Dentrecords' take on cleared headlights

[dentrecords]

What I did differently than most of the other jobs I've seen is I left the amber reflector in (to keep it road legal) and I also painted the black shroud silver to match my car. I've got some chromed signal bulbs on the way from http://superlumination.com for now.

I followed 06blaksi's excellent guide on how to remove the headlights here:

DIY Bumper and Headlight Removal

My thoughts the project are that it was definitely not something I'd recommend for the feint of heart, you really need to pry the lights apart, and they are pretty hot when you take them out of the oven. If you don't follow the instructions from fgcoupe.com (http://www.fgcoupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257) you could really badly screw your headlights up, and that's not very cool, so watch the video at least a couple of times before hand, make sure you do your prep work carefully and thoroughly and just take your time.

[rmfa]

Nice and I LOVE your 'boat' wheels

[CivicDude]

good job on going custom,

in the past, people wanted black housing headlights and now they are doing the opposite lol.

[Kakashi]

hmm i gotta say, i feel that leaving the reflectors kinda makes it look.. odd..

maybe its the amber halo.

i dunno. But im glad it turned out !

(not melting headlights is always a good thing )

btw- is your radiator silver? o_O;

[dentrecords]

Originally Posted by Kakashi

hmm i gotta say, i feel that leaving the reflectors kinda makes it look.. odd..

maybe its the amber halo.

i dunno. But im glad it turned out !

(not melting headlights is always a good thing )

btw- is your radiator silver? o_O;

I know what you mean about the reflectors, but I didn't have much choice. If I ever need to sell the car, or a police officer decides to harass me and nitpick at everything on my car, I could receive a potential fine for not having a roadworthy car (just from taking the reflectors off... yes, that's right) and have my car impounded.

Yes, my rad is silver as well. Not sure if that's a difference between CDM and USDM cars or not, but I've also got heated mirrors.

[Kakashi]

Originally Posted by dentrecords

I know what you mean about the reflectors, but I didn't have much choice. If I ever need to sell the car, or a police officer decides to harass me and nitpick at everything on my car, I could receive a potential fine for not having a roadworthy car (just from taking the reflectors off... yes, that's right) and have my car impounded.

Yes, my rad is silver as well. Not sure if that's a difference between CDM and USDM cars or not, but I've also got heated mirrors.

dang you get impounded? we just get a ticket over here..

and our radiators are black o_o;

still looks good! now if only someone would find a way to illuminate those amber halos..

/hmmn

[dentrecords]

If the cop is being a total dick (I've heard local stories) they can deem the car not roadworthy as it doesn't meet safety requirements, and have it towed... I was thinking of ways to illuminate the amber halos (probably a few white leds)... not sure that I want to open the lights up again, though!

hmm... on further inspection looks like the rad is silver, and there's another rad in front of it.. for the oil?

I've got 2 rads on my bike, 1 for coolant, 1 for oil.. I imagine this is the same thing.

[atruhondagrl]

Originally Posted by CivicDude

good job on going custom,

in the past, people wanted black housing headlights and now they are doing the opposite lol.

I blame the fit. I still like black housings though. It looks mean on a FBP.

[Kakashi]

Originally Posted by dentrecords

If the cop is being a total dick (I've heard local stories) they can deem the car not roadworthy as it doesn't meet safety requirements, and have it towed... I was thinking of ways to illuminate the amber halos (probably a few white leds)... not sure that I want to open the lights up again, though!

hmm... on further inspection looks like the rad is silver, and there's another rad in front of it.. for the oil?

I've got 2 rads on my bike, 1 for coolant, 1 for oil.. I imagine this is the same thing.

i think it might just be the angling, my R18 is the same.

[airportguy770]

I believe that is the condenser for the AC

[Moisted]

Originally Posted by dentrecords

dude, that looks AWESOME. It really brings out the silver in you

[Zesti1]

Looks good man! Great job.

Liking the winterized look of your car as well!

[bizzybearfigiblue]

Originally Posted by dentrecords

If the cop is being a total dick (I've heard local stories) they can deem the car not roadworthy as it doesn't meet safety requirements, and have it towed... I was thinking of ways to illuminate the amber halos (probably a few white leds)... not sure that I want to open the lights up again, though!

hmm... on further inspection looks like the rad is silver, and there's another rad in front of it.. for the oil?

I've got 2 rads on my bike, 1 for coolant, 1 for oil.. I imagine this is the same thing.

Condensor is correct, the only oil that might get cooled is the tranny oil and that would run at the bottom of the radiator.

[Spargo]

If anyone else does this I'm super interested in seeing how this looks on another color, especially if you say painted the plastic bits red for a red car etc.

-Spargo

[bizzybearfigiblue]

i plan on doing it to my FBP i'll post pix when i do it.

[Moisted]

Originally Posted by bizzybearfigiblue

i plan on doing it to my FBP i'll post pix when i do it.

OMG, you should for sure, I'd be very interested in seeing it in FBP

[Spargo]

send me a pm when you get it up! I'm really interested.

-Spargo

[dentrecords]

bump for new pics

[articsilber323]

nice headlights after seeing your i think im going to leave the reflector in