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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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I know that for second generation TLs you have to take apart the headlight housing and take off the orange diffusor. The problem for me is that I don't trust myself to do this to my own headlights. I live in Southern California, does anyone know if any dealer or mom and pops shop that does this professionally. If so let me know, I'm dying to clear those corners out, but I don't wanna ruin them myself and not reseal them correctly allowing moisture to get in.Or is it pretty easy to do it myself? I am just skeptical. Thanks guys.
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 12:10 AM
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Ok I will tell you my experience with clearing the headlights... It says to leave them in the oven for a certain amount of time on a certain degree of heat. Well the oven I used only had low/med/high. So to make a long story short it started to melt. Hahah.... I yanked it out of the oven and yes, it was smoking, and the clear plastic on the front had a somewaht brown tint to it. Yes, I was pissed off royally at myself but I went thru with the rest of the project and ended up finishing it with not much more difficulty. They did fog up and overall it was not worth it. Maybe if you have all of the exact specific requirements then go for it but what I ended up doing was buying some aftermarket lights that were cleared and blacked out for only like 230$ shipped and everything. Here is what they look like:


Got them from a guy on eBay named Atomicstreet so search ebay because they are definitley worth it. Hope this helps!
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 12:24 AM
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Ok I will tell you my experience with clearing the headlights... It says to leave them in the oven for a certain amount of time on a certain degree of heat. Well the oven I used only had low/med/high. So to make a long story short it started to melt. Hahah.... I yanked it out of the oven and yes, it was smoking, and the clear plastic on the front had a somewaht brown tint to it. Yes, I was pissed off royally at myself but I went thru with the rest of the project and ended up finishing it with not much more difficulty. They did fog up and overall it was not worth it. Maybe if you have all of the exact specific requirements then go for it but what I ended up doing was buying some aftermarket lights that were cleared and blacked out for only like 230$ shipped and everything. Here is what they look like:


Got them from a guy on eBay named Atomicstreet so search ebay because they are definitley worth it. Hope this helps!
Can you post some pics of these lights on your car? I have a SSM 2K TL and I'm curious as to what they look like on the car. Thanks
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 12:36 AM
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dot com .... he did mine twice after 2 car accidents .... $150 a pair .... GREAT work, cant tell they were even opened up ... never fogged up
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 03:39 PM
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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 12:43 AM
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dot com .... he did mine twice after 2 car accidents .... $150 a pair .... GREAT work, cant tell they were even opened up ... never fogged up
That sounds good man. My only question was where I get them from?? Off EBAY or private seller? Thanks
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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 01:28 AM
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If you have and 02-03 TL, they will not fit. Just so ya know....
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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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That sounds good man. My only question was where I get them from?? Off EBAY or private seller? Thanks
it keeps gettting filtered ... try mr zi p ps dot com ... remove spaces, enter dots etc ... you need to send your actual lamps to get modded
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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 07:48 AM
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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 07:57 PM
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Thanks sistom If it's not too much trouble, can you take one more pic of the whole front of the car? Just to get a glimpse of what it looks like from a distance?
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 11:43 AM
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while on the topic of clearing the headlights,

kris can you post up the link to that nissan oem silicon used to reseal the headlights.....
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 05:05 AM
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Hey bro those are sweet!!! I couldn't find them on ebay!!! Would love to get me a pair since I have the NBP 01...
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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jpadilla
it keeps gettting filtered ... try mr zi p ps dot com ... remove spaces, enter dots etc ... you need to send your actual lamps to get modded
The reason it keeps getting filtered is because he used to be on this site but got banned for either trying to sell stuff through the website but without becoming an official vendor or for general bad business practice such as doing a poor job and not fixing it (but I can't remember which one).
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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When you go to his ebay store there not on there, does that mean there out or he does not sell them?
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