2002 Orange headlight reflector removal: Info & pics
01-04-2002, 09:15 PM
#1
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.
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.
01-04-2002, 09:17 PM
#2
Re: 2002 Orange headlight reflector removal: Info & pics
Originally posted by emax95
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
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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
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01-04-2002, 09:19 PM
#4
More pics,
Finished product
Stock qand clear/ side by side
Heres the link to all the pics: http://members6.clubphoto.com/_cgi-b...m.pl?id=657075
I forgot to add above that it is probably a good idea to go over the seams with some silicone.
Finished product
Stock qand clear/ side by side
Heres the link to all the pics: http://members6.clubphoto.com/_cgi-b...m.pl?id=657075
I forgot to add above that it is probably a good idea to go over the seams with some silicone.
01-04-2002, 09:32 PM
#13
Originally posted by SprintMax
ethan you are probably going to have to get some orange bulbs so the
doesn't harras you about them...
ethan you are probably going to have to get some orange bulbs so the
doesn't harras you about them...
. But for the time being.. 
01-04-2002, 10:11 PM
#26
Supporting Maxima.org Member
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 3,150
the first thing I said when a few people got 2002s was to do this mod and everybody was chicken, I'm glad to see that somebody had the guys to do it and that it worked... looks GREAT. nice work
01-04-2002, 10:12 PM
#28
Originally posted by emax95
More pics,
Finished product
Stock qand clear/ side by side
Heres the link to all the pics: http://members6.clubphoto.com/_cgi-b...m.pl?id=657075
I forgot to add above that it is probably a good idea to go over the seams with some silicone.
More pics,
Finished product
Stock qand clear/ side by side
Heres the link to all the pics: http://members6.clubphoto.com/_cgi-b...m.pl?id=657075
I forgot to add above that it is probably a good idea to go over the seams with some silicone.
01-04-2002, 10:16 PM
#32
Guest
Posts: n/a
Send the pics to me and I will put them up. I could not get to your site to see them all....
czotz@satx.rr.com
czotz@satx.rr.com
Originally posted by emax95
More pics,
Finished product
Stock qand clear/ side by side
Heres the link to all the pics: http://members6.clubphoto.com/_cgi-b...m.pl?id=657075
I forgot to add above that it is probably a good idea to go over the seams with some silicone.
More pics,
Finished product
Stock qand clear/ side by side
Heres the link to all the pics: http://members6.clubphoto.com/_cgi-b...m.pl?id=657075
I forgot to add above that it is probably a good idea to go over the seams with some silicone.
01-04-2002, 10:18 PM
#33
Originally posted by chinaonnitrous1
ooooooooh siccccccck thats what i gotta do on my day off...my2002..ugh...the clear markers look cool..untill you see the front...now..can we clear the rear amber lense too?
ooooooooh siccccccck thats what i gotta do on my day off...my2002..ugh...the clear markers look cool..untill you see the front...now..can we clear the rear amber lense too?
Thanks again guy's
01-04-2002, 10:58 PM
#34
Originally posted by RussMaxManiac
Send the pics to me and I will put them up. I could not get to your site to see them all....
czotz@satx.rr.com
Send the pics to me and I will put them up. I could not get to your site to see them all....
czotz@satx.rr.com
. Theres about 8 or 9 total.AznWontonboy, none yet, I just installed them. I guess I will have to wait and see. I think I did a pretty good job of sealing them back up, so I should be allright.
01-05-2002, 01:41 PM
#39
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 3,373
Great job man. The headlights do way better with out that oranage reflector. Now maybe someone can figure out how to get the orange lens out of the tail lights...it would look much better without that orange lens with the clear housing of the 2k2 tails
