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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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Flood lights...

Maybe I'm just stupid, but does anyone have a good way to get the flood light caps off the lights without cracking the caps or snapping them in two? I'm on my second pair.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 10:31 AM
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Flood lights?

Do you mean fog lights?
 
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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If you call the accessory 'flood' lights 'fog lights', yes. They are so bright, they're useless for use in fog. But please, if you have a method for removing them easily, I'd like to know.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 10:36 AM
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Actually they are called driving lights.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 06:54 PM
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My covers have a little plastic tab on the bottom. I just pull that tab toward me and they pop right off.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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Mine have the tab too but I struggle n struggle, pull, push, twist, pop, using all the strength I can get on them and nothing. I darn near give up every time I need them off and I'm afraid I'm using so much strength that I'll snap them in two again. There must be some secret to popping them off I'm not doing right.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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The only time i have ever had any trouble is when I put the cover on wrong. Make sure the edge of the cover falls at the gap between the front and rear part of the light all the way around. I find that it is easy to put them on a little angled and that caused mine to get a little stuck once.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:52 AM
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put a little silicon grease on the inside lip.
 
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