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    DIY Query (1pc Headlights)

    Basically what i want to do is obtain some OEM? 1pc lights

    Has anyone attempted to gut a set of 1PC Black(or any colour) Projectors, and replace them with 2PC OEM internals?

    I couldn't find anything on the subject with the Search command.. Aside from that you cannot buy them.

    Any thoughts? Surely somone is as crazy as me, and has attempted this (Not everyone writes a DIY)

    This:


    Plus this:


    And then Blackhoused
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    #2
    It would most likely take more work than it's worth - that is, IF you can't pull it off in a clean fashion.

    I'm pretty sure that the USDM two-piece headlight housing is recessed further back than USDM corner housings are. So when they're placed together (you're also going to have ≈4mm gap between the headlight casing and the corner casing that will have to be resolved), it's going to take a lot of precise fabrication.

    Then you need to keep in mind that your materials must be able to resist high temperatures from normal headlight use...

    It's possible, of course. Just slightly impractical.
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      #3
      Well, there's plenty of plastic avaliable on those Black Projectors to use to fill the 4mm, if it looked like it would work i'd gladly mutilate them for the cause

      However i'd still be forking out $150 to buy the Black Projectors, and have them shipped.. Which kills the idea, unless i could have a garuntee it'd work with a little effort..
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        #4
        Originally posted by Jccck View Post
        Well, there's plenty of plastic avaliable on those Black Projectors to use to fill the 4mm, if it looked like it would work i'd gladly mutilate them for the cause

        However i'd still be forking out $150 to buy the Black Projectors, and have them shipped.. Which kills the idea, unless i could have a garuntee it'd work with a little effort..
        Yeah, shipping on those ebay parts is often quite murderous. It could definitely be pulled off if it's planned out well enough.
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          #5
          Yeah no kidding on the shipping
          If nothing else, i can just blackhouse my lights, buy new clear(no reflector) corners and blackhouse the lot (Bumper blinkers included)

          It'd be a great project though, if not me, i hope somone attempts it
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            #6
            ya i thought about this but the aftermarket plastic is very cheap and ull be polishing lenses every 2 months from my personal experiences
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              #7
              aww_shiet has ebay projector housings retro'd to s2k

              his look dope and ive never heard him complain about the lens sucking penis...


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                #8
                I've wondered this as well. A buddy of mine has a da Integra, he just bought some 1 piece aftermarket headlights, non projectors. I wish they had em for our cars. I too was wondering if there was someway you could take a projector headlight apart so you had the single piece of glass, but fab up a 2 piece headlight behind it and make it work, or look decent.

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                  #9
                  someone put aftermarket 1 pc headlight clear lense over jdm 1 piece headlights for the integra--seemed to fit ok.


                  Last edited by ikayto; 09-27-2009, 01:13 PM.

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                    #10
                    I was thinking of doing this diy, i still have another set of projectors laying around. I was going to do it before i did the ones on my sig.
                    Last edited by CB7_91/DX; 09-27-2009, 10:21 AM.
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by ikayto View Post
                      someone put aftermarket 1 pc headlight clear lense over jdm 1 piece headlights for the integra--seemed to fit ok.


                      Awesome.

                      I was thinkin of this for the past few weeks. Having 9091corner lense removed, And the glass lense of the 9091 headlight, and using ebay 1 piecer lense, which r plastic, puttin them all together will b interestion. I'm so worried over the fact will it line up nicely.
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by ikayto View Post
                        someone put aftermarket 1 pc headlight clear lense over jdm 1 piece headlights for the integra--seemed to fit ok.
                        That is much simpler than Jccck's idea because the headlight is already one piece.

                        Still neat to see. I wonder why they scrapped the OEM cover for those, though?
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Joshy View Post
                          That is much simpler than Jccck's idea because the headlight is already one piece.

                          Still neat to see. I wonder why they scrapped the OEM cover for those, though?
                          oem jdm headlight lense are fluted and not clear for the DA.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by ikayto View Post
                            someone put aftermarket 1 pc headlight clear lense over jdm 1 piece headlights for the integra--seemed to fit ok.


                            Not bad.
                            My ride History:
                            Accord 90 lx auto: Gone
                            Accord 91 dx MT: Gone
                            Accord 92 lx auto: Gone
                            -----------------------------------
                            1st to D.I.Y custom RED/CLEAR's

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                              #15
                              http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/90-93...Q5fAccessories

                              Those are the headlights my buddy got for his da. Why can't they have something like that for Accords, damn it!

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