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Old 02-12-09, 12:53 PM
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Question Working on my Headlights ***HEADLIGHTS DONE*** (PICS)

Well i have the ebay blacked out "halo" headlights low/high on my car, but they are hard to adjust and i dont feel like they could handle the intensity of HID's soooooo, im tearing apart my old ones. I'm going to black out the reflector, polish the lense inside and out, remove the parking lamp condom, and turn signal lense...just overall make it look better. They are going to end up looking like the ebay ones, just minus the halo and clear lense...i might put some l.e.d.'s, not sure. I do know the black headlights on a black SC look AMAZING (check out my pics).

Anywho, here is the question, i've removed the lenses from the housing using one of the tech's around heres heat gun, but im a bit puzzled on how to get all of that sealant off that held the lense on. That stuff is thick as tar, anyone with experience on DIY'ing the headlights have some tips????

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Old 02-12-09, 12:58 PM
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Just keep heating it up so it stays soft and scrape it off
Old 02-12-09, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SCboy
Just keep heating it up so it stays soft and scrape it off
LoL, i'll definitely have to find something better to scrape it off with than my pocket knife then.

Anyone do it a different way?

I noticed that if you heat the sealant until it bubbles it cools hard and cracks off.
Old 02-12-09, 02:10 PM
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Just thought someone could get a giggle from this, but im working on the headlights as we speak, while i work, lol, and i happened to have found that a DA31 key blank works magic with scrapping off the sealing goop. I tried a DA34 but it was a lil to thick
Old 02-12-09, 06:09 PM
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good. No offense, but i thought the halos looked dorky
Old 02-12-09, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by UZZ30-SC4
remove the parking lamp condom
he he he comdom. lol
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i hope you're using the ebay clear lense on the stock headlights. waiting to do this myself.
Old 02-12-09, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 1UZ-SC
good. No offense, but i thought the halos looked dorky
each to his own my friend
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Originally Posted by pmpdaddyt
he he he comdom. lol
LoL, i knew someone would do it
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Originally Posted by FuMoFFuTT
i hope you're using the ebay clear lense on the stock headlights. waiting to do this myself.
You cant, i looked, the stock headlight's lense has a half inch lip where it meets the housing and the ebay lights sit flush, you could put them on but they would be angled goofy.
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i love headlights when they are clean..i ended up using a bondo scraper to scrape off the old sealant..i ended up resealing using liquid nails silicone sealant..its workin so far!
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ok, enough with the chit chat.. now where are the pics?
Old 02-13-09, 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by OMD
ok, enough with the chit chat.. now where are the pics?
as soon as possible buddy, prob tommorow if ya'll remind me to bring my camera to work, i'd rather not use my camera phone.
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Try using wd-40
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Originally Posted by LEXNOVICE
Try using wd-40
On butyl??, where i have to put sealant back. WD-40 works on just about anything, but im positive it wont get this stuff off, esp since it'll make it a nightmare to prep the surface to reseal.


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