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claudeboi · 11-21-2005, 01:27 PM

This is a quick DIY for blacking out the headlights. This will require baking the headlight in the OVEN (i'm not kidding). To all the newbs at this project, practice with a crappy old headlight from a junkyard.

The main housing and the clear housing is attached by small clips at sides (usually). But mainly, the headlights are glued on together. Here are the steps:
1.) Remove headlights form car. (somebody pls. make this DIY, dis should be easy)
2.) Try to clean the headlights (remove any dust or any dirt on the headlights)
3.) Set your oven at 350 degress (dis is my setting, but other people have tried other temps. watever suits dem)
3.) Remove any unnecessay metal objects and rubber pieces as possible because this might melt unnecessary areas wit the main housing.
4.) Clear your oven and make room as much as possible. MAke sure that once you put in the oven it has room around the headlights.
5.) Dis is da Tricky Part. Try to put several towels folded on top of a rack (dis is where your headlights should rest upon. If not, the metal rack will melt some parts of your headlights.) Secondly, try not to have any parts of your headlights touch the inside of your very hot oven (

6.) Once in side, leave it der to bake for 10 minutes. NO MORE!!! if neglected, the clear headlights will deform!!!
7.) at this temp, the glue will be loose and the headlights will be very easy to pry out. Try to wear the oven mitts because the headlights will be very hot.
8.) Try to pry them out as fast as you can. Try to have a "foothold" on the headlights. Be CAREFUL that the adhesive glue do not touch any part of your headlights.
9.) if you can, try to remove some of the glue that was holding the headlights together.
10.) From here, you can do watever you want, i.e. remove the amber corner lights, or black out the headlights.
11.) To put the pieces together, buy a silicone adhesive glue (or some sort) to glue back on the pieces.
12.) try to have a perfect seal, if not, your headlights will fog up!
13.) Lastly, do one headlight at a time!!!!

Any further advice are welcome to be added!!!!

11-21-2005, 01:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
claudeboi Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 68 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Quick DIY for Blacking Headlights This is a quick DIY for blacking out the headlights. This will require baking the headlight in the OVEN (i'm not kidding). To all the newbs at this project, practice with a crappy old headlight from a junkyard. The main housing and the clear housing is attached by small clips at sides (usually). But mainly, the headlights are glued on together. Here are the steps: 1.) Remove headlights form car. (somebody pls. make this DIY, dis should be easy) 2.) Try to clean the headlights (remove any dust or any dirt on the headlights) 3.) Set your oven at 350 degress (dis is my setting, but other people have tried other temps. watever suits dem) 3.) Remove any unnecessay metal objects and rubber pieces as possible because this might melt unnecessary areas wit the main housing. 4.) Clear your oven and make room as much as possible. MAke sure that once you put in the oven it has room around the headlights. 5.) Dis is da Tricky Part. Try to put several towels folded on top of a rack (dis is where your headlights should rest upon. If not, the metal rack will melt some parts of your headlights.) Secondly, try not to have any parts of your headlights touch the inside of your very hot oven ( 6.) Once in side, leave it der to bake for 10 minutes. NO MORE!!! if neglected, the clear headlights will deform!!! 7.) at this temp, the glue will be loose and the headlights will be very easy to pry out. Try to wear the oven mitts because the headlights will be very hot. 8.) Try to pry them out as fast as you can. Try to have a "foothold" on the headlights. Be CAREFUL that the adhesive glue do not touch any part of your headlights. 9.) if you can, try to remove some of the glue that was holding the headlights together. 10.) From here, you can do watever you want, i.e. remove the amber corner lights, or black out the headlights. 11.) To put the pieces together, buy a silicone adhesive glue (or some sort) to glue back on the pieces. 12.) try to have a perfect seal, if not, your headlights will fog up! 13.) Lastly, do one headlight at a time!!!! Any further advice are welcome to be added!!!!