haha, alright as the title states, i'm clearing my headlights today...i read over housecor's how-to and i have just a few questions because i want to make sure i don't damage anything....when baking the headlights, what do i use to set it on? wouldn't metal melt the plastic? also, there are a few wires and harnesses on there..is this ok? thanks eveyrone in advance! i can't wait to see the results!

 

Wrap it with a towel...Wiring is ok ......

 

i'm baking them as we speak... I left the wiring on, but i didn't wrap it with a towel..i was afraid it would burn...i think it'll be fine on the pan..it's not too hot and i put some alluminium foil down...i'll report back with results later...

 

dude your so ****ed
put the towel underneath the headlight otherwise you gonna fckn melt it



i put towel on glass tray and then headlight on that and then into oven for like 16-17 minutes

 

soak the towel in water first, then put the light down on it.....it will not burn.

 

i just got done baking and nothing melted...just letting everyone know

 

Dangit! i got it out of the oven fine now but how the heck do you get the lens off? it has a billion little tab things all around...should this be easy? because i think the sealant is soft enough now, it feels really mushy...anybody have any ideas??

 

alright, wtf....i seriously dont understand how yall do this...i baked it for another 15 minutes and the sealant is so soft that i can mold it with just my finger..i just cant get the damn lens to budge from the housing!! I tried screw drivers, i tried going at it from both the bottom and the top, and still absolutely no luck! ugh..if i did all this and bought a dremel today for nothing i'm going to be really pissed....any tips, please??

EDIT: i forgot to mention that i took off three screws as well that were in miscellaneous locations around the housing and each of them had a bit of sealant on them, so i'm sure that at least had something to do with the difficulty getting it off, but it still wont BUDGE...i mean not in the least bit, i cant even get one of the tabs loose or anything....

 

Dude you gotta pull on it pretty hard cause even though the glue is soft its still sticky, i put the end that has the turn signals in my lap, put towel in lap first, and then one hand holding the lens with towel with other i used screw dive to move it open a little bit just so you can grab it with your hand and then hold the clear piece firmly and pull, if you hear cracking stop or proceed very slowly its kind of hard

edit: you gotta pry where the sealant is with a screw driver, you can see the tabs that connect the two pieces together and then do as stated above oh yeah and

TAKE YOUR TIME goodluck

Final Solution = call some one you know who has done this so they can help you out, i did this myself and i took 3-4 hours a headlight thats cause i was doing angel eyes also

 

so did you just go at each of the tabs one by one with a screw driver? because when i tried using the screwdriver to loosen a couple of the tabs, the plastic began to bend a little bit which made me nervous so i stopped...how long did you bake yours for and at what temp? i've done it at 210 for 15 minutes twice now, and i still cant get it off....did you also remove those three small screws around the outside of the housing?

 

Yeah thats how you do it, dont worry tabs shouldnt brake as soon as you get part of it apart pull on it with hands, try pushing the screw driver between the two pieces and try seperateing them apart gently, DONT GET THE SEALANT ON HEADLIGHT, its a bissh to take off, use a little muscle

 

i wish i could do this, but there's about 6 members in the NO area and all but one that i know of are 4th gens...the fifth gen lives in Baton Rouge which is a bit too far to drive....

alright, i'm going to try this again tomorrow and use your advice...i can do it now, but i'm too pissed so i'm afraid i'll break something, lol! thanks again for the help!

 

you have to barely stick a screwdriver between the lens and the housing, and slowly pry all the way around each of the little tabs. Once all the tabs are "unhooked" or whatever, it will still be sticky somewhat, but just pull them apart. Be careful not to crack any plastic, but getting the tabs apart is all you really have to do.

 

Did you take the 3 screws off?

 

when I pulled my lense it was quite easy, I just used a flat screwdriver and pryed all the corners until it was far enough away that it was easy to pull with my hands. After the first light is done the second light is a cakewalk

 

the key here is slow...when prying it apart. the tabs are first though

 

Yeah take your time and be careful. It's not that bad.

 

thanks alot for the help everyone! i just left the headlights off the car for tonight...no use putting them back on...i'm gonna attempt it again tomorrow...
polak: yes i did take the three screws off...nobody mentioned them to me before.. do they make any difference?

 

Use Butyl when you reseal them.

 

I did this also.
Was scared on the first one. Put on a cookie sheet. No towel.
I put on a pair of leather gloves and a towel on my lap.
About 18 minutes, used a putty knife to spread in apart.
A screwdriver to lift tabs.
You have to remove the 3 screws from the back.
They look great.

Take your time. After I made my changes, returned to oven to soften glue.
Make sure all tabs lock the cover back in. Used NO sealent.
No leaks. Good luck.

 

YES! i got the lens off! now i just have to wait for my stupid dremel to charge cuz like an idiot, i didn't do it before....

anyway, i started it from the top rather than the bottom, because it was much easier to wedge something in up there...i used a really flat and wide screwdriver at first, then i wedged two other screw drivers in where the tabs are so that i could pull it some...after that i got the top loose, but not loose enough to pull the entire thing off...i then put it back in the oven for another five minutes on it's face (the clear part of the housing) so that the bottom half sealant would soften more, and after i did this, it was all a matter of pulling...that sealant really stretches though and it took quite a while of pulling and rotating the housing to finally get the lens off! now i just have to do the other...

EDIT: after this i'm going to be making an extremely detailed how-to for this which will hopefully help people in the future to not get nearly as confused and stuck as i was....

 

[QUOTE=maxilvr06]the fifth gen lives in Baton Rouge which is a bit too far to drive....

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Sorry man i couldn't help you even if i were next to you. I still haven't done mine yet. I think i am going to try it next weekend and i am not sure i am going to even remove the orange turn signal, i think i am just going to black them out.

 

[QUOTE=chris'smax]if you're going through the trouble to open them up, i would clear the turn signal out....that is the easy part...it only costs $10 too....dremeling out the new clear lens is definitely nothing, and i've never even used a dremel before...i'd say go for it, but if you like the amber lens in there, then just leave it...

just out of curiosity, where in baton rouge do you live? closer to the east or west side?

 

Extreme south eastern side. I live right of off I-10 at the Highland Rd. exit. It is only about 50 minutes from N.O.

 

I left the turn signal empty and put in a chrome bulb (blinks amber). I think that looks very nice.

The screws somewhat hold the lens to the housing. Post pix when your done here. Don't make another thread.

 

Please do.....I will be installing dde's and clearing the corners next weekend.
I have housecor's instructions, but the more info the better. Post pics too if you can. I don't know of anyone over here who's done them, so it's all on me. Thanks

 

i was going to do that, but i really liked the look of it with the malibu lens in there...i just finished it and they look great! i took plenty pictures, but they will probably suck cuz they were with my camera phone...i will do the write up tonight and post it on my cardomain so everyone can see the pictures there....

housecor's instructions were very helpful, but it left out just a few small things and i'm sure that if i would have known everything before hand, this experiance would have been much easier! I'll post back when i'm done with the write-up

 

alright everyone, the writing part of the how-to is done now. It's on page 5 of my cardomain, or just click this link : http://www.cardomain.com/ride/695690/5

I can't get the pics up yet, becuase sprint's stupid website isn't working right now, so i can't access my pictures online yet (i took the pictures with my camera phone, which was the only thing i had.)...hopefully i will be able to some time later tonight or tomorrow.

EDIT: btw, i pretty much wrote a novel on this, so if you don't feel like reading, i wouldn't even bother clicking the link for now

 

Two questions...what does "clearing the headlights" accomplish exactly, and is baking the headlights necessary to do the angel eyes mod?

 

'clearing the headlights' means clearing out the amber blinker lens, which IMO makes the car look totally different and much better...it's perfectly legal so long as you have an amber bulb in there (i'm getting the chromed amber bulb from www.autolumination.com )

and yes, you have to bake them to do this, and to install DDEs...

EDIT: or just do what polak said in the next post

 

It means taking out that orange monstrocity that nissan puts in its headlights.

Baking is not necessary. I used a hairdryer to take it appart.

 

interesting... how long did that take. it seems a bit safer than baking, IMO...

 

you guys are acting like little girls. follow housecors instructions, and you will be fine..i have done it 3 times, without any probs

 

me too, i left the lens off completly

 

hell you can call me a girl all you want but i don't like seeing $700 melted on a pan in my oven

 

I know that you gonna go crazy but can anyone link me there? to housecors link?

 

http://www.innerbean.com/housecor/clear_HIDs.html

enjoy...........

 

send them to me. i will do it for you..FOR FREE

 

good luck, you will be happy with the results

 

hey everyone, sorry that i haven't been able to get the pics up on the write-up yet but either my phone is being retarded or sprint is (i'm leaning toward sprint...as soon as my contract is up i'm done with them..) because i can't upload any of my pictures to the internet...i still am really excited that i finally did this...it really makes it look like a different car.