I've went through the DIY's and I have them bookmarked and I'll be looking at them during the process, but I'm still scared of ****ing up

Any tips or tricks that I should know of? Like... Should I go vertical (stand on the side and go horizontal) or horizontal to the headlight? Tips to squeezing into the tiny crevices with sanding tools? Baking tips? Anything extra that the DIY's might have missed would be nice.

Please and thank you.

 

Only thing I can add is DO NOT clean the inside of the lenses with anything but a clean micro fiber. They are tinted with a film and will haze up if you try to use a cleaner on them. Just take them off and put them aside until they are ready to go back on. Have fun and good luck.

 

Edit: (I got the harness off, thanks 4DGS, but now new problem)

How the **** do I unscrew the HID ballast? x_x

 

^ slotted screw driver, pushing into the button portion and push it away from you, it should come loose and wiggle out. There's a rubber gasket in there that make it hell coming a part the first time.

As for tips, go hotter. 225 degrees for 10 minutes is pretty much perfect.

You don't need to sand the garbage out of them, just use the right paint.

 

+1 but take your time.

 

I ran low on time last night so I just took it out of the oven (only sat in there for a few seconds) and put everythign back on the car... which took me WAY too long ... Those Styrofoam pieces that were in the bumper near the two vents... WHAT THE ****? Can I just chuck those? =.= They caused me so much trouble putting the bumper back on. They're not important, right?

 

They support the bumper. Take them out you may get warping/sagging

As far as doing the headlights... just do them. Its not that daugnting of a task. Just time consuming. And like said about DONT touch the inside of the lenses!

And its not gonna be a 2 hour project... I did mine over a span of 3 days.

 

Well, had to be here at work at 9am, just to be here... That's the only reason I didn't stay up all night doing my headlights. I went outside and took my bumper off again just to look around at why I had trouble putting it back on (yes I did this at work xd). Put the two styrofoams aside and popped the bumper back on. It was a lot easier, but I'll practice some more with keeping the styrofoam in place I guess. My bumper is all ****ed up anyway ('cause I let someone borrow it for a night).

I was expecting to just be sanding for an hour or two, but I had a lot of trouble with things like the headlight harness, HID Ballast (tried finding a piece to remove the lid, then realized I could just take the whole thing off...) and some other newb stuff... >___>

Thanks to everyone so far . Will work faster tonight when I take out the headlights since I know how to take everything out now.

 

get ready to have some sore finger tips the next day lol

 

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