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Can someone help me find the thread about how to open the headlights and have them painted black?Is it dificult to do it by myself?I have the AFS and i m afraid a lot actually to do it by myself but everyone here tells me that i will have a promblem if i open them.I really like them though when i see them in your cars.
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Remove your bumper to take your headlights off, bake it for 215 degreess make sure u have some type of cloth under ur headlights and that your oven is big enough to do it. bake for 10 min use a flat head with tape on the end so u dont scratch anything and pry your headlights open take the housing apart clean the housing with water or alcohol dry real good and spray with hi temp paint let the paint dry put ur headlights back together and rebake for 10 min at 215 degrees
Bumper removal: http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...07l107l0.1l1l0
This guy is putting some cheap leds on his (which i would not do) but at least he provided a good guide on the bumper and headlight removal http://my.is/forums/f154/is250-headl...shield-405995/
Bumper removal: http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...07l107l0.1l1l0
This guy is putting some cheap leds on his (which i would not do) but at least he provided a good guide on the bumper and headlight removal http://my.is/forums/f154/is250-headl...shield-405995/
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mine after the blacking it out
heres some pics of the process. I have the AFS too btw and it still works just fine. goodluck
http://public.fotki.com/remydee/the-is-journal/
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mine after the blacking it out
heres some pics of the process. I have the AFS too btw and it still works just fine. goodluck
http://public.fotki.com/remydee/the-is-journal/
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Thank you RDIS250AWD.I like the job you did with everything,especially the headlights and fogs and the molded wald trunk.It looks easy as you say but i m not sure if i can make it.When you say 215 degrees you mean farenait or Celsiou?I should let the oven go to 215 and then bake them?Did you use any other glue when you finished or not?
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http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bcl...eside/26_58_01
General maintenance
4.04 (1) Lighting devices required by this Division must be maintained in good working order.
(2) Lamps and reflectors required by this Division
(a) must be securely mounted on the vehicle,
(b) must not have any cracked, broken, missing or incorrectly installed lenses, and a lamp must not have bent or broken rims that allow water to enter the lamp, and
(c) must not be shielded, covered or obscured by any part of the vehicle or load or by dirt or other material.
[en. B.C. Reg. 476/98, s. 2.]
4.04 (1) Lighting devices required by this Division must be maintained in good working order.
(2) Lamps and reflectors required by this Division
(a) must be securely mounted on the vehicle,
(b) must not have any cracked, broken, missing or incorrectly installed lenses, and a lamp must not have bent or broken rims that allow water to enter the lamp, and
(c) must not be shielded, covered or obscured by any part of the vehicle or load or by dirt or other material.
[en. B.C. Reg. 476/98, s. 2.]
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well he did clearly say he wanted to how to open the headlights and have them painted black. so definitely not talk about tinting there. But PAVGR I did not have to use anything extra to reseal them but if you feel the need to use the clear silicone sealant people use for window caulking
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Just so you guys know I AM NOT a professional. Just a professional amateur. This was my first time taking headlights apart to do black housing. so follow my instructions at your own risk if you attempt to do so. I got instructions on how to take headlights apart from google. black housing is a no brainer. I did take my headlights off my s2000 before to install LEDS. But for my IS I did my foglights first bc I was worried that I might mess up
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Taking the s2000 headlights apart. this was when I was repainting the whole car from red to white
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Taking the s2000 headlights apart. this was when I was repainting the whole car from red to white
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Last edited by RDIS250AWD; 11-18-11 at 12:13 PM.