good link... I need to find time to do this...
hids in stock housing is FTL
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02-26-2012
good link... I need to find time to do this...
hids in stock housing is FTL
03-02-2012
Did you guys use replacement headlights? if so do you know the manufacturer?
I tried to remove the lens today and I had TYC replacement headlights. I started out at 210* for 10 min and ended up at 275* for 10 min. They would just not come apart! with enough muscling I finally go the lens off but i ended up chipping small
chunks out edge of the chrome part on the inside of the housing as well as the plastic lip that the lens slides into. Needless to say the housing looks like hell. Im looking to order new housings but i wanna find some that will actually come apart.
03-02-2012
I bought mine off amazon and rockauto so they are that TYC brand.
most people dont keep the ugly chrome inside, just sand it down and fix it, then paint it flat black to hide anything and paint the shrouds on the projectors to any color you want to make them stand out.
They should still seal fine if you work with it a little bit and apply a good amount of silicone.
03-03-2012
To do my retro, I bought the cheap e-bay black stockers. I have the TYC chrome ones on the car right now while I am working on the all black ones. They ran me about 108 on e-bay. TYC I got off of Rock Auto. I am putting the chrome mini gatling in the all black housing along with switchback 3157 and switchback 194 for the cleared black corners. I'll post pics when I am done.Did you guys use replacement headlights? if so do you know the manufacturer?
Also, just FYI, I would run a lower temp for a longer duration on the baking off the headlights over a higher temp at the same duration. I think you'll be less likely to crack or chip your housings or lens then. Just make sure to check every five minutes or so.I tried to remove the lens today and I had TYC replacement headlights. I started out at 210* for 10 min and ended up at 275* for 10 min. They would just not come apart! with enough muscling I finally go the lens off but i ended up chipping small chunks out edge of the chrome part on the inside of the housing as well as the plastic lip that the lens slides into. Needless to say the housing looks like hell. Im looking to order new housings but i wanna find some that will actually come apart.
03-04-2012
Alright so i plan on painting the housing black. I am undecided if i want the shrouds to be chrome or if i want to try and make them a black chrome using the duplicolor shadow product from advanced auto. what do you guys think?
03-04-2012
the black looks "ninja like"... which is a win
03-05-2012
Blacked out is nice!
03-05-2012
completely blacked out is the way to go. even my projector shrouds on my car are flat black. so much cooler than the shroud sticking out in the capsule.
03-06-2012
Pics, day and night please! Or it didn't happen!Originally Posted by Bio248
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03-06-2012
I'll try and get some for you tomorrow. I was looking the other day and I don't have any, really.
03-07-2012
Time to get some
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03-07-2012
ill go snap a couple right now then since youre impatient...
03-07-2012
cell phone pictures, best you're gonna get for now. isn't a very nice day out for taking low resolution pictures..
yes, i know. my headlights need cleaning and buffing.
10-19-2012
I finished my retro a while ago, finally got around to adding finished pics...
black housings / black chrome shrouds
10-19-2012
I was gonna post all the links I found while researching how to retro, however matt palm started a thread and I posted them there first so I'll just link to his thread...
http://www.grandprixforums.net/retro-help-69121.html
Oh... my post is # 28 on page 2 of his thread.
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