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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 02:18 AM
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Headlight Redo

Hey guys so most of u know i re did my headlights, i tinted the inside of the lens for my high beam yellow, and i ambered my corner, which came out really really orange, anyways, and i also pulled a little light, wiring switch for my lower corners. enjoy these until the sunday meet, more pics then




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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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looks great homer. love teh jdm look, i stopped at just blackhousing for fear of screwing up, but i kinda wish i had done a little more after looking at yours.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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looks clean man. ill be waiting for a DIY for it.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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thats some pretty cool stuff mang, nice work
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 10:46 AM
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Those look amazing
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 11:08 AM
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That looks top shelf dude...... So u acutally pulled the light apart to ,that all internal in the light?
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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That looks top shelf dude...... So u acutally pulled the light apart to ,that all internal in the light?
thanks guys

yeah i pulled it all apart and did it on the inside
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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howd the light seel back up? u confindent with the longjevity of the light holdin up/? i would love to practice on old lights, my headlights are 1 year old,brand new factory, cost a heavy penny..
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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howd the light seel back up? u confindent with the longjevity of the light holdin up/? i would love to practice on old lights, my headlights are 1 year old,brand new factory, cost a heavy penny..
quite a few of us have done it so far and nobody has had any negative problems if your doing it right, which is hard to do if you follow the DIY step for step. your headlights are held together with a silicone, and u would use silicone to seal back up. fwiw i have hid's in mine and no problems, no leaks, no streaks, and no rainbow effects. still looks as good now as it did 2 months ago when i did it.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 12:18 PM
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Love it spence. i got a couple ideas for new style mods soon.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 01:04 PM
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damn bro i swear we think alike lol
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 01:40 PM
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damn bro i swear we think alike lol
haha and im ordering my hids tomorrow
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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looks good man, definite jdm look
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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Are your signals just in the lower corner now? That little light is definitely not bright enough, but it looks good none the less.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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yeah they are in the lower corner. i think they are fine.

heres day pics






BTW can i get edit title that says day pics added
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 10:16 PM
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lookin good!!! Still a fan of the yellow!!!
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 10:37 PM
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lookin good!!! Still a fan of the yellow!!!
yeah like yellow to looks good man, ill will be doing mine as soon as i get my car fixed
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 11:40 PM
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amazing, jdm style klepto ftw
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 09:09 AM
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dmn thats so hot
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 12:12 PM
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Question Foglights ?!?!?

How did you manage to get your foglights to be on while your headlights are on ?

my 1998 3.0 cl doesent do that

Any suggestions ?
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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How did you manage to get your foglights to be on while your headlights are on ?

my 1998 3.0 cl doesent do that

Any suggestions ?
you know that bar that hangs out of the steering wheel, with the headlight switch on it, pull it towards the wheel, magic trick for me
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 01:42 PM
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i like the amber corners
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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man only if you were in cali. i wouldve done it with you.
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by spencer_homer
you know that bar that hangs out of the steering wheel, with the headlight switch on it, pull it towards the wheel, magic trick for me


no, that would turn on my high beams not my foglights. my turning signals are in my foglights i dont know if this is factory or a mod of the previous owner. help ?
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DjXtC34
no, that would turn on my high beams not my foglights. my turning signals are in my foglights i dont know if this is factory or a mod of the previous owner. help ?
That's because that's your high beam switch. Spencer has his high beams yellow because of the film he put on the headlight housing.

According to your avatar picture, your car does not have factory fogs and therefore there will be no switch.
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 04:28 PM
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kind of looks like what i did for another member on this forums a long time ago...



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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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kind of looks like what i did for another member on this forums a long time ago...



yeah i like the look of the painted housing. im thinking ill try this look out for a couple months, and probably re do them and paint the housing like that. i think it looks bad ass
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DjXtC34
no, that would turn on my high beams not my foglights. my turning signals are in my foglights i dont know if this is factory or a mod of the previous owner. help ?
Those aren't fog lights
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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the circular lights on the bottom grill are the fog lights.
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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man only if you were in cali. i wouldve done it with you.
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haha

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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 10:45 PM
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get the fuck out of my thread with that bullshit
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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get the fuck out of my thread with that bullshit
this thread went way off track, I can clean up some posts if you want spence, just lemme know. And yes, for all the n00bs, fog lights are seperate light housings, mounted usually in the middle of the bumper like the pic above, please keep this thread on topic. This thread is about headlights, spence if u wanna post a link to what you did with your corners, feel free as well, lemme know if u want me to clean this up
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 12:10 AM
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so do u drive with your highbeams on all the time? or just during the day...
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 12:24 AM
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Props to you bro it looks mad good. Can you see the road better when on coming traffic has their lights in your eyes? Or no?
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 03:04 AM
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this thread went way off track, I can clean up some posts if you want spence, just lemme know. And yes, for all the n00bs, fog lights are seperate light housings, mounted usually in the middle of the bumper like the pic above, please keep this thread on topic. This thread is about headlights, spence if u wanna post a link to what you did with your corners, feel free as well, lemme know if u want me to clean this up
actually... it can go either way. foglights are usually yellow in color. such as older lexus's, which have them in the headlight housings.... DA integras... legends... making them yellow would resemble them as foglights. But as u did say usually... it can go either way, just that if they are yellow in color.

lights are lookin nice!
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 04:24 AM
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so do u drive with your highbeams on all the time? or just during the day...
right now if i ever do, its during the day. but im going to wire a 194 in the housing to run off my posers
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[QUOTE=hybridnrg;9947869]kind of looks like what i did for another member on this forums a long time ago...

Looks like you tinted the chrome instead of the headlight lense!! that looks amazing!!!!
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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looking good it was a longtime goal of mine back in the day to turn the 7440s into static driving lights -- if you woudn't be offended at an unsolicited suggestion:
maybe wire both high and low 194s to act as signals?
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Originally Posted by hybridnrg
kind of looks like what i did for another member on this forums a long time ago...

Looks like you tinted the chrome instead of the headlight lense!! that looks amazing!!!!

yeah, i used a transparent glass paint, and used many coats to achieve the reflectiveness and color i wanted. even though the paint was yellow, it came out a little gold, which was perfect because he has gold rims. yet when you did turn on the high beams it still came out yellow even with out a yellow high beam bulb.
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Originally Posted by NitiNiteZ
actually... it can go either way. foglights are usually yellow in color. such as older lexus's, which have them in the headlight housings.... DA integras... legends... making them yellow would resemble them as foglights. But as u did say usually... it can go either way, just that if they are yellow in color.

lights are lookin nice!
I know all that, I was talking about on CL's
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