Argh - headlight housings are a huge PITA mod. :-|
02-24-2007, 11:53 AM
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No doubt. If I had it to do all over again, I probably wouldn't.
Actually I never did the housings, but I did do the clear corners, and that was enough of a biatch to let me know that I never want to F with the headlights again.
02-24-2007, 12:00 PM
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you have to take the the entire front off the car just to "start having fun" >
jack it up, stands, wheels, wheel well liners, front bumper, then finally take out the headlights - this is after you've sourced some spare housings, sanded, puttied, etc., half a dozen times, sourced paint, finally painted and cleared them - then you get to bake and fart around with struggling to get them apart - ugh - not get adhesive on the new ones, try to reassemble - which is where I am now, on the *first* one, and try to get it to mate up properly w/o breaking the reflectors or anything else. Argh, I say.
02-24-2007, 12:22 PM
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Oh, it's not that bad...>>>
Oh, wait a minute, I paid someone to do it. Well, it looked easy enough at least... I jest - hang in there - it'll be worth it.
Did you go with titanium grey?
Did you go with titanium grey?
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02-24-2007, 12:31 PM
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yes, more or less >
paintscratch sent the wrong color, so I got a close match for it here in town. Did I forget to mention sourcing the clear corners too, and that since I have a Caractere grille, I won't be able to adjust the headlights once the bumper's back on, so I'll just cross my fingers and half-install the bumper, see how it works tonight, then if I need to go to a shop tomorrow I'll have to pull it and reinstall it there.....
