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Old 01-16-15, 06:43 PM
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Default Clear headlight turn signals

Just did it myself with some headlights I bought to replace what's on my car. This was an amazingly quick and easy mod for how hard you might assume it would be (I know removal from the vehicle can be difficult). I definitely recommend doing it if anybody has been on the fence. Here is what I did for future searches.

I used a ball peen hammer, a pick, a flat head, long needle nose pliers and shears.

1. Use the pick and hammer to make a hole in the orange lens.

2. Once you have put a hole in the lens with the pick use the hammer and flathead to break the lens in half (or 3 pieces or whatever. Both of mine split in two.).

3. Grab a piece of the lens with the needle nose pliers and use your shears, scissors, dykes, etc, to cut the large piece into smaller bits.

4. Pull out the smaller bits as you cut them up with aforementioned pliers.

5. Revel in your awesomeness.
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Old 01-16-15, 09:41 PM
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Good job. Theres about 30 diy's on this
Old 01-17-15, 12:33 AM
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Headlights look great! Glad they ended up in good hands.
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Damn im going to have to do this and headlight restoration.
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Why not just take the lens off and do it that way? Paint the housing while your at it!
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so behind the orange is clear?
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Originally Posted by Behemoth7
Why not just take the lens off and do it that way? Paint the housing while your at it!
Didn't want to paint the housing. It only takes about 10 minutes per side this method and I didn't have to worry about glue.
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Originally Posted by JRGS300
so behind the orange is clear?
The orange lens is actually inside the turn housing. So once you take that out there is nothing left but a bulb and the lens you see on the outside of the headlight.
Old 01-17-15, 11:42 PM
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such a cleaner look with the clear turn signal
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