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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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I have a headlight problem. I got my 02 headlight stolen (as some of you guys know) and i bought the ae headlights . After spending some time rewiring my headlights the piece of sh** lights dont fit perfect. I have about an inch gap at the bottom, and it looks ugly as F*** . MY question is what can I do ?? and please dont say put back the 02-03 headlights because i dont what them getting them stolen again...
Old Oct 4, 2005 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by danger300z
I have a headlight problem. I got my 02 headlight stolen (as some of you guys know) and i bought the ae headlights . After spending some time rewiring my headlights the piece of sh** lights dont fit perfect. I have about an inch gap at the bottom, and it looks ugly as F*** . MY question is what can I do ?? and please dont say put back the 02-03 headlights because i dont what them getting them stolen again...
Yeah, the reason for the gap is because the bumpers are slightly different than the 2k-2K1 bumpers, therefore the lights will leave a gap. Maybe, what you might want to try is to buy the headlight clips made for the 2K-2K1 headlights and install them on your car. They are grey in color and are about $7.00-$10.00 for the pair at Nissan. It will probably fill the gap in a little better since the HID headlamps sit back inside the bumper about 3/4", whereas the halogens don't.
Old Oct 4, 2005 | 11:39 AM
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Even with the clips they still won't fit perfectly.. Sorry to hear that your lights got yanked. They are worth quite a bit of money on the black market so to speak. If you trim several parts of the headlights it will sit in there a little better but nothing major.
Old Oct 4, 2005 | 01:50 PM
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i was going crazy trying to fix the gap and the best solution to my problem was weather striping it took care of the gap , as soon as i finish I will post some pics for all to see .
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