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Postby greennova74 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:28 pm

I'm getting ready to black out the reflectors on the inside of the headlights on my 07 and am having a hard time locating a set of used non-HID headlight assemblies. I can find the 04-06's all day long. What's the difference?
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Postby GzNutz » Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:56 am

Difference between Gen2 and Gen2.5?
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Postby Black Bob » Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:41 am

The Gen 2.5's have some different internal moldings than the Gen 2's but the overall fitment is the same.

Gen 2 headlights...
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Postby jimmm » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:27 am

Nice illustrations, BlackBob, showing the differences
between the two generations. To answer YOUR question,
I propose the following: quick does rhyme with Buick if
you say qu-ick real slow to rhyme with Buick or
Bwick really fast to rhyme with quick. :D :D :D
In other words, it's all in how you pronounce it.
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Postby greennova74 » Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:37 pm

Mounting tabs are all the same though? I'm not really concerned about all the chrome crap in the Gen2.5 headlight especially since it will all be black. Looks like a lot less sanding on that Gen2. Am I missing something or is this an easy deal?
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Postby GzNutz » Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:14 pm

The tabs in some of the ebay pics look to be the same as the earlier gen2.
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Postby greennova74 » Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:05 pm

Gz,

What exactly did you do to prep yours? How are they holding up? Anything you would have done differently on them? What did you use to seal them back up? Thanks for all the help and sorry for the million questions. I'm not a fan of surprises in a project on my daily driver.
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Postby GzNutz » Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:11 am

pm sent
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Postby Black Bob » Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:19 am

greennova74 wrote:Thanks for all the help and sorry for the million questions. I'm not a fan of surprises in a project on my daily driver.


Ask away! It's waaaaaaay better to ask questions BEFORE modifications......especially being that each headlamp cost ~$300+ to replace if something happens to go horribly wrong.
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Postby Biggi_e » Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:51 pm

when i took the reflector out mine, to seal it up i used clear all weather silicone sealant and clamped the headlight tight during the drying process.
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Postby greennova74 » Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:59 pm

Done dizzle...

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Postby 99BlackSandv6 » Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:27 am

Looks Mean! I like it. Good work. :sweet:
Trust me, I'm a technician.
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Postby GzNutz » Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:02 am

They turned out nice! I see you stuck with the 2.5's.
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Postby greennova74 » Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:19 pm

Thanks guys. Ya, I stuck with the 2.5s. Just didn't seem right to go "retro". Here are some more pics...

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Postby Black Bob » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:42 pm

Clean :sweet:!!!
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