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Old 10-31-09, 11:51 AM
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How hard is it to swap my stock projectors into the eBay headlights??
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Old 10-31-09, 11:57 AM
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take 4 min just put ur old lamp in the oven take off the glass and do the same with the others and when u seal it use black silicone
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Originally Posted by t70 supra
take 10 toal just put ur old lamp in the oven take off the glass and do the same with the others and when u seal it u black silicone i think
ive always had trouble reading everything you've ever typed
i understand it though lol
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Originally Posted by ESScee400
I've always been afraid to put my headlights in the oven. I'm afraid I'll melt or blacken them. I can't even bake a cake haha. Is there a DIY on light-baking somewhere? Such as oven temp, time, etc.

3 to 5 minutes at 350deg..take them out, use gloves, pull the lens from the housing.. thats it. I have done my lights twice with no ill effects..if you can microwave a cup of coffee, you can do this with your lights
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baking headlights in the oven is a piece of cake..lol but when doing it disasemble the headlight completely every bolt and rubber piece soo they wont melt.

i wanna paint mine with a blk housing and get halos in the highs n lows.

which i saw off this site when i was browsing youtube.

www.accstyle.com
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Originally Posted by ESScee400
Haha right on. I'm assuming preheat first? I might pick up a used set on eBay or something and experiment with them. If all goes well, I'll probably get in that group buy for those clear lenses.
yes preheat to 350, remove all the clips/bulbs/screws/wires from the housings. Put them on an upside down cookie sheet, pop them in and go for 3 minutes, take them out, and if the lens does not come off fairly easily, pop them back in for a couple more minutes.
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What would be the difference of buying the clear lens in the group buy as opposed to buying some ebay headlights with clear lens and removing them and putting them on your OEM headlights?
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What would be the difference of buying the clear lens in the group buy as opposed to buying some ebay headlights with clear lens and removing them and putting them on your OEM headlights?
Ebay lenses dont't quite fit the OEM housings. There is a bit of a gap but it can be made to work. It never did look just right to me.
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Pretty simple and straight forward. Use a heat gun, check my thread here as I did some thing in the same line:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...eek-week2.html
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Originally Posted by turbodremz
yes preheat to 350, remove all the clips/bulbs/screws/wires from the housings. Put them on an upside down cookie sheet, pop them in and go for 3 minutes, take them out, and if the lens does not come off fairly easily, pop them back in for a couple more minutes.
You can't forget to put in a layer of newspaper so the plastic doesnt deform due to the heat from the tray it is sitting on
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Originally Posted by Justinizme
You can't forget to put in a layer of newspaper so the plastic doesnt deform due to the heat from the tray it is sitting on
Originally Posted by ESScee400
I was thinking wax paper...
I didnt put either and my lights are just fine.
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What I want to do is just swap the stock projector into the eBay housing because I bought hids 9006 and the new headlights came with a diffrent style bulb but I want to use everything from the new headlight minus the projector.
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then your going to have to bake them, there is no way around that.
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Originally Posted by turbodremz
then your going to have to bake them, there is no way around that.
Exactly..

And I LITERALLY just did this to my headlights.. not hours ago.. I have a thread posted on it.. Works like a charm and is very VERY easy to do! I love CL's DIY write-ups!!
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Originally Posted by ESScee400
I was thinking wax paper...
Parchment paper is okay for the oven
Wax on the wax paper will melt!

DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM THE OVEN!
I set up a brakelight this way on a different car and walked away from the oven.
I came back it was a melty mess!
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