Clear Corner Lenses??
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Take your headlight assembly completely out of the car.
Around the edge of the front clear lense there will be a bead of adhesive. Using a heat gun, melt away the adhesive, and pry away the lense. Please be careful.
Once you have the lense off, the amber reflector should be able to be heated slightly and popped out.
Clean the edges of the headlight assembly and the lense, remove any extra adhesive and clean them both with alcohol, to remove any fingerprints. They must be spotless.
Using Silicone Auto/Boat adhesive, bond the lense back to the headlight assembly and clamp them together.
Let dry for 24 hours.
Around the edge of the front clear lense there will be a bead of adhesive. Using a heat gun, melt away the adhesive, and pry away the lense. Please be careful.
Once you have the lense off, the amber reflector should be able to be heated slightly and popped out.
Clean the edges of the headlight assembly and the lense, remove any extra adhesive and clean them both with alcohol, to remove any fingerprints. They must be spotless.
Using Silicone Auto/Boat adhesive, bond the lense back to the headlight assembly and clamp them together.
Let dry for 24 hours.
I tried to do it to mine this past weekend and gave up. I got the complete headlight out, but I couldn't get the covers off. I didn't heat it though. Can you use a hair dryer or do you need a heat gun? And will the heat gun harm the head light lenses? By the way, to take off the headlights, you will need to take the bumper completely off. It isn't too hard though. Let me know about that heat gon or not. I'll try again.
freekwonder
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- Datsun 510/Nissan Frontier
im just going to put in protege 5 headlights
Originally posted by APEXistud:
<STRONG>You guys don't like the all black housing?I think ours look better than the P5's. It would be easies to buy some P5 headlamps.</STRONG>
Acutally it would not be easiest to change to P5 lights. As this requires a different wiring harness to be installed.
And Ben unfortunately a hair dryer will not work. It does not focus the heat enough in one area to be effective. But you do have to be VERY careful so as to not damage the lenses.
I'm also going to take this opportunity to put a disclaimer here that says: I'm not responsible for any damage incurred if you do this to your vehicle.
Hope this info helps.
[ 11-27-2001: Message edited by: Kincaid ]
I know that we all want that orange reflector removed but please realize that the P5 headlamps don't have the side marker in there lamp assembly they have it on the fender in front of the wheel the point is that in somes states maybe all there has to be some kind of light in front of the wheel, so I have been putting my thoughts together and I plan on taking the headlight apart and put some type of clear reflector in it's place so that I can still have some type of marker on the side maybe with blue or yellow bulbs I still plan on changing the color in the turn signal housing as well. Just my two cents if I am wrong about the head lamps please let me know.
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The reason the side marker was put on the MP3 was because the headlight doesn't really have a light bulb in the amber area of the headlight. The light from the headlight lights up the amber area. That's also why the Protege 5 has that little light in the front fender. Yes you have to have some kind of side marker, that's why there is one in the fender.
You can change to Protege 5 headlights but as mentioned before, your gonna have chenge the headlight set-up. The Protege 5 has seperate bulbs for high and low beams.
You can change to Protege 5 headlights but as mentioned before, your gonna have chenge the headlight set-up. The Protege 5 has seperate bulbs for high and low beams.
chitownmp3
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kep0, the labor rates in the body shop biz are a minimum of $38 an hour so, if it takes a"few" hours it gonna be more than $50!
Plus some shops wont want the posibility of this being an ilegal mod.{depending on local law}
dont get mad its just my 2cents and Im a body shop mgr.
Plus some shops wont want the posibility of this being an ilegal mod.{depending on local law}
dont get mad its just my 2cents and Im a body shop mgr.
I'll try to do mine again this weekend. I hope I dont break anything. Try to think of something I can do to the headlight if I do break it so that I can take it to the dealer and tell them it just got messed up. The only thing I'm worried about is it not being sealed back the way it was and then water vapor will get in there. That will suck. Just let me know if there is anything you want me to do to your car, I'll be free these next few weekends that I'm still here in AL. Just email me or give me a call. 
