Finally Doing It! :)

[Alero04]

well im finally FINALLY clearing my corners this weekend...im nervous as p00p!
whats the best kind of silicone to get? yea yea yea im sure its in another thread BUT really....its just easier this way to ask! :)

[smlzalero]

Well, no offense, nut it's not easier.. this way you'll havve to go thru a bunch of people telling you to look thru the other thread... and you'll have to go look anyway...lol
It's really easy....
CLICK (http://invision.aleromod.com/index.php?showtopic=17)

[alerosport.com]

nice find smlzalero just how did you dig up that thread???









not the search feature was it? ;)

[Alero04]

ugh....well everyone has their diff opinions...i figure HEY why not ask for the hell of it....

[smlzalero]

I wasn't tryin to be mean Alero04... I'm just sayin that if you don't even look around the site people might start to rag on ya... since WE ALL have the same cars.. and WE ALL have the same problems and MOST of us have cleared the corners........... that's all...... there I go, soundin mean again.
nice find smlzalero just how did you dig up that thread???
You're kidding, right? No it wasn't the search feature... you go into How-To and it's always right on top...

[Alero04]

lol no no u dont sound mean. id tell u if i thought u did LOL!
im just at work and really just wanted to see if anyone that was paying attention had a preference on what kind of silicone to use. no biggie girl! :P

[smlzalero]

Oh, ok... :P

I used $2 silicone for bathroom windows. :) It's beautiful.

[ImSoBored]

I used an automotive/marine silicone.

[K Dan]

I didnt even have to use silicone, theres was still enough of it in there to seal it good enough that i've never had fog in my headlamps. I just heated the lamp assembly back up and pushed the plastic covers in. But as someone else said, it only cost 2 bux so may as well.

[Oldsmopimp]

Hope u have pateince. Its a pain. And can be messy too. You will have to get the light nice n hot before it gives way. Use a small screwdriver or something to help the prying process. (u'll wanna use the screwdriver on the UNDERSIDE of the light, because it will leave markes and dents in the plastic that look like crapola.

I didnt use any silcone etc.... just re-heated and stuck trogether. I havent had any leaks...but then again the car dosent see rain or snow.

[turtles_ride]

don't forget our headlights aren't totally sealed anyway, make sure you clean out the little breather hose, there's always spiders living in there. Good luck

[Alero04]

thanks guys!! im sure ill be on when im doing it crying for help lol! :P
and yea pimp...i do have alot of patience when it coems to that sort of thing...im not looking forward to doing it, thats for sure, but im anxious to not see those nasty lookin orange thingies on my car anymore! :cool:

[alerosport.com]

i used some clear silcone in the bathroom area at LOWES

[aleroboyKK]

i just did mine last night and it took me about 20 minutes per light.. pretty easy if u ask me. heat gun and screw driver is all i used.. i kept most the silicon on there so i could just re-seal it with my heat gun. everyoen says patience is important, but 40 minutes for both lights seemed fast to me. i think my banner for my car club took more time :/

[cutelilcntrygrl]

^ That's gotta be a record. It took me like 6 hours for both (including drying time for new silicon, eating dinner, and watching a Friends re-run.. lol). Depending on how old your car is, you might wanna get rid of all the old silicon and just use new when you put them back together. A few extra minutes is worth making sure you don't have any water getting in there, imo.

[smlzalero]

Wow! Um... maybe someone already had the lights apart for something...? That's crazy.. mine weren't hard, either... but wow.. I'm jealous I lost 5 hours of my life!! :lol:

[Alero04]

my car is an 04...havent even had it a year yet so...
plus my bf is helping me do it this weekend...so we'll see how us working together on MY car turns out LOL!

[Oldsmopimp]

Ya, just take ur time and u'll be fine. And, DONT touch the chrome bezel!! (the peice inside) grab around edges, or from the back.

[Rubered00]

Originally posted by Oldsmopimp@Apr 7 2005, 09:19 PM
Ya, just take ur time and u'll be fine. And, DONT touch the chrome bezel!! (the peice inside) grab around edges, or from the back.
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definatley try to avoid that....i made that mistake and it took forever to get the finger prints cleaned up it seemed like.

[cutelilcntrygrl]

But if you're like me and you DID touch the bezel, just do a lil spit shine with a terry cloth or something like that. Shined it right up.. lol

[aleroman8]

What part of the headlight did you paint (for those who painted theirs)?

[smlzalero]

I touched all over that chromey thing and had no peoblems cleaningit. I even got the Gm silicone crap on it and it comes right off with no hassle if you use a citrus cleaner. :)

aleroman>>8<< most people who paint, paint the whole chrome thing (bezel). If I decide to paint mine, tho I will only pain the front edge of it. :)

[aleroman8]

Thanks Smlz, I have an extra left side headlight I'm going to take apart and wanted to know so I could paint the right piece. But it won't be Bronzemist. Oops, I think I leaked out a little info.

[smlzalero]

^ you have a cardomain? I didnt know youre doing your car bronzemist...

[aleroman8]

My car is already a Bronzemist.

[cutelilcntrygrl]

The painted bezels look good on *some* cars. I like it on youngblood, molson (I think his are done) and jackal2000's look good. I thought about doing that on mine but I don't think it would look good. Anyone know of another ruby red car with painted bezels?

[smlzalero]

^Nope, Ive never seen it. i don't like the whole bezel painted... on any color. Plus it defeats the whole reflective purpose. I'm thinking about doing mine to match the body, but just the front surface and leave the inside and edges chrome..

[stealthlero]

thats the way i was thinking of doing mine when i get the chance. what type of paint do ya use, and what kind of prep do u need to do before ya paint em??

[freakout]

Alero04 I found the oven trick worked really well i didn't read the whole how to uintill I was putting the first one back together.

[Youngblood77]

I color-matched painted bezels would look hot on a darker blue car like Albino's, hopefully he'll let me paint his when we get his headlights tore down. It's totally up to him though, his car....

[tenny]

After doing mine on my '04 i kind of actually wish I had of reused the silicon that was already on it, I honestly think it would have sealed better. but we will.. no leaks yet but its not even 24 hours old and no rain today lol

[Crolero]

^ take a water hose to it for about 5 min. that'll tell you right away

[freakout]

I had to remove all the silicone, someone had changed the lenses and used regular silicone. Both mine had moisture before. I used "Goop" automotive glue on 1 and have had no problems with it. Didn't have enough "Goop" for the other one used outdoor silicone and get a tiny bit of moisture only after washing.

[Alero04]

well...due to drinkage and hockey practice...the corners were not cleared this weekend :(
we're doing it either tomorrow or tuesday tho...imma print out all the how-to steps...lol. so i SHOULD have pics up this week of how i did...hopefully everything will go according to plan! :pimp:

[freakout]

Have you read these yet. Not trying to be rude but there are some great tips. http://invision.aleromod.com/index.php?showtopic=17

[Alero04]

i kno about the tips...which is why i said im printing everything out...i was just announcing that i didnt get it done this weekend and that its getting done this week sometime.....

[PimpinGad]

I'm going to get to mine this weekend too, hopefully, but like you said too much drinkage might keep me from doing it, but to hell with that, it's getting done finally I went out and bought a clear automotive silicone, hope everything goes good with ya.

[Alero04]

Thanks Pimpin...
*i say that all the time now 'Pimpin' lol dunno why...but its my new word i guess :P

[PimpinGad]

Been pimpin since been pimpin, since been pimpin, Pimpin.

[Alero04]

PiMpIn' :pimp:

[alerocar01]

I didn't used enough silicone to reseal one of the headlights and when it rained it fog right up. I had to take the headlight all a part. A real pain in the ass. I resealed it and I made sure to use more then I thought I would need. No problems and looks very good. So make sure to use more then u need.