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Blacked out Hella Xenon Headlights...think i am the first and only one :)
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JoeyDaBomb
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Louisville, KY
Looks great.
I want to do this but I'm pretty scared from hearing horror stories. My buddy ruined his Mini HID headlights doing this and he's done quite a bit of sets before.
I want to do this but I'm pretty scared from hearing horror stories. My buddy ruined his Mini HID headlights doing this and he's done quite a bit of sets before.
ViRtUaLheretic
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- Location
- KC MO
- Car(s)
- 2009 VW GTI
just when I thought your car couldnt look any better.....
Are those one of those crazy expensive Hella headlights?
If so, Sir, you have some steel balls or are just plain nuts for taking your chances doing that :biggrin:
Either way, big kudos for some badass looking GT.
did those come with the non heat-reactive glue, or was like on the rabbit OEM headlights that you can get away with the oven trick?
If so, Sir, you have some steel balls or are just plain nuts for taking your chances doing that :biggrin:
Either way, big kudos for some badass looking GT.
did those come with the non heat-reactive glue, or was like on the rabbit OEM headlights that you can get away with the oven trick?
so,all i can say,its not as easy at it seems,but its not so difficult.
all you need is a dremel , stove (about 250°F) and 1 or 2 screwdrivers and a bottle of Plasti dip.also hot-glue gun and a good glue
take the dremel and cut the plastic all around the headlight,and then rip it off.
underneath is glue , then comes the front housing,then glue , then the main housing.
so you have to make it hot/warm and then spread out and cut the clue.its even hard to explain it in german,so in english much more...
if finished glue it together ( i took "pattex pa700" for glue,and then for sure to make it i took a hot-glue gun to make it leak-proof) ,paint the glue with plasti-dip and remount it in the car
all you need is a dremel , stove (about 250°F) and 1 or 2 screwdrivers and a bottle of Plasti dip.also hot-glue gun and a good glue
take the dremel and cut the plastic all around the headlight,and then rip it off.
underneath is glue , then comes the front housing,then glue , then the main housing.
so you have to make it hot/warm and then spread out and cut the clue.its even hard to explain it in german,so in english much more...
if finished glue it together ( i took "pattex pa700" for glue,and then for sure to make it i took a hot-glue gun to make it leak-proof) ,paint the glue with plasti-dip and remount it in the car
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yes,those are those crazy expensive Hella headlights.But i couldnt see them anymore,they looked like 2 huge pimples on a forehead !!!
and ... HOLY GOD... i prayed for heat reactive glue... but it was not !
So i was a really really hard job,for brain and for body.but now its done and i love the new non-pimple face of my car
kevvve
TÜ MÄDR3
- Location
- No. Jersey
woot woot! yo noside cud we get a build thread for the subie?
ObeyMyFast!
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- San Diego
Looks nice