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Old 11-30-2008 | 09:23 PM
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..drove down to Rajca's crib earlier today around 5pm to clear my lights. With a couple minor bumps here and there.. we finished!! There were slight gaps in one of the casings which we thought would cause moisture, but after driving home in the cold+snow for about an hr.. no moisture!! Thanks again Tom! ..I'll buy you lunch sometime for all your hard work!

Didn't take us long to clear them.. the hardest part was R&I everything. Pics will be up in a sec..
Old 11-30-2008 | 09:27 PM
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wheres the pics
Old 11-30-2008 | 09:36 PM
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Sorry, not the greatest. Just ran out there in my pajamas and took quick shots..





Old 11-30-2008 | 09:38 PM
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damn cleared lights look best on wdp.. car looks clean
Old 11-30-2008 | 09:50 PM
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damn cleared lights look best on wdp.. car looks clean
Thanks! ..I'll post better shot tomorrow.
Old 11-30-2008 | 10:25 PM
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Your welcome.
Old 11-30-2008 | 10:29 PM
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Very Nice......aight then Rajca its my turn..imma drive down there and u could help me do my headlights and black them out for me...
Old 11-30-2008 | 10:31 PM
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Looks clean dude!
Old 11-30-2008 | 10:35 PM
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Very Nice......aight then Rajca its my turn..imma drive down there and u could help me do my headlights and black them out for me...
i can clear them, i dont black them out, but i got a friend that does blacks them out
Old 11-30-2008 | 10:57 PM
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more pics of the AMG!! nice pics brian
Old 12-01-2008 | 01:16 AM
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Nice! Wanna do mine? J/K Good job.
Old 12-01-2008 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ILLustriousUA6
more pics of the AMG!! nice pics brian
..lols Donald, thanks! Although, the AMG is nothing special.. just a S55 AMG. I'll post pics when I get home from work later today.

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Nice! Wanna do mine? J/K Good job.
..haha, send your casings towards Rajca's way and some cash.. and I'm sure he'll clear your lights for you.
Old 12-01-2008 | 07:47 AM
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if u send your lights to me or drive down here ill clear them for you.
Old 12-01-2008 | 08:46 AM
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looking good.
Old 12-01-2008 | 02:45 PM
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damn ya'll make it sound so easy
Old 12-01-2008 | 03:35 PM
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lol you guy's make it sound way to easy. Looks nice tho
Old 12-01-2008 | 03:36 PM
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lol you guy's make it sound way to easy. Looks nice tho
it is easy..
Old 12-01-2008 | 03:44 PM
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^X2... just take ur time, have somebody to help, and do it step by step and ur golden...
ILL*TL- lights look great man... i wish mine were so clear... i can't seem to get rid of all the residue on the exterior... ur car looks great
Old 12-01-2008 | 06:37 PM
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D'OH!!!! ..guess I spoke too soon! My passenger-side casing is fogging up.. damn, this sucks! ..lols, anyways.. me and Tom are gonna re-bake + seal them tomorrow morning. And to those that think this is a hard mod, it rly isn't.. just take your time with it. That's why + how my passenger-side casing is fogged up. Didn't leave the passenger-side casing in the oven long enough before prying apart the casings.. I'm pretty sure that's where we made our mistake as it probably didn't re-seal correctly when we re-baked them. Anyways, heres your pics Donald.. Ionno wtf is up with my digi.. I turned down the ISO setting and its still grainy as hell. I even had it set on "Auto" and its still doing it.. ugh, whatevers.. you get the picture.






** Towels are over my passenger-side casing to prevent further moisture until I'm able to re-bake + seal them tomorrow morning. >_<


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did you guys apply more sealant or just reused only the factory sealant?

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Old 12-01-2008 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Me0w
did you guys apply more sealant or just reused only the factory sealant?
No need to re-apply more sealant. As long as you bake it long enough, you'll be able to re-use the factory sealant. It worked perfectly on my drivers-side.
Old 12-01-2008 | 08:28 PM
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i didnt use any more sealant and mine are still good and this was about 4months ago and i rushed mine to get it done before the meet.

anyway, brian stop by around 10 and we will redo it and add some more sealant for peace of mind.
Old 12-01-2008 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Rajca
i didnt use any more sealant and mine are still good and this was about 4months ago and i rushed mine to get it done before the meet.

anyway, brian stop by around 10 and we will redo it and add some more sealant for peace of mind.
Yessir.. will do! ..I might be there a lil' earlier, but I'll give you a heads up if I am. Hahahaha, nah.. its koo.. I dun wanna make a mess of my lights. We just gotta bake it longer..
Old 12-01-2008 | 09:16 PM
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call and hour before, i got a break from school so i sleep in now.
Old 12-01-2008 | 09:55 PM
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ohh i did it just in case.. i didn't wanna have to take off the bumper and do the whole baking process again.. once is enough lol
Old 12-01-2008 | 10:08 PM
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an hour to do both lights isnt bad
Old 12-03-2008 | 07:42 AM
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Looks GREAT, everytime I usually see the blue bulbs it doesnt look appealing but when everything matches it looks GREAT!!!. And I can get the headlights done in 30minutes sealed perfectly for both.......been baking headlights since 2004
Old 12-03-2008 | 09:21 AM
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its not about who could do it faster, its about how it looks when its done and if it leaks or not.
Old 12-03-2008 | 09:59 AM
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its not about who could do it faster, its about how it looks when its done and if it leaks or not.
.. or how much chrome we rub off of it. Hahahahahaha... y0 Tom, I might be getting my hands on a set of blacked-out casings!
Old 12-03-2008 | 10:08 AM
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haha. you could black out your housings seeing how u rubberd the chrome off and i finished it. lol,
Old 12-03-2008 | 10:17 AM
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..hahaha, I could but I'm getting the blacked-out casings for pretty cheap. We'll see when I get the casings shipped too me. Anywho, here are some quick pics I snapped while you were eating inside.

P.S. Like my "ouch" bandage. ^^,



Old 12-03-2008 | 10:21 AM
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lmao on the "ouch bandage", u get away in IL with not having a front plate?
Old 12-03-2008 | 03:04 PM
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Nice. Cleared lights and your car matches the snow.
Old 12-03-2008 | 10:54 PM
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what is the white TL dropped on???
Old 12-03-2008 | 11:59 PM
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lmao on the "ouch bandage", u get away in IL with not having a front plate?
i've been gettin away with it so far
Old 12-04-2008 | 12:39 AM
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my brother, all my friend's, and i have never had front plates on any of our cars in the last 10 year's...not once have any of us ever recieved anything more than a "warning" for no front plate.

my brother and i live in lake county, my friends live in cook county.

its a B.S. law that they have a hard time enforcing, so they usually don't....just like tinted windows.

back on topic....i need to clear my headlights soon, but i dont have a oven to use....i thought about using a heat gun from work, but ive read it sucks that way.
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poor ssm left out in the cold
Old 12-04-2008 | 12:55 AM
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Nice pics ill*TL. Your ride looks exactly like mines(minus the tint). I love the way the cleared headlight looks on the WDP's.
Old 12-04-2008 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by grip
my brother, all my friend's, and i have never had front plates on any of our cars in the last 10 year's...not once have any of us ever recieved anything more than a "warning" for no front plate.

my brother and i live in lake county, my friends live in cook county.

its a B.S. law that they have a hard time enforcing, so they usually don't....just like tinted windows.

back on topic....i need to clear my headlights soon, but i dont have a oven to use....i thought about using a heat gun from work, but ive read it sucks that way.
we should both take a drive to Rajca's house and line up outside his door and ring his doorbell (6a.m.) and hand him our headlights.......
oh and i beleive his dropped on K-sports(?)...correct me if im wrong Brian..
Old 12-04-2008 | 09:14 AM
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haha. 6am im in school, im on vacation now. but brians dropped on ksports


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