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Postby mers714 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:05 pm

Took me about 3 hours, it was well worth it. Love them :D

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Postby 99BlackSandv6 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:14 pm

Nice job! I did mine yesterday, I used Niteshades on the corers though. It makes the car look more masculine and really mean. How bad was it doing the oem corners?
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Postby mers714 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:21 pm

what are nightshades?

the corners were really easy, i was suprised
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Postby 99BlackSandv6 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:47 pm

VHT Niteshades transparent black tinting paint. It's the same thing Latin uses to do the tinted tails for everybody. Everybody talks about how difficult it is to take apart the oem corners, I haven't tried it but I'm glad it worked out for you, looks gook.
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Postby SpeedySolara » Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:04 pm

How the hell did you not crack the lense? Please let me know how you did it because I kept breaking mine and I know many others have had the same problem. Please shed some light and knowledge. Thank you.
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Postby mers714 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:09 pm

haha it was simple

i used a heat gun and a flat head screw driver. i heated a section of the corner up and pried and heated up another section and pried and it just came apart

i also painted my friends corners and had no problem with them either
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Postby akora12 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:13 pm

I'm shocked that you didn't have any problems with the corners. Using a heat gun shouldn't have had any affect on them b/c they are sealed with a solid contact cement, not butyl like the headlights.

In any event, your lights looks great. I love that you kept the amber reflector with the blacked-out option. That was always my preference.
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Postby Toy1mzfe » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:00 pm

dam.. they look good. I still havent done it yet. I tried heat gunning it but it wouldnt budge. I didnt wanna break it so i said f'it.

Good shi7 tho, it looks good.
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Postby wkbrdr91 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:06 pm

Looks good! not too dark, not too light!
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Postby TxBmbleBee » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:58 pm

nice!
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Postby SleeperSolara » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:43 pm

:o
Dang looks good man. 8)
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Postby BadAngel » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:59 pm

lol 3 hrs... ur lucky it took me like a day and a half for each of my headlights... looks good bro!
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Postby (K) » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:55 pm

I like it. I like amber reflectors too over clears.

On another forum someone used boiling water to soften up the sealant and take apart their headlights. I was going to try that with my corners but that's later on down the line with my project. Sounds messy though.
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Postby GreenSolara01 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:17 pm

99BlackSandv6 wrote:Nice job! I did mine yesterday, I used Niteshades on the corers though. It makes the car look more masculine and really mean. How bad was it doing the oem corners?


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Postby mers714 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:21 pm

thanks for the compliments, they look great at night with my hids :D

yeah i prefer the amber reflectors over clear also

i didnt know they were that hard, im suprised mine were so easy

i didnt think theyd come out this good but the risk was worth it

scraping all the oem sealant off the headlights was the most difficult and time consuming
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