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Old 07-07-2003 | 07:26 PM
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Good new....and really bad news

Ok well i finally got my orange outa my headlighjts...
the bad news is on my right headlight...i cracked the thing that holds the high beam light...so its totally off...
AHHHHhhh i am a dumbass...but anyways...is there any thing i can do to fix it...
Like some tuff glue...
One more thing...Where do i buy those blue tintish things to put wehre i took the orange out.
Can anyone help me
Old 07-07-2003 | 08:00 PM
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anyone???
Old 07-07-2003 | 09:20 PM
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Originally posted by BLKMAX005SPD
anyone???
are you talking about blue bulbs?
Old 07-07-2003 | 10:02 PM
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No...its hard to explain...becuase i am not sure what it is...it just looks bad ***
Like Kpazzo6's cars
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Old 07-07-2003 | 10:53 PM
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Re: Good new....and really bad news

Originally posted by BLKMAX005SPD
Ok well i finally got my orange outa my headlighjts...
the bad news is on my right headlight...i cracked the thing that holds the high beam light...so its totally off...
AHHHHhhh i am a dumbass...but anyways...is there any thing i can do to fix it...
Like some tuff glue...
One more thing...Where do i buy those blue tintish things to put wehre i took the orange out.
Can anyone help me

hmmmm was your car attacked by fruit? was it a drive by fruiting? heheh
Old 07-08-2003 | 07:12 AM
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You see what happens when you try cracking something in your headlights. This procedure is way to dangerous for anyone in their right mind to perform.
Old 07-08-2003 | 07:27 AM
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Kpazzo6 has a frosted piece where the orange things was with a hyperwhite bulb behind it making it look like it's tinted blue. Are you going to open them up a second time to do this? Why didn't you do it at the same time. Such that you cracked them though. Got an tips for the people who haven't done it yet so maybe we can prevent this from happening?
Old 07-08-2003 | 07:29 AM
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Originally posted by BLKMAX005SPD
No...its hard to explain...becuase i am not sure what it is...it just looks bad ***
Like Kpazzo6's cars
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Why don't you email or pm Kpazzo6? He should know...
Old 07-08-2003 | 12:05 PM
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There is a link on his page that says where he got his. Did you try that?
Old 07-08-2003 | 12:53 PM
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I thought the lens just pops out?
Old 07-08-2003 | 06:30 PM
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Originally posted by wildmanal
Kpazzo6 has a frosted piece where the orange things was with a hyperwhite bulb behind it making it look like it's tinted blue. Are you going to open them up a second time to do this? Why didn't you do it at the same time. Such that you cracked them though. Got an tips for the people who haven't done it yet so maybe we can prevent this from happening?
No my i am gonna buy that stuff and i just keepin my headlights in my room till i get somthing..
I am not gonna put them back together till i am done
Old 07-08-2003 | 06:45 PM
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From my Palm Pilot archives

2003 Nissan Maxima - Clearing out headlights
(I think this was from KPazzo)

2002 Orange headlight reflector removal: Info & pics Tonight I decided to take appart my headlight housing and remove the annoying orange reflector. Heres a brief right up of what I did. Tools: 1 hair drier 2 butter knives 1 sharp knive{swis army knife} Silicone adhesive First I started out by removing my headlight and bringing it into my room. Then I removed the HID ballast and all the bulbs{actually I left my HID in}. Next I grabed my hair drier and began heating up the lower right corner of the headlight. Once the glue got good and hot I grabed my knive and started pushing through the outside of the headlight capsule while constantly heating up the area I was working on with my hair drier. I worked it through a litte bit at a time. Once I made about 7 inches of progress I put my butter knive into the center of the area I cut through, doing this allowed the glue to not come back in contact and re-harden. Then with my knife I started cutting through the other side{oppisite direction from where I started}, then after doing another 8 inches of cutting I shoved another butter knive into the parameter of the headlight. From there I just continued cutting and shortly after the headlight was comming apart, I now used my butter knives as wedges and slowly{gentley too} seperated the headlight. Once the headlight was completly opened I used another butter knive to pop out the little orange refector, it just poped right out. After that I looked everything over to make sure I did not leave any stains or fingerprints inside the headlight. Now it was time to put the headlight back together. I just re-heated the glue a little bit at a time and pushed the headlight back together. At this point I have only done my front right headlight{I will do the other tomarrow}, it took me approx. 1 hour and 45 minutes{ I was taking pics too}. Warning: This procedure is very dangerous, you can very easaly screw up and crack your headlight housing. The key to doing this is taking your time and looking everything over twice before doing it. If you break your headlights, don't blame me. Now I took about 10 pics, {want to host them Russ?} they are currently on clubphoto.com but will dissapear in 90 day's. So if Russ or someone wants to take my pics and do a how to that whould cool{email me first}. Now here are a few pics, I will add a link of all the pics in a moment.

I forgot to add above that it is probably a good idea to go over the seams with some silicone.

For those who are/were interested in a frosted piece for their 2k2 HID Lights.....
to replace the orange reflector piece....the size is 3 1/4 in diameter all the way around (perfect circle) & about 1/4 inch thick (some people may consider it 1/2 inch thick but its really not).

oh yea...i ordered my piece today from:
Tap Plastics Inc
4538 Auburn Bl
Sacramento, CA 95814
(510) 357-3755
(THEY WILL SHIP THEM!!! )


Ask for Lisa really nice....they have 2 colors: (1)transulent frosted piece & (2) a milky frosted piece. I installed the transulent frosted pieces.
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