sde Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I whited out my headlights today and of course Murphey's Law prevailed. I will attach 2 pictures. 1 of the finished product, and the other of my headlight alignment. My right headlight is higher than my left. Do you adust this with all the bolts? or is there another way. The mod took much longer than I anticipated. Part of it was getting a feel for how to use the heat gun to seperate the housing. I finally figured that heating up one side at a time worked best. I ended up chipping the edge of the casing, the part to the outside of the groove. I had to super glue it back together. It's very small and hardly noticable but I know it's there and it looks like shit. Be careful when standing the housing on edge with the heating gun. The heating gun can warp the edge of the lense so it does not fit flush when you re-mount. The very top edge sits a little bit out, but I'm going to re-heat it up tomorrow and push it back. I ended up using the sylvania silverstar 3157A for the replacement. I am happy with the look. I've gotten over the chip and warped issues, but the headlight alignment is what makes me feel freakin lop-sided when I drive. I'm going to drop the bumper tomorrow and see what I can do to fix. OOOhh yeah, .. to add insult to injury, I have 2 Black Bolts with fixed washers left over. Any idea where they go? lol, This simple POS mod kicked my ass but I do like the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Killer Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 uhh, I'm going to guess the lights were assembled incorrectly. i.e. upside down. That beam pattern is very, very wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sde Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 :) that is great news to me. i really didn't know there was an up and down for these round lights. lol so my next question is .. which way is up? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sde Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 got it. the light was just not seated all the way in. sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy05GT Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I know its a bit more freeky, but an oven is alot safer to use because with a heat gun, your not getting the silicone softened up evenly around the casing, so you're putting yourself more at risk.... ...all that aside... Looks great, one of the best mods i've done, mainly because its free.... ..as far as the two bolts go w/fixed washers... look near the grill area or the braces that hold on the headlights.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC GT Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Looks good from the picture. Can you actually see any of the chips or warps with the hood down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sde Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 if you look very closely, the gap on the top line of the light shown in the picture above is a little bigger than the gap to the left. ( between the light and the car ) .. that is not noticable in that picture. also, if you run your finger along the grove between the light and the car you will feel it a little. the chip is a little more noticable. it's about a 2" crack. it's the lighter color of the super-glue that is causing it. i think if i go over it with a sharpie or something else, it will be even less noticable. these things are such little blemishes, but it's definately worth mentioning so others can learn from my mistakes. :) ( unless i'm the only idiot that could screw up this mod :lol: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick360 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 i haven't researched this mod for the legacy, but I did it in my old WRX and it consisted of heating the headlights in the oven for 20 minutes, painting the inside, taking out the orange globes, and then resealing. What exactly do you do in the legacy? Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sde Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted December 14, 2004 same thing :) [url]http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3737[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epitaph Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 there is painting involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 What are you guys using to seal the headlights again?? Just curious. And when I first read the title I thought to myself....WTF is someone doing to their car with a whiteout?? :lol: Clearing the headlights.... ;) OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sde Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 hah yes, clearing out the lights. on the last one i used regular white silicone, .. but that is noticable and looks ugly seeping out on the black casing. i will use black this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 [quote name='sde']hah yes, clearing out the lights. on the last one i used regular white silicone, .. but that is noticable and looks ugly seeping out on the black casing. i will use black this time.[/QUOTE] Black silicone? :) I will be doin this when I get my new headlight assembly. So I have one to practice on. hehehe OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc0032 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 [quote name='BoxerGT2.5']Black silicone? :) I will be doin this when I get my new headlight assembly. So I have one to practice on. hehehe[/QUOTE] Give me a call when you do this and we can do mine too :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sde Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 they make black silicone right? lol .. i thought it came in a few colors, .. i've never seen it though. what do you mean by your new headlight assembly? did yours break? did i miss something? you gotta be very careful with this mod. it if you try to pull the casing apart before the epoxy ( or whatever it is held together with ) is melted, you can very easily bend the edge of the light. this makes the lines of the light not flow with the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 [quote name='sde']they make black silicone right? lol .. i thought it came in a few colors, .. i've never seen it though. what do you mean by your new headlight assembly? did yours break? did i miss something? you gotta be very careful with this mod. it if you try to pull the casing apart before the epoxy ( or whatever it is held together with ) is melted, you can very easily bend the edge of the light. this makes the lines of the light not flow with the car.[/QUOTE] My passanger headlight got cracked when a prick in a H2 opened his door. [url]http://www.autoaccessconnect.com/peblsiadse.html[/url] OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sde Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 cool, let's go in on a bottle .. i'll send you $1.45 and you can just UPS me the tube when you're done :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nsaglibene Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 I also did this mod this week( I posted pics in the obsidian black pearl thread). I used a hair dryer and it worked fine, we did put a few nics in the edge of the light (the black part that is visible). Its not bad you can only see them if your real close maybee ill just sand it down with a real fine grain or something? To seal thelights back up we just heated the glue that was already on it back up and squeezed the lights back together, it worked fine. I love the way it looks its definately worth the time. -NS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerdave Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 How much total time is involved in this mod? Dropping the bumper, etc, seems like too much of a pain... although it does look good. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sde Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 first time took me a couple hours between the disassembly and not exactly sure how much to heat up. i suppose it will go a little quicker this next time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 How much do the new assemblies run? I want to do this, but want to know the monetary damage involved if I need to buy new ones. :redface: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest *Jedimaster* Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Y'ain't gonna damage anything- it's easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sde Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 :lol: famous last words .. i chipped the corner off the right headlight casing, .. then i completely warped the top of my left one. i super-glued the chipped corner, but i did not want to attempt making plastic bend back in a straight line on the other one. now i have a new car for a 2nd try :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 [quote name='jedimaster']Y'ain't gonna damage anything- it's easy.[/QUOTE] Are you magazine racing, or talking from experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCDetails Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Don't damage them. They are about $300 bucks per side. My Integra club came up with a modification that put BMW style halos on the head lights. It required baking the headlight for a minute to pop the covers off. Some of the most 'DIY' challenged people I know were able to do this without messing anything up. I'm still kinda wary to do it on my own car, but I know that if I did then I wouldn't screw anything up with the light. Its the amount of time it will take me to figure out how to take everything apart and put it all back together again that concerns me. I don't want to screw that part up. _________________________________________ “Cleanliness becomes more important as godliness becomes more unlikely.” O C D E T A I L S . C O M OCDETAILS BLOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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