evan03CL

Ok so along with my headlight bulb replacement i figured it was time to do the "fog light" lens replacement modification. So this might not be the way others have done it, but it's working out great for me, so feel free to learn from my methods if you'd like....

anyways...


MATERIALS NEEDED
- Acura CL 01-02 "fog lights"
- Dremel
- Epoxy/Silicon/some kind of glue
- Plexiglass/Acrylic/some kind of clear thick plastic

PROCESS

here you see my old fog lights, with yellow lenses, looking kind of nasty and pitted.


Now you want to dremel off the lenses of the old fog lights. make sure to keep atleast one intact so you can use it as a stencil. If they break don't worry, you can use the lights itself, it's just easier that way


Do the same for the other light and you should have something that looks like this


make sure to clean out the insides, i had a bunch of blue bulb flakes, dremel flakes, dust, etc.

Then use your old lens...(note how nasty it was)


to trace out new lenses


Then what I did was tape down the new lenses and then put sealer around them


they look a bit hazy because i left the front plastic protector on there until i'm ready to paint them. They will obviously be much clearer when I take the plastic protector off of them.

More pics to follow as the project progresses!

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Nice. I just used a hammer to break the old lenses off, but the dremel would work better.

friesm2000

iTrader: (4)

what the hell happened to the old lenses, it does not look like normal yellow fading, it looks like something was spilled on them

evan03CL

I painted them yellow?

friesm2000

iTrader: (4)

got ya,
wetsanding them might have also worked too, but your choice

also were the origional lenses plastic, and not glass like the god damn tl's :shakehead (f***ing rock's punching holes through the glass and letting water in)

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Yea, its plastic.

MrFluffy

What are you going to do with the edges

disgruntlednut

Ohh this brings back some memories... the frustration... lol. The hardest part was cutting out the new lenses. The heat from the dremel melts the lexan/acrylic and turns it into goo, but it's better than trying to score it with a knife. Get some pics up of the finished product!

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Thats precisely why I used a hammer to get the lenses off. Once you get the majority of the lense off, you can use a a screw driver or something along those lines to remove the little pieces on the side of the housing. I used a piece of paper to make a template prior to breaking them off too.

dave586270

iTrader: (3)

Another member did this same kind of thing to his fogs. How are you planning to paint them? Looks good so far. I had a rock from a dump truck take out one of mine. Smashed it to shit so i had to replace the whole thing. Just did both cause they looks so bad. Not like yours, but pretty bad. GL with the rest of the work, can't wait to see how it turns out!