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Old 08-21-2012, 09:26 PM
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Old 08-21-2012, 09:28 PM
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disconnect your high beam. low beam. turning signal, and a green clip in the bottom that keeps the cables in place
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Old 08-21-2012, 09:29 PM
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Old 08-21-2012, 09:34 PM
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so you guys are probably wondering, why did he take out the headlight?? lol
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Old 08-21-2012, 09:34 PM
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i am going to show you how to make your headlights clear aka reflector removal, with out an oven
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Old 08-21-2012, 09:37 PM
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all you need are a couple tools.

a heat gun.

some mechanic gloves.

Philips screw driver
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once both headlights are off

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Old 08-21-2012, 09:42 PM
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around the bezel and the housing of the headlight, start running the heat gun to begin warming up the compound that holds both piece in place.
do not hold the heat gun on the same spot for too much time, it can melt of your tabs or even warp your bezel
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Old 08-21-2012, 09:43 PM
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this is what your headlight bezel should look like
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avoid touching the inner portion of the lens(bezel). the grease from your fingers will stay stuck on the lens and will show when your lights are on
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the projector is held by the rear portion of the headlight

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remove the reflectors by unscrewing the screws behind the middle portion of the headlight. 3 pictures above
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once done. take out the reflectors and now reverse the process
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screw back your headlight together. add a bit of fresh adhesive and heat it up a bit with the heat gun....

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put them back on your car

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as you can see above, i added some SMD bulbs for the DRL with a HIGH beam feature as well. it was a last minute custom built bulb. how you ask?? well we got the base of a 9005 bulb, chopped off the actual bulb portion and soldered on a SMD bulb we had laying around. unfortunately we dont have any pictures to show the process. the bulb is about 1.5 inches in the length with 4 sides and a SMD on the tip too
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after putting everything back together here is what it looks like. regular DRL not with high beam on
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while at it, i also changed the low beam and fogs to 6k

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Old 08-21-2012, 10:00 PM
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the picture above looks like crap. a better photo shoot will be happening this week
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a couple other things this weekend. pretty straight forward install....

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i also did the resonator delete. ill post those pictures tomorrow
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coilovers and wheel go on later on this week too
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Old 08-21-2012, 10:45 PM
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Old 08-22-2012, 02:05 PM
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Did you have to make so many seperate posts? Lol

Looking good...
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Very good Job,
we did it with a heatgun, too, on my car, my oven was to small for the headlight!LOL
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Old 08-22-2012, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by iSeeYouTwo
Did you have to make so many seperate posts? Lol

Looking good...

more points lol
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Originally Posted by HondoGermany
Very good Job,
we did it with a heatgun, too, on my car, my oven was to small for the headlight!LOL
lol we don't have an oven at the garage so heat gun it is
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