Hey guys, I was looking to clear out my headlights, but have no experience with doing something like that. I hear its pretty easy if you follow the DIY, but I was wondering if anybody near Irvine or La Crescenta had done this and would want to give me a hand? Also looking to throw in some switchbacks and painting my grill, but those look a lot easier to do.

 

What model car you have?

 

Sorry, 04 tl

 

Oh, I havent opened up a pair of 3G's yet. It should be the same process though. Ill think about it. Sign up for the Thomas Burton BBQ meet!

 

pop in the oven and set it at 400 degree and wait for 15 minute and you are ready to take it apart.

 

What he said. I did mine @ 250 and it really didnt do much.

 

o ya...250 sorry....

 

I was like when I saw 400. I went 7 minutes @ 250. 15 Minutes sounds better than 7. OP, I'd be glad to lend a hand.

 

hahahahhhaha

 

hmm..would it be the same for 2nd gen tsx? should have a headlight clearing meet

 

Yes. For clearing headlights, the silicon needs to be melted and just pried apart. Same for any other car out there.

This should help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok1a9jyfRYw

Btw, these guys have many great tutorials.

 

It's all the same. Just see if you have the patience to do it or not.

 

haha yeah im wayy too noob to do this. i'll just wait or tint the turnsignals LOl

 

I can lend a hand if you wanna do it^^

 

I'll shoot you a PM legend. Anybody else have any experience with this and know what they're doing? The idea of a clearing day would be so sweet if we could make that happen too.

 

x2. I'm down. What color's your TL? I'm thinking cleared headlights would flow well with my silver TL.

 

pm'd

 

it just takes so much time. that's all.

 

Ya......too much time....but it's kinda fun. You can add stuff to it like LED strips or what ever you wanna add.

 

if you supply the headlight sealant and paint, I'll do it for $75. I've cleared/blacked 4 sets of headlights now.

 

How many have you actually done? Not how many videos have you watched?

vouch

 

I did over 120 set...........kee kee kee

 

ive baked headlights. you really need patience. especially waiting every 8-10 minutes to resoften the OEM glue. its always better to have a 2nd hand to cut the glue while they other one is prying

 

I failed the patience test...now my headlights got water in them and the headlights dont sit flush with the body. I am looking to do this again but I can't figure out how to do this without a spare set of lights to keep in the car while I bake and wait for the sealant to silicone to set. Otherwise I would love to get some help but I am all the way in Imperial County. Don't forget to test the seal in a steamy bathroom.

 

or you could've added a silicone layer yourself.

 

damn..so much work...i m a completely noob..so..i think ima just not mess with this untill i am less of a noob, for now, tint turn signals LOl

 

haha 75 bucks? ok! but u probably wont hear from me untill like...later

 

boo! Just do it yourself man. It builds confidence.

 

^ sez the guy that never did his.

 

Better make it soon! I might be moving out of SoCal soon.

 

lol....

never used extra silicon.. just used watever was on the headlights..

=]

never failed me. today would be my 20th headlight. lol

i've also taken apart headlights to fix broken tabs on the inside.

dam JDM TSX ones were nearly impossible to fix.. gah..

from 2G TL.. to 3G TL.. to RSX.. to 7th Gen Inspire.. to TSX... oh joy.. dam people that want their headlights blacked out.. pre-orders ftl.. gahhhh...

 

depending if you're on my good side or not results in the quality of work...

lulz...

oh, and i only do headlights if you can drop them off for a week. hehe

 

So I pop these in the oven and set at 250 for 15 minutes. Once I get them open, do my business and then put back in oven at 250 for 5 minutes and press as hard as I can to get a flush headlight like stock. After all of that is done, what would I do for sealant? Any recommendations on that?

 

I actually have on my own set of headlights.

 

^besides opening them up what did you do to them?

 

I planned on taking out the diffuser. I took it out and it just looks plain out rice on my color car, so I just put it back together. The OEM headlights look well on the color I have so i didnt paint it either.

 

So they've been opened, but they look like they haven't?

 

^pretty much. There isnt much you can do with 99-01 style headlights beside paint, clear, or retrofit (which looks ). However, I did get to clean the lense on both sides.

 

^^You're getting hated on by everybody haha

Esco FTW