How To Black out Headlight (Detail)

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Dec 10, 2006, 05:02 PM

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nice job... you can black out anything these days

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Jan 1, 2007, 07:20 PM

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What heat guns are you guys using and what heat range settings are we talking about?

Are you passing over each area and slowly workign your way around or heating all of the way around before pulling apart?

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Jan 7, 2007, 09:09 AM

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LOVE the blacked out look nice write up

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Jan 10, 2007, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by stevEVO8

Bake in oven first...would use a hairdryer on top level...now i use a simple homedepot heatgun on the lower level...high will melt the housing if not careful...which u don't want

...u can't un-fry an egg right

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Feb 26, 2007, 07:17 AM

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Do you really need to remove the bumper to take the headlights off? Or can you get to the 4 bolts without taking the bumper off?

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Feb 26, 2007, 07:54 AM

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Do you really need to remove the bumper to take the headlights off? Or can you get to the 4 bolts without taking the bumper off?

you have to take off the front pumber to remove the headlights ..

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Feb 26, 2007, 08:02 AM

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haha that's awesome, who woulda knew

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Feb 26, 2007, 08:50 AM

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...don't have to completely remove the bumper, but it's alot easier to work with it removed.

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Jun 8, 2007, 09:28 AM

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Nice detailed write up.

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Jun 8, 2007, 09:31 AM

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looks kinda hard though.

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Aug 1, 2007, 08:30 AM

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im gonna try it with mine

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Aug 12, 2007, 04:39 AM

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] NOw, remove all the other goodies on the headlight....city light bulb, indicator bulb harnesses, ballast ...disconnect ground from ballast. headlight should be ready for cooking. All that should remain on headlight is projector glass, HID levelling motor, ground for ballast and thats it...nothing else can come off with ease.

i recommend removing the hid leveling motor
i read a post that someone baked it and then it didnt work right after
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you can easily remove the hid motor as it just a ball and joint snap. disconnect the motor and with one hand holding from the inside , pull up/off hard. it will come off with a snap and putting it back in is much easier

Last edited by Jakeg97; Aug 12, 2007 at 04:42 AM.