Just found some amber 1156 bulbs at Wal-Mart, they were burried behind some other crap and very dusty. A package of 2 was $2.50, way better than $7 for one. The number is 1156NA

I have never used a dremel, I just didn't know if the plastic needed to be heated to prevent chipping. When I redo this I will definatly get a dremel or something. Are the generic rotory tools good enough for small jobs like this or should I stick with a real Dremel? Wal-mart had another brand roto tool for about $25.

Has anyone who took the red lens out of the side tried putting a red bulb in there? Or does everyone just leave it empty? The red ight would spread into the back part but I was thinking of cutting the bracket that holds the red lens so it would block the red light from spreading to the back.

As much of a pain in the A$$ this was, it was still worth saving $200.

 

Actually I wasn't thinking and left the stock bulb in. I didn't realize that it stayed on all the time. I got pulled over by a state cop on the way back from the Oregon/UA game(Go Ducks!) and dude gave me a fixit ticket for having reverse lights on while in foreward motion. I simply removed the bulbs when I got home. Problem solved.

Miguel

 

the instructions said that there isn't a way to clear the 95/96 headlights.

the part that i'm not so sure about is when you make clear pieces from the flourescent light covering. how do you shape it into the housing, how do you cut it out, and how hard is that step? i don't understand how that works. can anybody tell me that? do you have pics?

 

If you guys don't want to chance breaking your lenses, you can buy the red/clears from custommaxima.com for $195.

 

The 95/96 tails are completely different from the 97+ tails. For the 95/96 you have to buy a set of outer clears and paint the brake portion red. You cannot remove the orange lens like the 97+. Theoretically you could but the amount of work required to reinstall a clear lens where the orange lens is would be very risky and tedious.