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CRAZIECRACKER

02-23-2008, 03:20 AM

OMG, i got my one headlight off to take off those god dam stupid orange things...i tried blowdrying it to loosen the glue but nothing...i was going to bake the things but the moms started flipping out...if somebody is in the area and will do this, i will pay you...ive been so patient and trying to trim the glue off but its not budging at all...

SilverElantra

02-23-2008, 03:21 AM

you really have to heat it up and then you need to bend the tabs back, its ok to bend the plastic because you are going to re-heat it and bend them back when you put it back together. did both my headlights in 30 minutes with a blow drier.

KeWLKaT

02-23-2008, 03:27 AM

with a blow drier? I just baked em.

SilverElantra

02-23-2008, 03:29 AM

blow drier is safer cause you wont melt any of the housing. i have seen some people **** this mod up thats why i say blow drier lol.

CRAZIECRACKER

02-23-2008, 03:36 AM

silver u have an xd2? ill give u 50 bucks...ship me your lights and ill ship u mine...lol

SilverElantra

02-23-2008, 03:44 AM

woah, i have eyelines on mine first off. those i would be keeping, and i would take the 50 bucks, but ur shipping first. lol. do you realize what shipping would be? headlights way quite a bit.

CRAZIECRACKER

02-23-2008, 04:18 AM

hey if u break will u send me replacements? lol idc about shipping, i voted for u cotm too ur cars amazing man

ive been here for about an hour with this blow dryer, ive made no progress

SilverElantra

02-23-2008, 04:23 AM

wait what??? be more clear about what ur saying i dont get ur last post.

CRAZIECRACKER

02-23-2008, 04:28 AM

if i ship them to you and u do them and you break a headlight lol will i be recieving a broken headlight back lol

i can ship from work, we use fedex and the company pays so it wouldnt cost me anything...but im out headlights for a little...

ive been blow drying for an hour and still no progress

i think ur cars amazing i voted for u for cotm

SilverElantra

02-23-2008, 04:35 AM

i can do that, $50 bucks sounds like a good deal, but who is paying for shipping back to you? we should take this out of the thread now.

rusto85

02-23-2008, 04:38 AM

Are you doing small portions at a time? Blowing the hot air all over won't do it. Take your time on a spot and heat it up nice. When the seal starts to give put something small in the area to keep the gap open. Work you way trough at a nice pace. It'll take a little bit, but it'll go. I had to clean up the headlights of my old mx3....trust me they were a pia! If you feel a hair dryer isn't working you can step up to a industrial size heat gun...usually Home Depot or Lowes carry them. Baking is a sketchie subject for me....I just think of melted headlights as the end result.

slyderdai

02-23-2008, 11:00 AM

save 50 bucks go to the hardware store and get a heat gun. I used the heat gun on mine and slowly worked my way around the edges. It's not that hard.

bdiggy

02-23-2008, 11:06 AM

....and head lights are about $36 to ship both. You're looking at $100 for something that can be done free at home in 30 minutes!

Silentwolf

02-23-2008, 11:11 AM

Did mine using a 30 buck Black n Decker heat gun off amazon. Took some time to get that glue to budge but just be patient. I spent most of the day working on mine (but i painted mine too)

CornbreadXD

02-23-2008, 11:54 AM

put them in the oven when your mom isn't home! it only takes a a few minutes just throw them on a sheet of foil and cook em, just keep an eye on them and nothing will melt. I did that mod a few times to try the el wire but I didn't like it so i took them out, i also did it to switch my stock black backsplash to a chrome one.

CRAZIECRACKER

02-23-2008, 12:52 PM

I left mine black because i thought it would just be too much chrome on my car and if i painted them my car color i thoght it would wither be too much or too ricey

CornbreadXD

02-23-2008, 01:58 PM

oh no, i didn't paint them chrome I had the KDM headlights but they got cracked so I had to replace the piece with my USA OEM headlights. So i've baked 4 headlights a total of 8 times, never had a fog problem when resealing and never melted anything.

SilverElantra

02-23-2008, 02:09 PM

crazie did you get this done now?

Silentwolf

02-23-2008, 02:48 PM

I left mine black because i thought it would just be too much chrome on my car and if i painted them my car color i thoght it would wither be too much or too ricey

Actually i painted them fully black and even the lil chrome bulb covers. The stock headlight is more a dark gray.

Pete03GLS

02-23-2008, 02:50 PM

u have an xd2? i thought ur sig was an XD... O.o

CRAZIECRACKER

02-23-2008, 03:44 PM

nah man its xd2...elantra limited 2006

maral01

02-23-2008, 07:56 PM

Save yourself the trouble and put them in the oven. 210ºF for 9 minutes and the butyl around the headlight will become soft. Then, start prying up the clips carefully and separate the 2 pieces of the headlight. Make sure to get a hobby knife or exacto and cut through the butyl as you go.

Once your 2 pieces are apart, look on the back of the clear lens and you will see the piece you want to take off. It is only held by 2 screws. Unscrew, remove the orange lens cover and screw the clear reflector back. After you're done, put your 2 headlight pieces back together (important as you do not want the sealant to fall all over in your headlight) and put them in the oven at the same temperature as before for around 4 to 5 minutes, since the butyl will have hardened up from the first trip in the oven. Once done, you will be able to easily re-clip the 2 pieces together.

Hope that was clear! ;)

Edit: Didn't see the first post with your mom flipping out... wait till she's gone for about 1 1/2 hour and you should have plenty of time to get this done :)

cbogg

02-23-2008, 08:13 PM

yeah, it sux when you have to wait for your mommy to leave so you can play with your toys :D (although my wife would probably stab me if she caught me baking parts of our car in the oven, but at least it's not my mommy!)

CRAZIECRACKER

02-23-2008, 08:19 PM

id rather be hit by a wife than a mom! i think everyone will agree to that! lol

CornbreadXD

02-23-2008, 11:55 PM

yeah because its wrong to beat your mom.........and I'll just leave that comment :)

seanski

02-23-2008, 11:59 PM

baking parts of our car in the oven

that sounds a lot funnier then it really should lol :D

PSUsouthpaw

02-24-2008, 12:17 AM

Heat guns can be had for $8 at your local harbor freight tools. And if you keep the receipt you can return it when you're done.

slyderdai

02-24-2008, 12:23 AM

Heat guns can be had for $8 at your local harbor freight tools. And if you keep the receipt you can return it when you're done.

I got one from there while out on the job it still works 2 years later. But I have a good one here at home.

bdiggy

02-24-2008, 12:26 AM

although my wife would probably stab me if she caught me baking parts of our car in the oven, but at least it's not my mommy!)

id rather be hit by a wife than a mom! i think everyone will agree to that! lol

yeah because its wrong to beat your mom.........and I'll just leave that comment :)

:abovelol::abovelol:
I watched dad hit mom once and she knocked his azz the funk out! I would never do momma wrong. My wife on the other hand, leaves the cooking to me so probably wouldn't think twice about head lights in the oven. As long as they taste good when they're done;)

hyundaiLKsunday

02-24-2008, 05:42 PM

Ironically, I just did this as well yesterday.

http://www.wasteofbandwidth.net/public/photos/car/garage/headlight-signals.jpg

http://www.wasteofbandwidth.net/public/photos/car/headlight-signals-lit.jpg

I wasn't difficult. 10 minutes in the oven at 300 degrees. I put them right back together after removing the lens. I also threw the HIDs back in, so I killed 2 birds with one stone.

J-son

02-24-2008, 05:51 PM

I did this a long time ago...

I actually have a black mail photo out there with what you can use the orange markers for now.

I used a medium size space heater and that did the trick for me.

Well, hope you got it done.

And the oven works good to. When I owned my 01 LC I put my head lights and tail lights in the oven. I used the space heater was safe this time on the XD2.

cbogg

02-24-2008, 10:38 PM

:abovelol::abovelol:
I watched dad hit mom once and she knocked his azz the funk out! I would never do momma wrong.

Yeah, when I was in my mid teens, I mixed it up with dad once or twice until he realized that I was getting big enough where I was gonna win soon (we've been cool ever since oddly enough), but you don't F with mom. she's a nice woman and all, but ya piss her off, and she'll stomp you!

My wife on the other hand, leaves the cooking to me so probably wouldn't think twice about head lights in the oven. As long as they taste good when they're done;)

Does she make you wear the little french maid's uniform too? And seriously, if she can't tell the difference between your cooking, and some well done headlights, maybe you should consider take out? :)

CRAZIECRACKER

02-24-2008, 10:54 PM

so the silverstar 1156's were amber in color? i was thinking whether to put amber colored turn signals, or change out the rears to white as well....

Ironically, I just did this as well yesterday.

http://www.wasteofbandwidth.net/public/photos/car/garage/headlight-signals.jpg

http://www.wasteofbandwidth.net/public/photos/car/headlight-signals-lit.jpg

I wasn't difficult. 10 minutes in the oven at 300 degrees. I put them right back together after removing the lens. I also threw the HIDs back in, so I killed 2 birds with one stone.

hyundaiLKsunday

02-24-2008, 11:51 PM

Yup...they bulb has a bluish/orangish tint, but turn amber when lit. I have 1157s in the rears.

CRAZIECRACKER

02-25-2008, 12:00 AM

Yup...they bulb has a bluish/orangish tint, but turn amber when lit. I have 1157s in the rears.

the 1157's are amber color as well i take it? a red might look better...but idk with the brak lights and all of that, maybe too much

bdiggy

02-25-2008, 12:01 AM

Does she make you wear the little french maid's uniform too? And seriously, if she can't tell the difference between your cooking, and some well done headlights, maybe you should consider take out? :)

I may have stretched the truth a bit on that:rolleyes: Cooking is how I roll!

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/bdiggy5778/IMG_0175.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/bdiggy5778/memorialday022.jpg

Silentwolf

02-25-2008, 04:25 PM

I used full chrome bulbs in mine. Just look em up on ebay. The silverstars arn't perfectly chrome and so still looks off.

CRAZIECRACKER

02-25-2008, 04:32 PM

so heres the update guys...

i bought a heat gun for 6 bucks at home depot and it worked great bleieve it or not! it took me about an hour to do both but it came out perfect, nice seal and everything. i bought some amber 1156's and it came out as good as i think it could of. i went to the dealer to see all my buddys there (who all have the new ****en tiburon) and the first thing they noticed was nice the headlights came out

thanks again to everyone! ill put picks up tomorrow because by the time i leave work it will be dark.

cbogg

02-25-2008, 11:09 PM

I may have stretched the truth a bit on that:rolleyes: Cooking is how I roll!

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/bdiggy5778/IMG_0175.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/bdiggy5778/memorialday022.jpg

Dude, that's pretty phat! I've always loved to cook, but mainly for my own pleasure, never got to go to school or anything for it, so a career is not an option. As a side note, do I see the word "Applebees" on your chef's coat? :D and dude, you quoted me in your signature? that's cool as f. I feel, almost, honored!

Cypher

02-25-2008, 11:14 PM

You're going to need to stop with all the off-topicness in alllll the threads you post in.

SilverElantra

02-25-2008, 11:19 PM

well im glad to hear the headlight issue was fixed. i am thinking about doing the black out on mine, just have to find the time and patience to do it on my own car as both have been extremely limited as of recently.

hyundaiLKsunday

02-26-2008, 01:08 AM

I used full chrome bulbs in mine. Just look em up on ebay. The silverstars arn't perfectly chrome and so still looks off.

Are those the so-called "stealth" bulbs?

CRAZIECRACKER

02-26-2008, 12:14 PM

they came out awesome. great seal and they look so much nicer especially with my grill. thanks again to everyone. i had to put amber bulbs in for the turning signals, i bought the 1156's and they work great but there is some reflection off the chrome on the headlight...might go back to super white i just dont want a ticket for something so stupid