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vertex
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Location: tucson, az
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| Posted: 7/2/08 7:46AM Post subject: headlights baked, painted white, HID |
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I painted my headlights white, and got 10k HID's..
Look freakin pimp.
I LOVE IT! |
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DREWxB08
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
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Location: Queens NY / Miami Florida
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| Posted: 7/2/08 8:35AM Post subject: |
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| Man that Def look's PIMP. I was thinking of painting mine white but too dame lazy to remove the bumper... Great job |
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vertex
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Location: tucson, az
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| Posted: 7/2/08 9:17AM Post subject: |
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DREWxB08 wrote: Man that Def look's PIMP. I was thinking of painting mine white but too dame lazy to remove the bumper... Great job
You dont need too!
There is a screw in the wheel well holding bumper -- take it off.
Peel back the bumper(it would help if you had someone to hold it), you will see a black retainer -- tho top 10 mm holds the headlight in.
Take out all the 10mms from the headlight
Take out the bulbs
Your golden |
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Amaran06
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
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| Posted: 7/2/08 9:51AM Post subject: |
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| that is pimp.. u make me want to take mine back out and paint it wihite!!! lol i did black like everyone eles.. haha |
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08SWbox
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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Location: Corona, CA
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| Posted: 7/2/08 12:56PM Post subject: |
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so there is only the 2 top bolts then 1 under the bumper and the headlight pulls out?
Im gonna do mine black and i REALLY dont feel like pulling the bumper to do it lol |
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NoLimitzInd
Joined: 30 Jun 2005
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Location: Arizona
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| Posted: 7/2/08 12:58PM Post subject: |
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| pull the bumper. Doing it the other way is just lazy. Not to mention if you dont get it just right and you scratch something. Seriously the bumper comes off very easy. |
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vertex
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Location: tucson, az
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| Posted: 7/2/08 1:01PM Post subject: |
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Yeah, the bumper is just a few more bolts. I don't have a garage or anything to work with, so if I took my bumper off i'd be setting it in rocks.
Oh, and I'm lazy. |
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Archngl
Joined: 21 May 2006
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Location: Grand Rapids MI
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| Posted: 7/2/08 1:11PM Post subject: |
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| looks great! I'd like to see your B with bat's vinyl overlay for the front bumper... It'd pull it all together imo. |
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WRxB
Joined: 26 Aug 2004
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Location: Levittown, PA
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| Posted: 7/2/08 1:23PM Post subject: |
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just wondering, how long did you bake for & at what temp ? Also how did you put them back together so they wont fog ? I am sure there is a thread on here somewhere but just wanted your way of how you did it.
I have wanted to do something with mine on the xA but need my car daily & am so scared of melting, fogging or it taking too long to complete.
Either way looks tight & great job :clap: |
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vertex
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Location: tucson, az
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| Posted: 7/2/08 1:39PM Post subject: |
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WRxB wrote: just wondering, how long did you bake for & at what temp ? Also how did you put them back together so they wont fog ? I am sure there is a thread on here somewhere but just wanted your way of how you did it.
I have wanted to do something with mine on the xA but need my car daily & am so scared of melting, fogging or it taking too long to complete.
Either way looks tight & great job :clap:
We did both within 3 hours of night... @ 200 degrees, I put it in for 10-15 mins.
Good question about the fogging: My passenger one originally started to fog up, so the following day we rebaked it, added a little silicone, and put it back in.
Next day, it fogged up again -- so I baked it, and this time I added a bead of silicone all around the light. So far -- so good. Take a weekend and do it :love: |
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Murbyrne
Joined: 01 Sep 2006
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Location: The land of 10,000 lakes
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| Posted: 7/2/08 1:48PM Post subject: |
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| looks nice! |
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renegade4x4
Joined: 22 Apr 2008
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| Posted: 7/2/08 2:30PM Post subject: |
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looks really nice but you should have removed the squirell finders for your hid's
Chris |
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stick_1NZ
Joined: 01 Apr 2004
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Location: Squad Bippu
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| Posted: 7/2/08 2:39PM Post subject: |
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| i'm torn on the white painted headlights. it take away the mean-look of the 2G. but hey, whatever floats your boat. |
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Whispaz
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
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Location: Boston
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| Posted: 7/2/08 4:57PM Post subject: |
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| pimp? i think it looks terrible. makes the front look like a bug |
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MikeInABox
Joined: 14 Aug 2007
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Location: Charleston, WV
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| Posted: 7/2/08 5:17PM Post subject: |
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| For the fogging issue, if it keeps it up you can get some silica gel packets (those things that come in shoe boxes) to help absorb it. HIDplanet sells some that are bigger than normal. I put some in when I did my retrofit and haven't had moisture problems at all. |
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DAILYXB-TYPE-R
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: 7/2/08 5:41PM Post subject: |
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looks great, at least it's different from everybody else painting them black like soooooooo many others have. not only the xb2, bb, rsx just to name a few and some come black as standard. don't you notice so many cars now have blackout head lights. job well done matching it w/your car color. i'm holding back on doing it black coz i want to paint mine gold just been a little too lazy and waiting for a spare headlight to come in and see how should i do a HID retro before i paint it.
oh did i mention it look great and job well done |
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vertex
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Location: tucson, az
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| Posted: 7/3/08 7:45AM Post subject: |
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| Thanks everyone :bow: |
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714xb
Joined: 10 Nov 2007
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Location: Anaheim, CA
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| Posted: 7/3/08 4:54PM Post subject: |
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| I was gonna paint white, but then I thought up something else. My tester light just arrived today, so my next day off i will be busy. |
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mad-sciontist
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
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Location: Orlando, Florida
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| Posted: 9/3/08 6:57PM Post subject: |
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| How hard was the headlight to paint? What kind of paint did you use? |
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Metro273
Joined: 12 Feb 2005
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Location: The House Music Mecca
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| Posted: 9/3/08 7:05PM Post subject: |
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| Looks unique! Reminds me of the Honda Fit headlights... :lalala: |
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