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Jippi 855 GLT

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thanks to mattphi's write up i blacked out my extra headlights..

before:

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headlight:

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1. pop off all the black clips around the light:

2. clean parts of the reflector you are painting with rubbing alcohol

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3. using small brush and q tips paint the desired parts

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4. reinstall lense.

headlights with us spec lenses

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left light had us lense right one has ecode

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5. reinstall and done

installed one side with ecode:

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i will take better pics later..

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Looks nice man! I'm hoping to do this to my S70....if I can find some time lol also, when taking apart the lens it's only held together with those clips or was there glue you had to remove as well???

just clips ;)

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so subtle it makes such a HUGE difference though. looks great man.

Agree 100% if I still had stock lights this would defiantly be done. It makes them look soooo much better, and the E-codes really set it off. :tup:

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i did this then i tried to bake open the corners to match... yea bout that :(

anyone have a fool proof way of opening the corners so you can make them match? i love the look of my headlights but its a huge difference sometimes between headlights blacked out & corners not :(

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i was told i baked them too fast :( but i looked up like 3 different peoples "write up" granted it wasnt on VS.

but from what i was told was you put them in the oven at room temp & they warm up with the oven warming up to temp slowly. but they started to disform after like 10 min (but i didnt warm up with them i preheated & put them in the oven)

also idk if its SEALANT that secured the lense to the housing on the corners that shits hard as a rock so idk if its doable :( im sure people ahve done it but i wish i knew. because of me fuckin one up i have a e-code ish corner & a stock yellow one cause i only had one E code :( plus they look super bright. I tried to see if i could finnaggle up something to paint them through the bulb opening but i couldnt get it without fuckin up soo ith :(

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i would vht them instead of takin the lenses off. thanks for the complements guys, i wanted to get the one piece lights but they jus didnt look right, i think i made the right choice. i may mod projectors into them next..

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