VIPin626

stark gts, can u elaborate on whats required to get those garage9 lens to work?

SharkGTS

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yeah sure -hope this doesn't get deleted. head/tail light injection molds are a really high cost item ($$,$$$), that is why some very high-end low volume cars avoid it and use v/simple designs. So doing a one piece drop in replacement for an out-of-production GS1 is fantasy imo.

so thinkin' outside the box as always, came up with a working solution that is optically superior, uses higher quality plastic than an injected sol'n too. Like the desc says you 1. mark then cut out the old yellowed lense leaving 1/4" border on the frame (I used a jig saw or you can use a dremel with a saw wheel) 2. Sand the open frame flat and smooth out the roughness from the cutting process 3. Clean the dust and surface 4. Apply 3M tape to the frame, AND apply 3M tape to the lense 4. Join the two and fuse with a heat gun on warm setting. 5. Polish up and reassemble the headlight

The first one we did took a bit of time, but the second one i did in about an hour, using a jig saw. We have a couple of bench sanders and a drum sander, but a hand sander will do fine as well.

VIPin626

oh so pretty much it sticks "outside" the front lense..
so it'll be the thickness of the lense more out than before right?

VIPin626

so u heat it up and it melts??
u dont use a silicon?

vindedreal

Shark can u post a DIY for this please with pics?

bigdogg49

i think they would look awsome!!!!

really thinking about getting some!!!

SNFL

This looks like a future DIY post! I will be doing this in may, if nobody does it by then I will document it.

SharkGTS

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diy's r not my style, but i feel a GS video coming. got a cool song picked out... i'll see what i can do in the next couple of weeks.

jmax.garage

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I'll start my own as well. I'm actually modifying the entire headligt to make it look aftermarket; different projectors and inside shape althogether, pretty much look like a BMW 7 series lamp with black chrome housing. Let's see what happens!

vindedreal

Hmm would a dremel work to sand the lines down? or would it cause irrepairable damage lol

iNS0MNiAC

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dammit I was really hoping they were going to be just a replacement lens cover

SharkGTS

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given the two options, i wouldn't bother with sanding. much more work doing that.

tim8oland

lets see those diy's fellas.

Jmai22

I believe I was the first one to do it back in the day... Here is my original thread...
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lig...ghts-pics.html

I did this back in 03, so about 6 years ago. From what I recall, it took about 2 days of sanding PER headlight. It was EXTREMELY time consuming......

Last year, my girlfriend had a minor fender bender which broke one of the headlights and I had to get it replaced. Let's put it this way, it was sooo time consuming that I'm still driving around with 1 stock headlight and 1 de-lined headlight. I'm thinking of ordering those clear lens and doing a retrofit....

celm

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you wont do it for forum members if we sent you the lights and payed you to do it?