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Originally posted by a2k@Jun 15 2004, 02:53 AM
how hard do you guys think it is to pooch screw this DIYer?
the reason i ask is because I was thinking of going to a junkyard to buy some headlight assembles IN CASE i screw up the clearing process and have a backup set to use....
do you guys think this is overkill?
thx!
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don't worry about it too much, it's not that hard to do
i did mine in a few hours at night with a blow dryer and my knife
really the only thing is, just heat up the silicone enough so that it pulls away easy, you don't want to pull hard on the light assembly enough to break it
once you heat up the silicone enough it should pull fairly easily and slide out with a bit of sticky poop still stuck of course
when getting the lens out though, I myself didn't have great luck, i cracked both orange reflectors, that i regret, but then again i'd probably crack em putting them back in too :rolleyes:
once you get the reflector out though, it's a piece of cake, just tear off some of the old silicone, add a layer of new and put em back together
A work of advice though : make sure you let the silicone sit a while and keep the light assembly shut so that it bond right. I rushed my driver side headlight and now I get a bit of moisture in it, Although it lasted just fine for almost 9 months or so. I didn't let the new silicone settle or keep the assembly tight and it didn't bond right.
It's on my list of things to redo