well i removed the orange reflector from a set of I30t headlights. used a heat gun instead of doing the cook-it-in-an-oven thing. got glue all over the place, burn up my hands and snap the headlight shut with my fingers still inside them.
but they came out great. all i have to do is put them on the car.................i wonder what appendages i will damage this time? i choose the I30t's because they have the black surrounds, i thought those would look better on a Diamond Graphite car.
i know as soon as i get done i will post some.

 

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i oftend pondered that notion too, why nobody did that, right now im pondring the possibility of totally cleared tails

 

yeah, i've been debating doing this for a while now, just have been too lazy to actually do it, I did it on my alero headlights, which were one piece, took me a while, but itz probably the same doing, i used a hair dryer so it took, For Ever, but as soon as i get some motivation, i'll be clear on all 4 corners.

 

im prob just gonna get cefiros soon anyways, then hopefully everything int he front will line up, since my accident over the summer, i fixed it all as much as i can, but the right orner leamp doesnt mesh witht he side of the car perfectly, and i need new fogs, damn cars cost alot

 

The only thing that stops me from removing the orange piece in my headlights is the fact that the bare bulb will be plainly visible there. I just don't like that. If I could get some sort of frosted clear plastic piece to go in its place I might do it.

I've often thought of buying the angel eye lights and stealing the clear plastic piece and halos from them and transplanting them into mine though..

 

yeah...i've got the same problems...hows your bumper??im still in need of a new one...

 

MetaOrbit: If I may make a suggestion. when you take the lense off the headlight, and take out the orange reflector piece, you could use some frosted paint to paint the inside of the headlight lense. you can find frosting paint and similar frosting stuff at hobby and craft shops. That may give you the look you are going for. Just a thought.

 

Thanks for the suggestion. Only problem is that the orange lense is inset into the housing, so I think frosting the portion of the actual headlight lense itself wouldn't look very good. And I'm very picky when it comes to looks (thus my waiting forever to find a stereo dash kit that would fit and look nice).

 

Exactly my thoughts. I am been dying to replace the orange reflected piece in my headlights and I keep reframing because of the bulb. Even if i replace the bulb with a PIAA or Polarg light, it will still show all bulb. When you find a replacement that will not destroy the inside housing let me know.

 

my bumper is fine, just is alot of sxratches and whatnot, just becauses its old ,and wear and tear, same thing with my back bumper

 

hmmm, may i suggest an LED bulb possibly, if its going to be visible, it may look good

 

Acctually thats a really good idea, it will be clear until it lights up NICE!!!

 

Eh, I've thought about LED bulbs, I've thought about bulbs that look chrome until lit...

...The color isn't my issue. My issue is seeing that bare bulb there. Just looks tacky and unfinished IMO.

 

i've had the same thought, but in the end i decided to remove that piece. your idea about removing the reflector from the projector style lamps on ebay is pretty good. let us know what you come up with, most of the mods i've made to my car is from following your example.

 

im actually thinking about painting the turnsignal/corner orange with translucent paint... = ) a sort of jdm look... i dont know.. gotta fix my stupid bumper... and hood paint.. people at sithaven meet saw it...

 

What about mounting a small, silver reflector in front of the bulb?

 

i just took a closer look at the inside of the chamber and there is a tiny hole there as if to attach something, like a silver cover. the same way there is one in the lowbeam section. who know's maybe it can be done here's a look.

http://community.webshots.com/script...umID=339817059

 

I used the chromed bulbs in my cleared headlights and think it looks great. You can for sure see the bulb if you are really close, but it's a chrome bulb so it blends well with the chrome reflector. Ive had a few different bulbs in there and these BY FAR look the best.

If you would like I can take a close-up picture for you to check out.

 

I did this a year ago and am happy with it. My bulb shows but it doesnt bother me that much. I would recomend spreading some type of sealent over the crack where you opened it because i had moisture get in everytime i washed my car, but after i put the sealent no more moisture.

 

that's exactly what i'm about to do. i wash my car about 3 times a week, so i definitely don't need any water getting in there.

 

I've since installed hyper-white (blueish) bulbs.

 

looks nice man, I bet it took a while to do. I just bought the angel eyes instead of messing with that. it was a lil' costly but I think worth it. I tried putting pixs of my lights on here but it wouldn't allow me. But anyways man that looks hella good.

 

Man that looks real nice..............I think it would look real good on my pearl I30

 

I'm going to attempt to open up the corners this weekend using a heat gun.

I had a thought about what to do with the clear plastic area where the orange lens used to be. I may try brushing the area with acetone as that will make it translucent.

 

be extremely careful, as the heat gun can melt the plastic assembly of the headlamps.

 

Metaorbit, I recently purchased a set of LEd bulbs from superbrightleds.com for the corners and I must say they don't look half bad. They are clear and small emough where you don't see them in plain view until they turn on. You do however have to purchase the resistors for each bulb so you won't get that annoying rapid blink affect. Its worth looking into.

 

i scared of messing up my headlights.it looks so good though.i might try it.whats the easiast way?