DIY: Black Housing
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I have an 03 touring with HID. My passenger side housing has cracks all over the outside. Could I just buy a set of halogen lights on ebay and take them apart to use the housings for my HID. While I had the lights open I was going to paint them. Thanks for the help
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Originally Posted by Kgc_102
Can anyone give me some advice on how to get the grey plug that is attached to the headlight off? Its the piece that you actually plug in the blue connector from the car. I have all the bulbs loose, but I can't get the dang grey piece off. Any help?
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That is how I did mine, you won't have high beams anymore thats it. As long as you keep the area around the low beam chrome your good. You can keep your high beams too, if you just keep that area chrome also.
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Originally Posted by THE_SCHROED
That is how I did mine, you won't have high beams anymore thats it. As long as you keep the area around the low beam chrome your good. You can keep your high beams too, if you just keep that area chrome also.
I think I'll just get the smoked reflectors and replace the amber blinker bulb with the silverstar bulb
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My headlights on my 03 have haze and oxidation on the inside of the case. If I take the headlight off of the car, can I take apart the cover and polish the inside. Also is the baking of the headlight only for baking it?thanks
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Originally Posted by eze-edsel
the schroed- so painting your headlights like that you wont have highbeams?
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Originally Posted by tally350z
My headlights on my 03 have haze and oxidation on the inside of the case. If I take the headlight off of the car, can I take apart the cover and polish the inside. Also is the baking of the headlight only for baking it?thanks
try plast-x
I've got my headlights painted now.
I'll post pics as soon as I get a chance to wash her down.
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I tryed to do mine yesteday and today and the damn headlight would not come apart. I pulled and used a screw driver, even a butter knife. The damn thing would not come apart. I went and bought the smoked strips and new bulbs and spray paint and everything. now Im just pissed off. how in the hell do you guys do it, and you make it look easy.
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Originally Posted by JDMFairladyZ33
you either didnt take all the screws off or needed to bake the lights a bit longer
yeah baked it 225 for 12 minutes and was able to pull it apart. I am now working on the second headlight.
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Originally Posted by nothix
are you sure its on the inside?
try plast-x
I've got my headlights painted now.
I'll post pics as soon as I get a chance to wash her down.
try plast-x
I've got my headlights painted now.
I'll post pics as soon as I get a chance to wash her down.
I took the headlights off yesterday and used the plast-X. That stuff works wonders on the headlights. Mine were really hazy and then I used it and they were almost crystal clear. Thanks
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i put it in the oven for 12 min at 225 and then used a interior dash pry tool. i had good luck with that. what i did was stick the tool into the crack and turned to seperate the pieces. it took me 2 times in the oven to get it all the way apart. the housing sort of slides apart. hope that helped.
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THANKS FOR THE AMAZING WRITE up..... just picked up my z less then a week ago. And this was the first thing i did... casue the headlights were nasty and yellow and there is a nice set in the trunk. So i tested my skills on buffing and modding the nasty ones...