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 Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:30 am |
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Location: Northampton
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Now i know masking/painting headlights been covered several times now,i am going to try man up and use oven method to take the headlights apart.
However my question is once its heated do i just pry the cover off and i have the lights out.
The bit that i want paint,is that easily removable? Its hard to tell without assurance,i have read the two how-to mask/paint headlights but both of the uploaders images are gone now.
Help be great thanks.
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:04 am |
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I just used a heat gun on mine i pry'd the lens off ! and yes the chrome bit is easyily removable! just make sure u seal them back up propelly! ive know a few ppl have used s**te stuff n they just steam up all the time!
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:09 am |
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Location: Northampton
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Unfortunately i don't have a heat gun nor a high powered hair dryer lol,i have tried a hair dryer this morning thing won't budge at all. Yeah i will definitely try seal them properly,even if it means using tape aswell because the sealant i have is decent but leaves marks.
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:47 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: Essex
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What's the best sealant to use?
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:13 pm |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011
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Location: Notts
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put it in the oven..
use unibond clear bathroom sealant when your done its like £6 at b and q
i did my angel eyes on here somewhere
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:09 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Raunds, Northamptonshire
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:37 pm |
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Joined: Oct 01, 2011
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Location: norfolk
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Researched and tested
use bleach to remove chrome off masks. Don't effect the plastic
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:10 pm |
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I'm gonna be trying this next week, got a spare set sitting in my shed and got a tube of clear aquarium silicon left after doing the bathroom, will be uploading pics once there fitted onto the car and I'll make a new thread of my 1.1 lol, or I might wait and fit the projector lenses you can buy off ebay,
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:34 pm |
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Yes mate. I have been playing with my spare pair, I found cooking them at about 175dc elc fan assisted cooker about 5min a time after a gentle pry between cooks. Then separated. The masked is just cliped to the lens.
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:39 pm |
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Location: norfolk
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| mehoolkmusic wrote: |
| I'm gonna be trying this next week, got a spare set sitting in my shed and got a tube of clear aquarium silicon left after doing the bathroom, will be uploading pics once there fitted onto the car and I'll make a new thread of my 1.1 lol, or I might wait and fit the projector lenses you can buy off ebay, |
also have been thinking about install a projector into the light but I own halo/angle lights and there crap look nice but they are crap even with 100w h1 bulbs in them. Its why I playing with masks lol
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:44 pm |
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| sean.r.steward wrote: |
| mehoolkmusic wrote: |
| I'm gonna be trying this next week, got a spare set sitting in my shed and got a tube of clear aquarium silicon left after doing the bathroom, will be uploading pics once there fitted onto the car and I'll make a new thread of my 1.1 lol, or I might wait and fit the projector lenses you can buy off ebay, |
also have been thinking about install a projector into the light but I own halo/angle lights and there crap look nice but they are crap even with 100w h1 bulbs in them. Its why I playing with masks lol |
Lol yeah the angels are crap im not a fan either, seen a set of projector lense so all i gotta do is fit them into the crystals, wont even bother wiring the halo rings as i have my fogs as my drl lights
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:22 pm |
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Joined: Oct 01, 2011
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Location: norfolk
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As far as I can see it should work ok as the headlight adjuster moves the hole crome low and high unit. So if the projector unit seated where the lowbeam light is, it should adjust on the level motor aswell as the manual adjuster.
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:29 pm |
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Joined: Oct 01, 2011
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Location: norfolk
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Just measured low beam base to lens. Safe distance of depth is about 5inch
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