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Old 10-11-06, 08:31 AM
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Default Need local shop in FL to paint and seal headlight housing!!

My headlights get a lot of condensation and need to be re-sealed. I was thinking of buying Sport Design headlight housings, but they are hard to find and dealer sell them with HID's and not seperate for $2k.. So I thought of getting inside of the housing painted Titanium like Sport Design and get them resealed, and not spend $2k on new ones or trying to find used ones.. Does any one know a place where I can get this done near Orlando FL area?
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Default Resealing Housing's!

Originally Posted by dlomonosov
My headlights get a lot of condensation and need to be re-sealed. I was thinking of buying Sport Design headlight housings, but they are hard to find and dealer sell them with HID's and not seperate for $2k.. So I thought of getting inside of the housing painted Titanium like Sport Design and get them resealed, and not spend $2k on new ones or trying to find used ones.. Does any one know a place where I can get this done near Orlando FL area?
I don't know of a place that would be willing to do this in the Orlando area? I've tried and nobody would risk opening the housings and backing thier work! Most members do it themselves or contact Mike(tiguyy99)!
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No way!! No one ha.. Damn.. Well if I can get them to atleast try it would make it worst then it is now.. lol But I will have the inside Titanium.. Thanks Darrel, I will contact Tiguyy99.. Thanks again.. After our PM's I call Lexus of Orlando and they told me they have 2004 Sport Design housings but are sold with HID kit only, so $2200 for two!! Thats too much..
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I can also vouch for TIGUY99, aka Mike, he has done my headlights twice, first for the retrofit and then he just repainted my housings gunmetal. I havent had any problems with condensation
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great.. I have already PMed Mike, just waiting for response, is it a long complicated process to paint it gun metal and then reseal it.. My drivers side headlight gets a lot of condensation..
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Most places who are unfamiliar will not risk it. They cannot fully guarantee that there will not be any leaks. Even if they reseal it correctly and the original problem was somewhere else, they are now responsible since the client will undoubtedly bring it back to them.

I have not had any work done by Mike but he seems like a nice guy. At least he is familiar with the GS housings. My only issue (which is partly why I have not worked with him (yet? ) is that he is not local. If something came up, even accidently, all the shipping back and forth is a pain.
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