yo what up guys, just thought i d share what i did today with yall. I ve had my EDM lights for a while, but the inside of the lenses was REALLY nasty, to the point i actually thought the lense was tinted, but i didnt notice it until i turned on the lights after in installed them, so this week i took em out, put the stocks back in, and decided to go ahead and bake em today and get it done with. well let me tell ya, it was a pain. Nothin hard, but just lonnnnng. I had to be real patient. I started around 230pm today, its is now 945pm, and everything is sealed and drying up. I started with the oven at 250, used a cookie sheet, and a WET bathroom towel to wrap the lights in. I checked the lights every 10 mins, but the silicone was not movin at all. I use a lil butter knife to help it get loose. I then decided to kick it up to 275, cause it was gettin kinda long, so after another 20 mins in the oven, finaly i was able to cut the silicone on ONE side of thel light.i put it back in for another 5 or 10 mins, and finaly i got it open. It was very well sealed.Took me bout avg of 45 mins for each light, i didnt want to up the temp, so i went with 275 all the way, to keep the inside housin to melt. I then used an exacto knife to cut out all silicone i could cut on the lens and the housin itself. Something to be done very gently, as you dont wanna go hard, and jerk it then scratch the lights. After that, i just used some alchool to clean the lense, and a clean white shirt. I didnt want to put the lights back in the oven to seal em using the old silicone, so i went and got some black silicone from the part store, and made sure to remove all silicone i could. While i was takin the silicone off of one light, i threw the 2nd one in the oven to save time, and had them both cleaned and ready to seal at the same time. My friend came over to help, so he threw some of that black silcone around, while i was doin a a light clean up of the lense, and put it back on the housing. I put a shiet load of it cause i DO not want to repeat this process. So right now, they are just drying up. they say to let it dry 24 hours, so i ma do that, and probly put em back onthe car on sunday or something. I took a few pics for you guys.
enjoy, and post question is you have any.
yep i wrote Si_g on the lenses, hehe thats how dirty they were.
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well i baked em friday, and put them back on today ( sunday ) so not yet, but i dont think there will be, cause i pretty much much use the whole bottle of silicone on just the the 2 headlights hehe, to prevent ever havin to do it over again hehe. i will knew in a few days. if i have time i ll spray some water on a em for a while and see what happens.
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damn what a pain in the ass!!! is that how long its gonna take to clear out my tail lights?.... i hope not.
there was no alternative to this? can u take off the headlight and clean the inside through the bulb compartment using some sort of towel at the end of a hanger.
why didnt you use novus or some sort of polish to keep the plastic from attracting dust again?
does your lights leave a sort of "foggy" look when you turn on your headlights at night? i get that but i think thats just how the plastic is.
it was a pain in the ass to just polish up my headlights, i cant imagine how pissed i would be to do a job like that.
Originally posted by KB798 Did you use a clamp, vice grips, or something to hold them together?
if you mean while opening them, then no, i just kept on cuttin little by little between the lense and the housing, and puttin back in the oven, you have to try and cut the silicone quickly around cause mine was real thick under there, so i had alot to cut, and after you get it out of the oven, if it takes more than 5 mins, then put it back in the over, otherwise it will harden. I kept on doin that, til i pulled it out one time, and it was soft enough on one side, cut all the silicone that was there, then work my way around the light, its a real pain.
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Originally posted by MidNiteMysT damn what a pain in the ass!!! is that how long its gonna take to clear out my tail lights?.... i hope not.
why didnt you use novus or some sort of polish to keep the plastic from attracting dust again?
does your lights leave a sort of "foggy" look when you turn on your headlights at night? i get that but i think thats just how the plastic is.
nah, there that was the only way, the bulb compartment is not big enough to get a good clean, look at how dirty mine lenses were, its impossible to clean all that with just a hanger and towel. i had to use a lot of alchool to make sure they were real clean b4 i sealed em back
Unlike the JDM lights, My EDM lenses are not plastic, they are glass, like the usdm ones, just the housin is the same as the jdm, and i dont have the frost corner light with it. So i cant polish it, on the other hand, glass is easier to keep clean on the inside. i m sayin that cause my stock lights are still spotless after 10 years, and i m sure yours are also.
yea they did, thats when i noticed that they were dirty, right after i installed em, and lit em up. so i cleaned, and its a lot clearer now, i ll take some pics later
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i took some pics, they are not all that, i just ran in the garage, and the lights are dirty,it rained pretty bad today, but u can see i got no condensation so thats good, u can also compare b4 and after.
back when i first installed the lights
pics i just took
those spots are just the dirty water that dried, i didnt wanna clean it up hehe.but you get the idea of the difference the cleaning made. stll using the same bulbs. and same camera.
posted b4, but here is how the lights came out when i put em back 2gether, if its sunny this weekend, i ll clean em and take better shots.
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yea they use h4 and h1, good thing is eventually, i ll open em up again, and swap the lense with some usdm lenses from the junkyard in good condition, when the ones i have on are goin to get really scrathed up.
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Have you tried cracking open a USDM headlight?? I assume it would be the same procedure...and if it is, u can just spray them black and they will look identical and not have to mess with any wiring...just a thought...
Originally posted by cleanLude Have you tried cracking open a USDM headlight?? I assume it would be the same procedure...and if it is, u can just spray them black and they will look identical and not have to mess with any wiring...just a thought...
i havent tried to open usmds yet, but it looks like its gonna be the same procedure. No point in spray paiting the housing of the usdms hehe, i already have the edms, which have the black housings, use the h1 and h4 bulbs that i have alrready wired in my car, and look a lot better then spray paintin the stock ones. Plus i got em wires as daytime running lights, which is better .
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Originally posted by cleanLude Oh yea, do they have the driver's side flaring problem like the JDM's do??
by flaring problem do u mean one points higher or lower than the other ? if thats what u mean, then no, they point exactly at the same height, thats why they are not adjustable. its a direct and perfect fit, and very bright, i ll take a pic on the road when it stops raining. (If thats not what u meant, then explain cause i havent heard or any other problems.)
h1s only
h4 lows and h1
h4 lows and highs and h1s
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Looks like there is no flare like the JDM's...just as i expected...would be perfect for my HID's...oh wells, i guess i will just have to blind oncoming traffic...
yea, same with me. i blind oncoming traffic too so its ok
looks like Si_g has DOT spec headlights. it doesnt flare either way. i wish ours were like that. what cleanlude means is with usdm and jdm headlights, the headlights kinda "flare" to the left or to the right. like it has a nice cutoff line, but then (on the jdm lights) the light kinda opens up on the left so it can light up signs and light up the sidewalk, because in japan, people drive on the left. the usdm has the flare on the right. i cant find a pic to show what i mean but maybe you know what im talkin about.
why would u take off the glass from another headlight and put it on yours? why not just use the whole headlight of the one with the good non scratched glass instead of doing this whole procedure again
Originally posted by MidNiteMysT yea, same with me. i blind oncoming traffic too so its ok
looks like Si_g has DOT spec headlights. it doesnt flare either way. i wish ours were like that. what cleanlude means is with usdm and jdm headlights, the headlights kinda "flare" to the left or to the right. like it has a nice cutoff line, but then (on the jdm lights) the light kinda opens up on the left so it can light up signs and light up the sidewalk, because in japan, people drive on the left. the usdm has the flare on the right. i cant find a pic to show what i mean but maybe you know what im talkin about.
why would u take off the glass from another headlight and put it on yours? why not just use the whole headlight of the one with the good non scratched glass instead of doing this whole procedure again
i think i may try doing a projector retrofit...
oh yea, i see what u are sayin about the flaring thing.
and about the glass from another headlights, i might have to do that eventually cause the lense on mine is a bit chipped and i dont like that. its not that noticable, but it is to me, and being a prelude owner, i ve become picky and a perfectionnist when it comes to my car hehe. For me to use the whole headlight, i ll have to get a new set of headlights, which will come used also from europe and such, so they most likely will be in the same shape. I ll just check out some yards here, and maybe find some usdm lights that are not damaged or chipped, and in perfect conditions, and just take that glass from there, and put it on my edm lights, since the glass is the same, thats my best bet, lol if thats what i have to do to please mylself. besides, its just another project, and wont be done anytime in the near futur unless my current lenses start breakin a part. Also if something happens to the car, (accident and such) and the lights break, i ll know what to do, instaed of just gettin a new set, and get the money from insurance and use it on something else hahahaha
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