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Old 03-27-2005, 08:21 PM
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5.5 GEN Owners who have cleared out HIDS STEP IN...

Hey guys i know 02-03 HID is a touchy subject here on the org, Espically Irish LOL. Anyways iam clearing out my headlights tommrow and iam wondering what you guys used to cut the Lens and which tool worked the best. thanks
 
Old 03-27-2005, 08:38 PM
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Sanding wheel on a dremel. Write up from scmaxima2k... http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...=209763&page=3
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Old 03-28-2005, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by crispykid717
Sanding wheel on a dremel. Write up from scmaxima2k... http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...=209763&page=3


Just make sure to buy another lens or two as a backup. The dremel is a little tricky sometimes.
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Old 03-28-2005, 08:11 AM
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yup, when Don did mine, he used a dremel. i actually dont know of anything else you could use.
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Old 03-28-2005, 12:11 PM
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anyone wanna pm me on how to get the headlight out.... i know, touchy subject and everything... just thought i would ask.... i gotta fix the damage i did on just takin out 2 screws on the top and pullin like crazy... i bent something... mayb my data dot bracket or something
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Old 03-28-2005, 03:59 PM
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Well im not telling u exactly but u gotta pull it by some side first, anyways back to the thread i did not put a lens in it i jus ordered a silver bulb and left it without looks very nice and clean and the blinkers are bright ill post pics when im finished with the bulbs i know someone else did it also on the org.
 
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I used a cutting drill bit on my Dremel. As mentioned, buy a spare lens. I messed the first one up by cutting it a little too small.
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Old 03-28-2005, 04:34 PM
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Bought a 20 dollar Dremel tool kit at Target, 2 malibu lights at Home Depot for $3.50. After removing the amber lens out of the turn signal I traced it down with some permanent marker ontop of the Malibu lens light. I cut out the almost perfect round clear lens out of the Malibu light and placed it inside my HID housings. Then it was back to the oven. Funny thing is, I had my HIDs for like 3 months or more now, and I still have not installed them :P But sometime this coming week I have to- I have way too much condensation in my passenger OEM AE headlight.
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Old 03-28-2005, 08:26 PM
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what you do is drill a 1/2" hole in the lense on the outside. Then use the sanding tool on a dremel to cut it out. Took me 5 mins for both lenses
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Yup, I used -ZIPPIN-'s dremel to cut mine and it came out really good. And that was the first time I had ever used one before. heh heh
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leaving no lense in their is asking for a ticket and
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Old 03-28-2005, 08:59 PM
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Yeah , i like the look of it but no reflector is highly illegal
 
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If you're pulling w/o taking out some screws, I wouldn't be doing that. PM the org member here who knows how to (Goldmaxnyc, I think). I don't know if you want to do it the way I know how it -- it's a huge pain in the a$$, and very time consuming.

I used a Dremel for the lens as well, using the method blackbird described.
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