Want to Clear Headlights

i would also be interested in this! except im in Gwinnett haha.

 

yeah that's good idea.....there's tons of people that would gladly help you for free at an install day......

 

awesome, now all we need is another install day at milos! :sx:

 

yeah i'm down for that. I really wana do it to mine but want someone there that has done it before...

 

we are thinking of doing the install days on a quarterly basis... that allows:

1) time for more members to collect more parts
2) time for us to collect money to provide food for the event
3) time for me to recover from the hangover i got at the last install day

we'll post up when the next one is planned

 

I've done two 05 legacy's and two 04 wrx's, if you guys need another hand, let me know. Heres a couple pix. One of my leggy and one of an 04 wrx i did.

 

won't you need an oven? or at least an electrical outlet...that might be a problem

 

Yep, just wait for the next install day, which should be soon, and I would be glad to help out with that. I have done that with assistance with my last WRX.


Mark

 

They usually do it in Milo's oven right?

 

Yes they do...at least the last time I had mine done....


Mark

 

I wish I had had someone around when I did mine. It turned out great but the process would have been so much easier if someone had been there giving me pointers.

 

unfortuneatly its looking like not until the 15th of april. but it will be much easier to do with people that can give you tips first hand. vote here to make it earlier.
http://www.wrxatl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5393

 

i'm wanting to do mine as well.

can i re-vote???

 

i didn't get to mod mine, so i figured i do some of my own.

 

I did mine the other night in under an hour, it was pretty simple. For those of you that want directions:
1. Obviously, take out your headlights.
2. Take out all the bulbs
3. I took off the wiring harness from the back- 2 screws
4. preheat oven to 250 and bake for 15 min. I did both at the same time, you just have to work quickly before they cool
5. pull apart your lights at one end using your hands and then once its started use a screw driver to poke the tabs that hold the light together
6. once apart take out the amber
7. if you are blacking them remove the chrome blinker insert
8. using low gloss engine paint from autozone/wal-mart paint the insert. it takes about 2-3 minutes to dry
9. put blinker housing back into headlight cover
10.scrape excess sealant from around edges of light using an exacto knife
11.this is where it gets messy: bake the lights one at a time for another 15 min.
12. once light is finished heating up you will need to reseal it. Using black high temp rtv
found at advanced/autozone, the one that looks like caulk called super bead or something. it has a trigger on it that you press and it leaves a straight line bead, go all the way around the housing.
13. press the light together making sure all tabs are locked, I recommend wearing some gloves for this. I still have that crap all over me
14. let set and you are done.
Its pretty straight forward once you get them apart just have some quick set plastic weld handy in case you break a tab or something. Hope this helps those of you that are adventurous

 

Alex and I have found that if you squeez the two half of the light together before the second baking the seal is much better, once they are warm press them together firmly and you should have no leaks, thats the way we have one it at two install days and numerous headlights. We have yet to use any extra sealent.

 

I went ahead and resealed mine, but I've also read where people just reused the sealant. I guess if you want to be double sure, then reseal it.
That was my first foray into taking headlights apart; so I was a little worried about not resealing them.

 

I did mine last night but I didn't bake them the 2nd time, I'm I going to be ok???? I did put some sealent on it though

 

i would highly sugest you re-bake them, i doubt you have a good seal.

 

spray them real good with a water hose and see....lol

 

the problem is there might not be a big enough hole to draw water in but when it gets real ot out side you will start to get condensation.

 

Oh well I guees I know what ill be doing tonight

 

yeah when i did mine....I used extra sealant just to be sure it was sealed....kinda nervous it was my first time and i was by myself so..... hnoes: :sx:

 

no one should have to go through their first time by themself :wtc: that's just awful

 

That is sooo true...I need to get mine done for the shaggin' wagon...LOL...


Mark