Clearing OEM lights
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Clearing OEM lights
Just wondering why not alot of people are just clearing out their lights by just taking out the orange reflector. i know it wont look jdm...but it cant look that bad. just looking for some input before i install my angel eyes and maybe clear out the headlights.
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Originally Posted by bo0sty
Just wondering why not alot of people are just clearing out their lights by just taking out the orange reflector. i know it wont look jdm...but it cant look that bad. just looking for some input before i install my angel eyes and maybe clear out the headlights.
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well i know taking apart and reassembling the housing will be a bitch, but i thought they just pop out. like if you've seen the poor mans jam thread, someone is trying to making clear side markers. so i imagine they are removable.
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Originally Posted by bo0sty
well i know taking apart and reassembling the housing will be a bitch, but i thought they just pop out. like if you've seen the poor mans jam thread, someone is trying to making clear side markers. so i imagine they are removable.
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Originally Posted by TacoBellSauce
what if we get some plexiglass or something from home depot and use that to fill up the spot?
anyone attempt this?
anyone attempt this?
I refuse to open my factory headlights without the proper knowledge or know how on the re-sealing process.
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Originally Posted by bo0sty
Just wondering why not alot of people are just clearing out their lights by just taking out the orange reflector. i know it wont look jdm...but it cant look that bad. just looking for some input before i install my angel eyes and maybe clear out the headlights.
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^^i'm pretty sure someone on here did this before, but I didn't think it looked all that great. imo, the orange never bothered me that much that I would want it taken out. in fact, i think the orange looks really good on pwp and even nbp.
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ya i know the tl clear headlights look sick, like the "million dollar Headlight" best headlights of seen to date. ya im trying to imagine what i would look like...might look weird. but the TL one looks so Legit and so do e46 BMWs. myabe if there was some way to imitate the clear reflector cause i can see just a clear window to lightbulb would probably look bad.
all we can do is pray for the poor mans jdm cleared reflectors.
all we can do is pray for the poor mans jdm cleared reflectors.
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^^i'm pretty sure someone on here did this before, but I didn't think it looked all that great. imo, the orange never bothered me that much that I would want it taken out. in fact, i think the orange looks really good on pwp and even nbp.
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I was originally going to clear my turn signals as well, but saw some pictures of it done and didn't like the look. I ended up using spray tint to tint the reflectors and since my car is black, I think it looks pretty good.
It still reflects in amber which helps when it comes to yearly inspections.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/slobeatz/DSCF02621.jpg)
It still reflects in amber which helps when it comes to yearly inspections.
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Originally Posted by slobeatz
I was originally going to clear my turn signals as well, but saw some pictures of it done and didn't like the look. I ended up using spray tint to tint the reflectors and since my car is black, I think it looks pretty good.
It still reflects in amber which helps when it comes to yearly inspections.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/slobeatz/DSCF02621.jpg)
It still reflects in amber which helps when it comes to yearly inspections.
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very nice not sure if that would look good on CGP, but that was my second choice, to get a dark grey tint on the headlights, i think i might do that. i just dont like how bright the orange is against CGP.
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I think the picture looks cool. I wanna do that also. Any pic that I can take a look at? Also, my car is carbon grey color, you think it will fit with the black tint?
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I actually had cleared mine and they looked awesome for awhile, until the seal got a small hole and condensed like a beast and blew my ballast. But for looks, they weren't too bad. Here's the thread I did on them.
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...hlight=cleared
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...hlight=cleared
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i had the pleasure of opening up some 04/05 headlights this weekend. it is actually not that bad. you just need to oven bake them open and you can pop out the orange reflector. it looks like the 04/05 corner housings are black where as the 06+ corners are reflective and have a "chrome" housing. I probably still wouldn't do this just bc you do put yourself at risk for condensation like roxxor mentioned above.
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