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How To: Black Head Light mod

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Viet2100, Dec 14, 2009.

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  1. Nov 22, 2010 at 2:38 AM
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    LOL. did mine two weeks ago. I preburned the bezels, and, because I put projectors in, I pre-burned those also. I left the oven door open a couple of hours to air out.

    No side effects at all. Made french fries that night. They tasted yummy and potato-y.

    If you're really concerned, just run the self-clean...that takes your oven up into the 700+ range.. Or get some old-fashioned cleaner and do it by hand.

    john

    EDIT: never mind....too late!!
     
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  2. Nov 22, 2010 at 9:15 AM
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    Heating up both headlamps yourself will only waste energy. Unless you have someone else with you that can work on the other headlamp while it is still warm, there is no advantage. On top of that, you want to keep the headlamp centered as much as possible so that the edges do not melt due to excess heat on the walls/rack.

    I have done at least 20 sets on my home oven. I still bake pizza, fish, chicken, etc in it. No weird tastes.

    The point of pre-burning is not to just cure the paint faster (a lot of people do this when they paint valve covers), it is to even out the paint finish since the bezel has dips and weird places where we cannot paint evenly.

    You can do any variation!
     
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  3. Jan 22, 2011 at 10:54 AM
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    Hey Viet. I am going to do a BHLM today. I just wanted to let you know that you should prolly edit the first post from a torx 7 to a 15. (had a hard time returning the wrong items) and i was wondering if it is ok to not use gator clamps? i dont have any and idk what would suffice as a replacement.
     
    schiz94, Jan 22, 2011
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  4. Jan 22, 2011 at 11:56 AM
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    Take the extra time to go get some clamps. Why risk the seal?
     
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  5. Jan 22, 2011 at 12:02 PM
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    Waiting on some clamps right now
     
    schiz94, Jan 22, 2011
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  6. Jan 22, 2011 at 2:35 PM
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    If i tinted my turn signal and corner lenses should i pre burn them too?
     
    schiz94, Jan 22, 2011
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  7. Jan 24, 2011 at 10:49 PM
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    Just did a smoked chrome headlight mod. This thread helped immensely...thanks!
     
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  8. Jan 24, 2011 at 11:37 PM
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    BenWa send me some pics
     
    schiz94, Jan 24, 2011
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  9. Jan 30, 2011 at 7:34 PM
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    Did mine today. It took me ALL day, including dicking with some emblems and another grill option. Thanks so much Viet and rad write-up.....working on deciding on color for metalmiller emblem.IMG_1286.jpg

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  10. Feb 4, 2011 at 12:45 PM
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  11. Feb 13, 2011 at 6:22 PM
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    Tinted windows all around. Fog lights. Intermittent wiper switch. Skid plate. Extra D rings. Grillcraft. Color matched grill. Hella 500ff HID behind grillcraft. Rcbs204 Lighting. 5100's up front. 265/75/16 Duratracs.Firestone riderites. Bora Wheel spacers. Tinted tails. De badged. Blacked out rims.
    Don't know if i can indorse this mod, I really took my time with this followed the instructions carefully and used the window weld and still both my lights fog up all the time. So people think twice and carefully before attempting this mod.
     
    newfie8, Feb 13, 2011
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  12. Feb 13, 2011 at 6:31 PM
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    I did this mod sometime this summer... didn't use any additional goo, just the factory stuff. Still no leaks for me, and I've shot the pressure washer right at the lights just to be sure. :)
     
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  13. Feb 13, 2011 at 8:22 PM
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    That's when I first seen it! I used my pressure washer for the first time on the truck. Sucks I don't know I'll try to reseal again when the weather warms up.
     
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  14. Feb 15, 2011 at 3:18 PM
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    with window weld. be veryy generous in the channels. and make sure you really squish the two halves together.also be careful with the boots. make sure they are on well.
     
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  15. Mar 7, 2011 at 4:05 PM
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    Can anyone tell me about how long i should wait for the window weld to cure? I would really appreciate the help!
     
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  16. Mar 7, 2011 at 7:30 PM
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    i would wait as long as you can. ideally like 10 hours haha. i couldnt wait to put mine on the truck so as soon as it wasnt warm i took the gator clamps off
     
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  17. Mar 7, 2011 at 8:02 PM
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    Seriously, i dont want to F this up, do you guys think its better to buy them for 120 and sell the stock ones on ebay to make up for some of the costs? I just dont want to deal with fogging up, and moisture problems..what do you guys think?
     
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  18. Mar 7, 2011 at 8:29 PM
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    It's up to you. Personally I like doing the job myself and being able to say so
     
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    me too. i think honestly. if you follow this guide exactly. you can do it. and so can everyone else can too. one thing tho. the Torx is a T15 not T7.
     
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  20. Mar 18, 2011 at 10:05 AM
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    Following these instructions at the moment. So far, so good. Now I'm just at the putting it all back together part.

    Have preburned both the painted parts, not sure if it's ok to just throw them on now or wait, I might wait 1/2 hour. No rush.

    Really thinking about the resealing.

    That OE stuff is pretty nice, I think I'm going to try and use as much of it as possible.

    I think I'm going to fill the creases in with silicone real well, let that set for about 15 minutes. Put the 2 halfs back together and get them seated as best as I can then put the whole assembly back into the oven for 10 minutes, take it out and really clamp down on that seal while that stuff is gooey.
     
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