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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 02:14 PM
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Hey all, havent updated with any pictures lately. Ended up clearing my headlights last night and they came out great, and decided to paint the lower part of the lip black on the front bumper while i was at it. Also installed a momo shift **** a while back and touch screen indash dvd player. Enjoy


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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 02:35 PM
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Weren't the headlights already clear?
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 03:30 PM
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maybe he means take out the orange strips on the side of the headlights?
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 04:29 PM
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howd u take out the orange strips? did you have to put the lights in the oven like all the DIYs on this page suggest to take off the cover?
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 07:15 PM
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he blacked the outter layer inside the lense and yes you must put them in the oven to pry them open the oranger strip pops right out
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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Ya i had to bake them at 250 degrees for 8 minutes to melt the sealent and pry it apart to get inside there and take the orange strips out, looks way better imo without the strips. Just need to replace the orange turn signal bulb now so its fully clear
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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make sure u sealed them suckers back tight cuz condensation will shorting out your hid the ballast shorts when it gets wet
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 06:17 AM
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Kind of hard to tell in this picture, but I replaced the big ugly Orange bulb in the top of the housing with an LED replacement so that it does not glow orange when it is turned off.



I think if you replaced your turnsignal bulb with an LED so it's clear when not in use, your headlights would look even better.
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:39 AM
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your clear headlights are looking good, nice work. any other future projects? keep us updated.
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:43 AM
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I like how the black lip came out too.. What did u do for prep?
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 10:36 AM
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looks clean without the orange strips, I really want to do that to my headlights but i just dont want to mess them up
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Jay'Z
I like how the black lip came out too.. What did u do for prep?
Just cleaned it off real well, painters taped all around it and used newspaper to cover the whole bumper except that lower portion. 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of flat black.
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisNelson
Kind of hard to tell in this picture, but I replaced the big ugly Orange bulb in the top of the housing with an LED replacement so that it does not glow orange when it is turned off.



I think if you replaced your turnsignal bulb with an LED so it's clear when not in use, your headlights would look even better.
Where'd you get the bulb from bro? Thats exactly what i need. I hate the orange bulb lol
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