i wanna finally get rid of my stock headlamps, they're old, they're not as clean as they once were, and i just wanna change them.
i've looked online for new headlamps but can't find anything.
HELP. i've seen people with nice ones but i cant find anything like that.

 

if you're willing to dish out almost 500 for a pair of new ones, then go for it

otherwise, open yours up and clean em... Check the DIY section for the blacked out headlights post to find out how to open them.

Good luck!

 

thinking about that, but what's the best thing to use to clean them out??

and where in miami are you?

 

Miami Springs brotha... are you in the 305?

 

There are no aftermarket replacements, but you can get new headlights. Look on ebay, they have them up there pretty frequently, they are a bit expensive if you go through a parts dealer

 

i'll try that, thanks.



yep. i'm in kendall

 

cool beans. There are a few members on the boards who live in the kendall area... DivineCL and Slammed_CL_on_18z come to mind... and I'm down there every now and again (I have family that lives right by old cutler road :toofar: )

 

haha that's pretty cool.


well i've got a white '98 2.3 TOTALLY stock =(. i ordered my CAI a couple days ago and i called Miami Muffler and they told me a catback is like $240 and up. but i also wanna work on some exterior stuff. clear corners, black housing, would like to drop it, just dont know ANYTHING about springs/struts/camber kits, it's all crazy talk to me lol. and maybe some black or hyperblack rims.

 

are you ever up north in this area? Doral, Miami springs, hialeah, Miami Lakes?

I'd be more than happy to sit with ya for a while and help you find all you need... Just know that I've already spent A-LOT of money on stuff for my car, and if you want to do this, so will you.

Let me know.

-Alex

 

not really but i dont mind a drive. well me still being in h.s. i gotta spend the money wisely but i do plan on gettin a summer job, i dont care where or what i do i just need $$$. but if there's something i'd like to do is probably getting my exterior nice and then some engine stuff.

Danny

 

I'd open them up and clean them out/wetsand and polish the outside of the lenses with fine cut rubbing compound -- you can make them look like new for like 15 bucks and a cupla hours work.
When I had my headlight replaced, the guy left a Depo box in my trunk -- maybe Depo makes them/maybe he just used that box to put it in, but it's worth a try if you're set on buying new ones. good luck

 

He'll hook u up with the good sheet too

 

well i opened my hood up to see what i would have to do to take out in order to get the lamp out. it looks like a pain in the ass lol. the screws didnt look like a problem at all, but it looks like there are some small tiny "hook" type things that look fragile. i'm scared i'll break those things and then i'm screwed. so i'm gonna have to think about it. and i cant seem to find the DIY on how to do the black housings, anyone know where it is

 

i thought i needed new headlights too when i bought my white 2.3 from my ex g/f, but i read around on the sanding/polishing thing and decided to give it a shot and they came out pretty damn clean, no need to take off the headlights or buy new ones (taking them off requires front bumper removal no?). btw im in 305 too heh, i live in opa locka but my ex is in kendall and i visit her alot, and i goto fiu engineering. i dont know crap about cars though, i just know the CL is pretty

 

Brasso!! that stuff works wonders man

 

lol pretty cool man. yea FIU's become like my school's east wing but that's pretty cool i'll look into that, thanks

 

Golden Panthers up in this hizouse?

 

I have a brand new passenger side headlight assembly I'll sell you for 100.00. Never been installed. I Also have a brand new versus / pure styling lip kit f,b, and sides for sale 300.00 (south florida sale only).PM me if interested.

 

hey... are you sure this is for a first gen CL? I dont think there's a versus/pure styling kit for our car.

 

yeah............there isnt a 3.2cl for first gen either

 

My fault, I wasn't looking at what discussion I was in. Sorry they are for the 01-03 CL.

 

lol nah man that's cool. thanks anyway tho

 

hey

before you go to the trouble of taking off the headlights and opening them up, try to clean them w/ some plastic polisher on the outside. that might work. that's what i do w/ mine.

to take off the headlights, you'll have to take off the bumper cover too. it's a real pain in the ass.

btw, fiu sucks

 

meh..

 

damn i didnt know this many of you stayed in the 305 maybe we can set up a lil meet so we can know who we are

 

Chinisimo ur on this too? damn there's a lot of 305 people here. i'm down for a meet up

 

you've missed a couple in the past two months lol.. but there's bound to be another soon Dan. We'll definitely post a heads up in here when it comes up...

 

there are alot more lately in MIA... especially in 1gCL... Perhaps a small 1g meet would be nice soon...

 

that's right! FIU

and stylo17, i would tell you about this place too but i don't like to cross promote websites, too much politics involved. sorry.

 

oh yea that's fine.

i think i might finally use a sanding polishing thing. any specific thing i should look for??

 

cover up the paint if you're not gonna take the lights out.

 

use atleast 1000 grit for the last sanding stage, and use metal polish after that, the plastic/plexi polish stuff is highly ineffective compared to metal polish.

 

I did it a couple weeks ago by hand and used 600 then 2000 grit, 3m rubbing compound, then meguire's plastX plastic polish. I think it helped out a lot. Take your time, and dont forget to mask off your paint. Its too much of a pain to take the lights out to do this simple project


oh, and make sure you wet sand them