**check out what i did**
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Nice job man! for a quick job awesome results. If you had a bit more time coat of clear and a bit of buffing and wet sanding would of made it factory quality. Which part of bergen county r u from cause I'm big on DIY projects. BTW which cold air system is that?
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yes it is stillen 3rd gen CAI. oh i was gunnna do wet sanding but this is just a practice.. i will get a new set of headlight later and make a sick looking one.
* i like carbons. =)
and i live in ridgefield.
* i like carbons. =)
and i live in ridgefield.
If I didn't give a crap about these guys, I wouldn't post what I posted. I've seen ton's of people make this mistake, including other companies that use silicone to seal the lights. Silicone does not melt in the temperature you use to open the headlight, so if you seal the headlight with silicone, you'll have a hard time opening the light, which will result in you having a hard time sealing it because all that silicone gets all over the place and doesn't exactly come off, giving you an uneven seal and then you have condensation problems. Trust me dude, I've been doing headlights for 4 years, and using silicone is a no no... I've seen a company that installed Angel Rings on a G37 somewhere in CA, and they used silicone to seal the guys headlight, which releases gases... gases from the silicone get in the headlight and put a coat of misty substance on the lens, making you think your lights are condenstated. Trust me dude, I've seen it all, and I personally had to repair lights that were sealed with silicon that had condensation issues. I'm speaking from experience, not out of my a$$... no way was I trying to put these guys down, let them do it themselves, just do it correctly so you won't end up having to replacing a $1000 set of headlight.
Best way to seal up your lights is to use a windshield seal called buytl, looks like this:
Best way to seal up your lights is to use a windshield seal called buytl, looks like this:
And you did exactly that
Side note for whoever interested, I've opened many sets of lights that have been sealed by silicone (in perfect condition, no condensation). Like I said, if you know how, it is extremely easy and painless to do. The ones I worked with, and possibly others, does not get gooey and messy in heat, very easy to separate and remove.
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Last edited by ucla bruin; Aug 3, 2009 at 01:35 PM.
Did you mean painful or painless? 
Side note for whoever interested, I've opened many sets of lights that have been sealed by silicone (in perfect condition, no condensation). Like I said, if you know how, it is extremely easy and painful to do. The ones I worked with, and possibly others, does not get gooey and messy in heat, very easy to separate and remove.
Haha, I meant PAINLESS. Sorry about that. Will edit original post.
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What's unfortunate is nostalgia85 tried to polish the inside of the lens covers and screwed them up. Now he had to try and find replacements. I think I will have 180Custom do mine if I decide to modify my lights.
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oh it's not about headlight housing. i thgouht removing chip stones and scratches on the headlights were easy, but thats what i messed up, other than that it's not bad, hiram abiff already saw my modded headlights before it got scratches.
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they looked good nostalgia,..im buzzed and when u said "hiram abiff alreasy saw my....." i was like whoa, WTF,..and then i realized u were talking about me,.but do a search for hiram abiff, see what pops up...
