Im currently doing my retro,
everything is mounted on the housing just waiting to get dark to try them on the car, I have the Housing lens just tape up,

But How are you guys resealing the Headlight Housing, do you used the same
tar on the housing, or remove it and put new silicone?

 

Yeah when I read the write ups it said to seal it with new silicone in order to make a really tight seal to keep moisture and water out of the lights.

 

You can bake them and press them back together, then put some new silicone around just to make sure everything is sealed up properly.

 

I would just try to reseal them by heating up the grey silicone w/a heatgun.

If you do scrape out the grey tar.... it's gonna take at least 30 minutes per each light. It took me about an hour each. Not to mention, its a nice workout.

On the bright side, I used nissan rubber butyl sealant and it is amazing stuff. The consistency is much easier to work with than what the headlight comes with. It's so ply-able that i was able to put it onto the headlight lens and press the housing together. With a little help from some metal clamps, it sealed very well. I've redone my retro 3 times and each time the rubber butyl was easy to remove and easy to apply.

 

the same stuff should be good....but if you wanna be safe, add a little new stuff.

 

Just heat them bishes up real good and slide them back on. Run a bead of sealant or a strip of weatherproof tape around the outside if you're still concerned.

 

i second this

 

I use a little silicone clear only and reheat them to seal. I only use silicone if it seams to leak. Also when aiming you should have 2 inches of drop at 25 feet.

 

the 2"/25' rule actually is about the length of a football field for a stock maxima, right kzoosho?

IF headlight my height is 26" from the ground
26"/2=13
13*25' = 325'
325'/3= 108 yards

 

I see How High is you're Cut off line at 25 Feet?

 

Keep in mind that the rule at 25 ft:
a 2 inch drop from the top of the projector to the lower step. I made this mistake and it was aimed too low...had to take apart my sealed retro

 

can you buy them done ?

 

Dude... that's failcakes.

Come on, where be the retro pics? You've been holdin' out on me for like six months.

 

I keep forgetting. I did take a bunch of pics just for you

I'm gonna make a thread about it, when I'm not so busy (maybe tomorrow).

 

Come on peeps help a brother out,
dont get to technical about it keep simple,

i install one headlight my cut off line at 25feet is at like at 5feet high,
is that to high to low?

 

WAY too high.

According to kzoosho, stock headlight height is 26". That means the lower portion of the cutoff needs to be at 24"

The idea is to aim them slightly below level... if your cutoff is 5 feet off the ground, you're way above level.

 

cool got it thanks

my $40 retro done