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Old 06-01-2002 | 04:23 PM
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Cleared my 2k2 Headlights!

Well yesturday I took the day off from school and dedicated my entire day to clear one of my headlights on my 2k2. I wasn't worried of messing anything up since I have already opened up my '99 tails and headlights before, did the Ooglie inc. clear corners on my 2k2 and cleared my friends corners on his GTP.

I spent almost 2 1/2 hours trying to separate the headlight housing from the lense and that was with a heat gun. Once that was done I just poped out the orange lense, heated up the sticky stuff around the housing, and used cocking to seal everything back up. The entire process took me about 5 hours or so for just one headlight. The only problem I had was that when I washed my car today the inside of the headlight fogged up. So what I did was bought a can of clear coat and I sprayed the gap where the housing meets the lense and everything is fine after that.

I should have before and after pics up by tomorrow
Old 06-01-2002 | 04:37 PM
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good to hear that it worked, and i bet it looks good too. but i personally dont think its work 5hrs per headlight to clear something out. but dont get me wrong its ur ride do whatever u want, just 10hrs for clearing out something just seems kinda long to me.
Old 06-01-2002 | 05:02 PM
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I tried messing with the headlights on my Grand Cherokee, I could never get them to seal like they were from the factory, I used to get humidity in them. I'll just keep the stock amber...
Old 06-01-2002 | 05:04 PM
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I tried messing with the headlights on my Grand Cherokee, I could never get them to seal like they were from the factory, I used to get humidity in them. I'll just keep the stock amber...
trust me just use clear silicone rtv, load it up and just pack alot of it on, try not to get too sloppy though, but it works.
Old 06-01-2002 | 05:08 PM
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Originally posted by kloogy
I tried messing with the headlights on my Grand Cherokee, I could never get them to seal like they were from the factory, I used to get humidity in them. I'll just keep the stock amber...
After the next rainfall I'll let everyone know how the headlights are holding up. Right now, the headlight don't fog up and it looks amazing but we'll see. I definitly think it's worth doing since it doesn't cost much and looks really custom.

Nathan
Old 06-01-2002 | 05:50 PM
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Originally posted by Nathan

After the next rainfall I'll let everyone know how the headlights are holding up. Right now, the headlight don't fog up and it looks amazing but we'll see. I definitly think it's worth doing since it doesn't cost much and looks really custom.

Nathan
just try with a pressure washer(u can find this at a local coin car wash in case u don't have one at home)...if the headlamps does not leak after the use of pressure washer, it won't leak period.
Old 06-01-2002 | 07:45 PM
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Well guys, I was out playing tennis this evening and it started to rain. When I got home I noticed some condensation near the bottom of the headlight. I guess I'll have to put another bead of cocking around the headlight.

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Old 06-01-2002 | 07:56 PM
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hey nathan whats yr other email? i forgot yr other address & send u a email ont he daven one
Old 06-01-2002 | 08:05 PM
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Originally posted by costcowholesale
hey nathan whats yr other email? i forgot yr other address & send u a email ont he daven one
Here's my other address: stricklymaximas@hotmail.com
I check this email like 10 times more than daven.. one.
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