Soarer Central: REPLACEMENT CLEAR HEAD LIGHT COVER

Soarer Central Bodywork and Exterior REPLACEMENT CLEAR HEAD LIGHT COVER

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Angus Shen
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Soarer TT

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Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 11:20 am, by: Angus Shen (Loveflies)

Joshua Rao wrote on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 05:54 pm:

very interesting Joshua
but i think the price still high?

Lawrence Ostle
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tt

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Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 12:40 pm, by: Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence)

Confucious say,'price tag forgotten long before new headlight loses its shine....'

Keenan Edinger
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 05:50 pm, by: Keenan Edinger (Keenan585)

Sounds good Josh, has anyone contacted the seller regarding a group buy? Or maybe I could just get a container of them over here myself!

Lawrence Ostle
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Friday, January 11, 2008 - 08:48 am, by: Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence)

Mine are on their way!

I wonder how many members have bought a set...?

Gary Redman
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Friday, January 11, 2008 - 12:52 pm, by: Gary Redman (Gary)

OK, you talked me into it. I just ordered a set off ebay. Mine are so yellow I have to change them.Tried wet and dry and plastic polish but when they really turn to crap, they stay that way.

Daniel Renahan
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V8

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Friday, January 11, 2008 - 02:43 pm, by: Daniel Renahan (Liasis35)

These look ten times better than the altezza style ones you can buy on ebay and its keeping them OEM aswell!!! plus thinking i might ad some halo rings to the projectors to bring them right up to date

Lawrence Ostle
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 12:51 pm, by: Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence)

Mine arrived yesterday, and I am quite impressed, transport was quick the quality and fit seem good.

SO, I had a spare set of lights, and installed the passenger side cover with no problem, looks really good. HOWEVER (and I don't know whether to laugh or cry) disaster strikes!! In between baking the passenger and drivers side headlight, my wife cranked up the oven temperature to 180 degrees without me noticing.

SO, now my (thankfully) spare drivers side headlight looks like the &*^*! elephant man....

She felt REALLY bad, and thought that she'd just transformed my actual headlight (not a spare) to a lump of useless molten plastic.

Oh well - moral of the story - CHECK THE TEMPERATURE!!!!

Jose-Antonio Castillo
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 03:38 pm, by: Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer)

LOL that's what I'm scared of hahahaha what temperature did you do to pull them apart? 9mins @ 150C did the trick for me and it's worked a charm about 4 times now

Evan Kaio
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 04:10 pm, by: Evan Kaio (Knave)

110 deg C 10 minutes on fan bake.Sit the light fitting up on a piece of wood.

Lawrence Ostle
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 05:03 pm, by: Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence)

150C fan setting for 5-6 minutes worked fine.

Use a pair of oven gloves and pull gently apart.

I couldn't understand why the lights were melted at first, so I went back into the kitchen and checked the dial - sure enough 180C....sh!t

Jose-Antonio Castillo
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 06:38 pm, by: Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer)

At least it was the spare hahah all you can do is sit back and have a quiet giggle of relief

Mike Thomas
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Monday, March 31, 2008 - 05:26 pm, by: Mike Thomas (Petcanizzle)

friggin awesome, sure beats sanding and polishing the insides of the oem lenses.

Tobias Trinks
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 08:56 am, by: Tobias Trinks (Toby)

Hey, does anybody still has the email of that seller? I searched for the username on ebay, but can't find him...

James Harris
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 05:01 pm, by: James Harris (Haro)

I really do like this look. But i wouldnt have the balls to try and do them myself.....

Here is a current link to them

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOYOTA-SOARER-REPLACEMENT-CLEAR-HEAD-LIGHT-COVER_W0QQitemZ250262871863QQihZ01 5QQcategoryZ42613QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Vic Olbromski
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 08:03 pm, by: Vic Olbromski (Conrad)

These do look awesome. I'd buy a pair if I hadn't already spent days wet sanding and polishing my current lights.

Tobias Trinks
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 06:45 am, by: Tobias Trinks (Toby)

Thanks for the link...

Mike Thomas
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Friday, July 25, 2008 - 08:03 am, by: Mike Thomas (Petcanizzle)

i just got mine, and HID kit for the low beams...
im gonna get started on an install tonight

let u know how it goes..
mister underwood there looks pretty pro! hope it comes out as well.

Mike Thomas
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Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:33 pm, by: Mike Thomas (Petcanizzle)

ok these lenses are NOT as advertised, yes theyre gorgeous but putting them on is nowhere near as simple as instructed.

holy crap.

Vanessa Espinosa
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 09:41 am, by: Vanessa Espinosa (Messy)

the price seems quite high - given you also have to replace them on the old light fitting.
Does the polishing really not work? Or are you still left with little swirles?
I am wanting to give it a go, but dont want to run the risk of ruining them or going to all that effort when the results arent that great.

Matt Petersen
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 03:53 pm, by: Matt Petersen (Mattmannz)

What problems fitting are you having Mike?

Matt.

Jason Munro
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Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 01:23 am, by: Jason Munro (Jason_munro)

i too am considering these, but i am concerned that i would go to all the trouble of buying, and fitting them, only to have them leak again.
i really like the look of them however. prefer these to the other style lights out there too.

anyone know what a new factory set (from Mr T) is worth ?

Jason.

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