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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 11:15 PM
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ive noticed that recently my headlights have been cracked, and scratched. i tried plastx, and all sorts of remedies and nothing seems to work. down heres a couple pics. please help me out. i want 06's but im too broke at the moment, so a quick fix would be greatly appreciated. thanks guys!



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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 11:25 PM
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How did you crack it?
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 06:04 AM
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I don't believe you can buff that out- they're hairline cracks inside of the plastic. Mine has a little bit of that too as an '06 but not anywhere close to that bad.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 07:46 AM
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Did you have overlays on it before?
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 10:51 AM
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SPider cracks spider crack they will crack when ever they can I have them on my 03 headlights. I tried to get them under warr. but no go

I was wondering it there was a way to buy just the cover. The top lense?

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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 11:03 AM
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SPider cracks spider crack they will crack when ever they can I have them on my 03 headlights. I tried to get them under warr. but no go

I was wondering it there was a way to buy just the cover. The top lense?

Chris

you cant just buy the plastic lenses....to replace mine I had to buy an aftermarket set and just use the lenses...

sucks but had to do it
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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this is the devils way of telling you to spend more money on 06 headlights.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 11:58 AM
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Looks like you used to have crappy overlays on them, or you let the paint cure inside of the light and it messed them up. Sucks.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 11:58 AM
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I dont like the 06's Fern did you buy those headlight off ebizzle? I was thinking of buying those and using the covers.

Chris
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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it almost looks like the plastic got all dried out and brittle..

did you bake it for too long or something?
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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damn. no i never had overlays on them. they just starting spider cracking, and one day i realized just how bad they were. ****. when i blacked them out, they were fine for almost a year, then it started on the drver side. now the pasenger side. so there no fix? the only fix would be to get new headlights huh??
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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It happened when you baked them in the oven to reseal after the paint. Did you set it upside down on the rack? Even if not, that is the likely culprit.

You will have to buy a new headlight housing (everything but the ballast and bulb). It is costly, but cheaper than buying the whole headlight. Or the junk yard is always another option too.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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same happen to mine...due to overlay.
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