it would be a wise idea to take off the old sealant, considering it's what 14-17 years old!?? yeah basically, buy a caulk gun and a tube of some house hold silicone. That's what i used and it doesn't leak one bit, none of that condensation or whatever either. When i did mine, i used a flathead screwdriver and went along the channel that the glass headlight cover goes into and scraped all the old sealant out. But you should do this when its pretty hot and liquidy, otherwise it'll harden again and you might crack the housing if too much force is applied. TRUST ME, do it when its hot, its so easy at this stage.
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Last edited by Losiracer2; 09-26-2007, 04:10 AM.
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oh and before i did this, i bought a junkyard headlight and practiced on that, for trial and error or whatever. It was only 10 bucks and made my life a lot easier, because when it came time to do my real headlights, i didn't make any careless mistakes like i did on the practice one with spraying too much krylon stained glass and having it drip everywhere.
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93' EX Coupe H22A w/ P2T4 Sir 5spd 191whp 155 wtq
99' Lexus LS400 157k VVTi V8 gets up & goes...new DD
91 Accord SE 176k
97' Honda Odyssey 199k miles...$485 spare van for my parents
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Originally posted by Losiracer2oh and before i did this, i bought a junkyard headlight and practiced on that, for trial and error or whatever. It was only 10 bucks and made my life a lot easier, because when it came time to do my real headlights, i didn't make any careless mistakes like i did on the practice one with spraying too much krylon stained glass and having it drip everywhere.Arcadia Green Crew Member #9
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yeah one guy on here painted the housing a rosewood cinnamon or some reddish color to match, it looked good but didn't achieve that aggressive look that the black sure does. as for the nipple on the glass, idk if you should remove that, because wont that affect the structure of the glass by weaking it, since thats where they were probably molded from?
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93' EX Coupe H22A w/ P2T4 Sir 5spd 191whp 155 wtq
99' Lexus LS400 157k VVTi V8 gets up & goes...new DD
91 Accord SE 176k
97' Honda Odyssey 199k miles...$485 spare van for my parents
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I keep telling myself that I am going to do this.. I AM going to buy the paint tomorrow, maybe the paint sitting there staring at me will finally get me to do it. Which it just might, I should have access to the garage starting Sunday for a week and the weather is supposed to be nice all week.. Hopefully I will finally do this.. Later
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yeah man! just do it. You'll feel wayy better after its completed. Your car will look better, people will compliment you and you'll have something to talk about at car meets and stuff. Plus I think it was a fun process, i mean who nowadays puts headlights in their oven? it'll take you probably 6 hrs if you're doing it for the first time, since masking takes the longest.
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93' EX Coupe H22A w/ P2T4 Sir 5spd 191whp 155 wtq
99' Lexus LS400 157k VVTi V8 gets up & goes...new DD
91 Accord SE 176k
97' Honda Odyssey 199k miles...$485 spare van for my parents
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Originally posted by Hondatuner998A Tip for anyone else wanting to try this. The blue painters tape is too sticky. It pulled some of the chrome off with it.
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93' EX Coupe H22A w/ P2T4 Sir 5spd 191whp 155 wtq
99' Lexus LS400 157k VVTi V8 gets up & goes...new DD
91 Accord SE 176k
97' Honda Odyssey 199k miles...$485 spare van for my parents
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