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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 05:31 PM
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thanks ya'll, but one more question, when i put it back on ,will there be a gap? with the headlights and bumper? i see alot of people on here with gaps and was curious.
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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 06:33 PM
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damn. this looks a lot easier than I thought it would be... I guess I'll have to add this to my list.
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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 07:58 PM
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where can you find the silicone at, home depot?
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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 08:02 PM
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Originally posted by captainsaveaho
where can you find the silicone at, home depot?
Yeah, you can buy silicone caulking just about anywhere. Even some grocery stores carry it. At Home Depot, you'll probably have a better selection at a hardware store tho.

good luck.
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Old Feb 24, 2003 | 06:23 AM
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Silicone caulk is at Home Depot.

After doing all this, I have to say, it wasnt easy, LOL. I am car stupid so that kinda makes things worse. The hard part I think is removing the headlights from the car. Once theyre out its friggin' easy as sh*t. You put the oven on 300 degrees, pop one in for a good 15 seconds, take it out, and start prying it open. Not hard at all I dont think.

The BIGGEST pain in the a*s was the 2 bolts underneath the friggin' high beam. Damn did this PISS me off. My friggin' ratchet would barely reach them so that really pissed me off.

Blinkers were a pain in the ass because I didnt realize that they twisted in---I thought they were push bulbs like the wedge bulbs. Oh well, we all learn from our mistakes.

Couldnt find any white signals to match my Silverstar headlights, so I think I am just going to go with orange. Well see what happens.

Headlights look GREAT without that ugly a*s orange reflector strip---DAMN that thing was friggin' nasty looking. Makes the headlights look a lot more clean, etc. Looking forward to ordering red/clear taillights the week after next.
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Old Feb 24, 2003 | 06:32 AM
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Originally posted by MonStar
Silicone caulk is at Home Depot.

After doing all this, I have to say, it wasnt easy, LOL. I am car stupid so that kinda makes things worse. The hard part I think is removing the headlights from the car. Once theyre out its friggin' easy as sh*t. You put the oven on 300 degrees, pop one in for a good 15 seconds, take it out, and start prying it open. Not hard at all I dont think.

The BIGGEST pain in the a*s was the 2 bolts underneath the friggin' high beam. Damn did this PISS me off. My friggin' ratchet would barely reach them so that really pissed me off.

Blinkers were a pain in the ass because I didnt realize that they twisted in---I thought they were push bulbs like the wedge bulbs. Oh well, we all learn from our mistakes.

Couldnt find any white signals to match my Silverstar headlights, so I think I am just going to go with orange. Well see what happens.

Headlights look GREAT without that ugly a*s orange reflector strip---DAMN that thing was friggin' nasty looking. Makes the headlights look a lot more clean, etc. Looking forward to ordering red/clear taillights the week after next.
Glad to hear you finally did it, hope I was of some help to you. I also hope you put enough Silicon on and did it like I said. I've got a friend with a 2002 Accord who cleared his headlights and his headlights are FULL of condensation because he did a half assed job on the Silicon.
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Old Feb 25, 2003 | 01:24 PM
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Originally posted by MonStar
Silicone caulk is at Home Depot.

After doing all this, I have to say, it wasnt easy, LOL. I am car stupid so that kinda makes things worse. The hard part I think is removing the headlights from the car. Once theyre out its friggin' easy as sh*t. You put the oven on 300 degrees, pop one in for a good 15 seconds, take it out, and start prying it open. Not hard at all I dont think.

The BIGGEST pain in the a*s was the 2 bolts underneath the friggin' high beam. Damn did this PISS me off. My friggin' ratchet would barely reach them so that really pissed me off.

Blinkers were a pain in the ass because I didnt realize that they twisted in---I thought they were push bulbs like the wedge bulbs. Oh well, we all learn from our mistakes.

Couldnt find any white signals to match my Silverstar headlights, so I think I am just going to go with orange. Well see what happens.

Headlights look GREAT without that ugly a*s orange reflector strip---DAMN that thing was friggin' nasty looking. Makes the headlights look a lot more clean, etc. Looking forward to ordering red/clear taillights the week after next.
ay monstar, did you have to take off your bumper or no? and you only put it in the oven for 15 seconds, not minutes??? i'm confused...............i plan on doing it this weekend, get back at me, i need to know bro.
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Old Feb 26, 2003 | 07:07 AM
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I put the headlights in the oven on 300 degrees for 15 seconds.

I did have to take off the bumper which was a HUGE pain in the ass to be honest. But whatever.

I am going to have to take off my bumper again tonight to straighten my headlights.
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Old Feb 26, 2003 | 11:12 AM
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Originally posted by MonStar
I put the headlights in the oven on 300 degrees for 15 seconds.

I did have to take off the bumper which was a HUGE pain in the ass to be honest. But whatever.

I am going to have to take off my bumper again tonight to straighten my headlights.
I thought the bumper was the easiest part as long as you had someone to help
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