning lights like your corner lights which often includes your turning lights.
Burnt Out Corner Lights
If you have to get replacement corner lights for your vehicle you will be getting the lights that actually are on the corner of the vehicle and they face sideward. You would purchase them on an auto parts website or at a local auto accessories store. You may not even think about these lights until one of them goes out and you have to find a set of replacement corner lights somewhere. When you go to get them or purchase them online you will need to know the mark and model of the vehicle.

Friday, February 4, 2011

What are Replacement Tail Lights?

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The tail lights on your vehicle are the lights that are at the rear of your truck, car or SUV. They fall into the category of lights for safety purposes so that your vehicle can be seen by other drivers and they know what your intentions are like when you step on the brakes. Another type of this type of light category is called marker lights.
Left Or Right?
When you go to replace your tail lights you will have to remember that they may come with passenger or left side or driver side or right side assemblies. So the replacement tail lights come in two types: right and left. Also you will have to know what the make and model of the vehicle is when you are ordering these tail lights from your auto parts website or auto accessories store.
What You Need
Basically installing replacement tail lights is fairly simple for most vehicles. You generally will need a screwdriver and some patience as you don’t want to rip the housing out of the vehicle but remove it carefully. You don’t want to do more damage that would have to be fixed too. Sometimes replacing these lights on a truck may be more difficult to get to.