Will pay someone to clear headlights
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Burning Brakes
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Will pay someone to clear headlights
Im located in Thousand Oaks area....anyone want to have a clearing headlights day? If your interested let me know, or if you know what your doing and you want to guarantee results I can pay you...thanks!
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it's quite easy to be honest with you.
all you'll need is a heat gun and spatula, pop the orange amber out, take out the ugly 168 bulbs, reseal with silicone or the nissan butyl rubber (works better), and you have a finished product.
if you're scared to tackle this, i can help you. but, i was scared to do this at first. i only had one set of headlights. just make sure to take your time sealing it up.
all you'll need is a heat gun and spatula, pop the orange amber out, take out the ugly 168 bulbs, reseal with silicone or the nissan butyl rubber (works better), and you have a finished product.
if you're scared to tackle this, i can help you. but, i was scared to do this at first. i only had one set of headlights. just make sure to take your time sealing it up.
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Go to an auto parts store and by an aluminum polish. Get some soft towels, 10 to 20 minutes later you should be fine. If not, buy the $20 dollar kit and use a drill(without the drill bit) to complete the steps. I did mine and love the new look.
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do you have any idea what the OP was requesting ?
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If you were in CEN-CAL, I'd show you how to do it up fo free!.... you just buy the rubber butyl or silicone. I DUNNO WHERE THE $185 came from
FREAKIN JOSH... always out for the $$$$$.
but I guess OP asked for it.. LOL
FREAKIN JOSH... always out for the $$$$$.
but I guess OP asked for it.. LOL
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im in thousand oaks and i plan to open up my headlights.
ive done it before using the oven baking method. ive also used a heat gun to pry open my fog lights. i think the heat gun is definitely faster than baking it.
its easy but time consuming.
ive done it before using the oven baking method. ive also used a heat gun to pry open my fog lights. i think the heat gun is definitely faster than baking it.
its easy but time consuming.
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grow some balls and just do it yourself 
at least you're not blacking them out.. cause blacking them out requires way more time.. which is..
1) open up headlights
2) pop-out amber reflector
3) sand down chrome housing with 3 different grits
4) 2 coats of primer + drying time
5) 3 coats of black paint + drying time
6) 3 coats of clearcoat + drying time
7) reseal headlights
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all you gotta do is open them up, pop out the amber reflector and you're done. just gotta reseal, that's it. and from your pics.. seems like you could definately do some wetsanding on your headlights then finish off with meguiar's plastx.
at least you're not blacking them out.. cause blacking them out requires way more time.. which is..
1) open up headlights
2) pop-out amber reflector
3) sand down chrome housing with 3 different grits
4) 2 coats of primer + drying time
5) 3 coats of black paint + drying time
6) 3 coats of clearcoat + drying time
7) reseal headlights
--
all you gotta do is open them up, pop out the amber reflector and you're done. just gotta reseal, that's it. and from your pics.. seems like you could definately do some wetsanding on your headlights then finish off with meguiar's plastx.
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like jjashaa stated in another thread .. it's the way you pop the headlight cover off that determines how good the reseal is, (meaning the plastic tabs). i took my time resealing with the permatex silicone. still was skeptical if it would condensate or not. but a few days ago, it rained the whole night. went back to check on it the next morning, and no condensation ! so the key here is to just be patient opening/closing headlights. you'll be fine.
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MAN you guys would charge people that much to do headlights when you are able to hook up a azine member boggles my mind. My buddies in San Diego have been helping a lot of guys to do work on their car as long as they are willing to buy some food to bbq and beer and hang out. We do that because AZINE helped us get our cars to where it is and saved us a lot of money. Why dont you guys give back to the community and help a guy out? Shit you send me your headlights and I'll send you mine for $50 bucks because I would have to pay for shipping.
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MAN you guys would charge people that much to do headlights when you are able to hook up a azine member boggles my mind. My buddies in San Diego have been helping a lot of guys to do work on their car as long as they are willing to buy some food to bbq and beer and hang out. We do that because AZINE helped us get our cars to where it is and saved us a lot of money. Why dont you guys give back to the community and help a guy out? Shit you send me your headlights and I'll send you mine for $50 bucks because I would have to pay for shipping.
Maybe I can drive down to SD so I can give you some work.
Exactly.
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