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01-20-2003, 11:00 AM

djPlayboy

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so i painted the headlights......

well i got a bug up my but saturday and took my headlights out and painted them. I decided to use gloss black instead of flat... Basicly every thing went perfect till the very end when i was putting the driver side back together, the lens now has a white bubble in it where it melted a lil

thank goodness its hardly notice able, but im still gonna try and see if i can order just the lens for the housing.

BTW ill post pics as soon as a friend of mine emails them to me.

01-21-2003, 11:16 AM

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finished!

also i have more pics on page 5 of my home page, but cardomain is being stupid soooo ya cant see em right now

01-22-2003, 05:21 AM

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Post the price for the new lens, and find out how much it will be for 02 lenses. I want to know, just in case I crack mine open to swap the orange lense out and break the housing.

01-22-2003, 06:45 AM

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Uh oh steve...what have we created!

BTW, there is a how-to already made on how to paint the headlights, and yes it was by ME! Its in the how-to thread in the 5th gen section.

01-22-2003, 07:07 AM

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Good job. Has anyone tried to paint them the body color? I have Gray Luster and I think that would look nice.

01-22-2003, 10:21 AM

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sorry phatman i did not see the write up, i saw the one for the 4th gens... also a good friend of mine 98REDGs(on the DSMtuners forums) helped me with this and he took his apart also and painted his body color wich is red. His head lights look sick.

wildmanal I havent had a chance to get intouch with a dealership yet because weve been realy busy here at work. but ill post a price if i can find one.

01-22-2003, 12:24 PM

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Looks good. Glad it went well for you.

01-22-2003, 01:24 PM

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Looks good. Glad it went well for you.

thanks, every thing went fine accept the drivers lens has a small white spot where it melted a lil... the bad thing about that, its in the middle of the light.

01-22-2003, 02:56 PM

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my headlights are still F*ed up STEVE! lol... I gotta take em back apart and put them back togather.

Any 1 wanna join me for dinner for some 200 degree headlights

01-22-2003, 03:51 PM

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my headlights are still F*ed up STEVE! lol... I gotta take em back apart and put them back togather.

Any 1 wanna join me for dinner for some 200 degree headlights

How are they messed up?

01-22-2003, 03:56 PM

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How are they messed up?

they dont touch the fender when they are installed back on the car. There is like a 1/4" gap

01-22-2003, 04:16 PM

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they dont touch the fender when they are installed back on the car. There is like a 1/4" gap

Can you get a picture of it?

01-22-2003, 04:25 PM

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Do you have to use any additional silicone sealent when you put the headlights back together? I think I'm going to try this this weekend. Saturday of course. Got to keep Sunday open to watch the Raiders "O" take it to the Bucs "D".

It should be a great game.

01-22-2003, 04:33 PM

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Do you have to use any additional silicone sealent when you put the headlights back together?

actually i removed alot to put it back together. My houseings had IMO way way to much sealant on them, especially in the corner near the blinker housings.

01-22-2003, 05:01 PM

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I did not need any extra sealant either...

Hey Igor, look at it this way, if they fit perfectly when you took them out, they should fit perfectly when you put them back in. You did not exterior changing...