Hey eveyone, I recently cleared my headlights with the help of my friend Nick. The grille is also now black. Here are some pics. Enjoy!


BTW: Just ordered everything for a custom magnaflow exhaust set up. I'll get some pics up this weekend!


Before




During




At night




During some snow

 

Congrats! Those look great!

 

Looks awesome

One day I'll get the courage to do my headlights

 

Thanks, I think clearing the lights gives the car a sleek look. Not sure if its legal though :0

 

Nice job dude.

Definitely changes up the whole front end.

 

so did u put in a clear diffuser or just remove the oem amber diffuser???

 

The latter.

 

Just removed the amber diffuser

 

Car is begging for a drop! Head lights look nice though!

 

so still the oem bulb?? or did u get a switchback? can i get a close look of that cuz i m thinking to remove it too but dunno if it will look awkward if ppl can actually see the bulb???

 

one cuestion bro. how did get the diffuser out??? can you tell me the steps?

 

have to bake them to open them up

 

I know this isnt a good shot but this is with the lights on. You can still see the amber light

 

I'll get a close up pic for you tomorrow

 

It's kinda awkward seeing the bulb.

Seeing LED is

NOBODY with cleared headlights should use the stock halogen.
I think 99% of people with modded headlights use LED turn signals.

Why?

The stock halogen looks UGLY without the amber lens.
The bulb is actually clear - not amber coated like most people think.

It's the amber diffuser that gives off the amber colour.
Without the amber diffuser, you don't get that amber colour.

That's why most people go amber LEDs or switchbacks.

Bake the headlights to open them up.
Then just disassemble the headlight. There are 4 plastic pins holding the diffuser in. Bend the pins straight and remove the diffuser.

 

Haha dude that's not "Amber".

It's what I called pale whitish yellow ugly lol

Replace them with LEDs and you're good to go.

Comparison...


I couldn't stand the halogens behind no amber lens.

 

wish i had the courage to throw my headlights in the oven

 

Do it with a buddy haha

It's more fun and you laugh about how easy the directions are.

I did headlights with shtewps.

When you do it by yourself I can imagine it being so serious and not fun and more worrying.

 

Lights turned out great. I am still affraid to do it myself. It would look alot better with LEDs.

 

Dont really have anyone local (within an hour)

 

Cleared headlights make a HUGE difference.

 

Looks good

 

Looks good. I always wondered what a black grill would look like on a DGP. Not my taste but still looks pretty good.

 

yea i love mine

 

I need to sack up and get to baking

 

wish mine had em.

On another note, is anybody else seeing an all white area where some members avatars should be?

 

If you're not comfortable with the oven method, try using a heat gun. That's what I've used for the last couple sets of headlights I've done.
Headlights look like they've turned out great. I would have painted them black to match the grille better, but that's just me.

 

THANKS son.. for how long do i need to bake it? do i need salt or tomate sause to do it??? kiddin... no for real for how long?

 

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Bake them for 20 minutes at 200 degrees.

 

good info anthraciteAspec. THANKS

 

Eric gotta give me some credit for doin this haha and yea we should of put led light in when we took them out lol but rhonda was flippin out. Also we put them in the oven at 220 for like 7 min and it was good to go the hardest part is getting the headlight out of the d*** car

 

^He gave you credit in the first sentence.

 

oh shit didnt even see that my bad eric haha but eric come over this week and help me put my new set of blue lights in the TL ha the two front ones are flickerin and my car might be done today not sure though

 

amberless makes such a sexy difference. i swapped out factor bulbs with silver stars, little blue bulb adds nice little touch

 

I recommend getting switchbacks installed