I bought a pair of factory head lights to work on. I already have had the eBay Black housing / clear lens head lights on my car for a while now, which I will be using now for the clear lens from these units to my factory units.
The more I look at the factory head lights the more I like the subtleness, so this is just another retrofit that has been done before on Club Lexus, but now I am giving it a go.
I have already had a crack at sanding down the factory lenses on another occasion, but got over that quickly.
The factory chrome housing I have painted matt Black. Now it's just a matter of getting the clear eBay lens to fit as I have heard they do not fit 100%. I will hopefully get the chance to pull apart the aftermarket lights tonight.
Friday, August 06, 2010 - 06:43 pm, by: David Grima(Maltezr)
Michael I'm thinking of cracking open a spare set of lights I have and painting the housing in matt black and also removing the amber dome for the indicator bulb. Can you post some pics of yours?
Saturday, August 07, 2010 - 10:56 am, by: David Grima(Maltezr)
Michael looks good in Matt black mate, will look great when you put the clear lenses on. I see that you have taken off the amber dome as well. I know that glue is a bastard to get off hey! I might go ahead and start mine tomorrow!! cheers for the pic. Can you post up another one when you totally complete it with the lenses on.
Cheers David, I was happy with the result as it matches the aftermarket Black housing high beams I have fitted as well perfectly. And the amber dome was the first thing that went ha ha.
I am really hoping I have the time one week night this week to remove the clear lenses off & try to fit them before the nights end, otherwise I'll just pull a sickie if it takes longer than I expect if I come across any fitment problems.
Post up some pics also of yours when you are done mate !
Jose, at the moment I will still be using the factory projectors, until I jump on eBay & have a search around for some HID-specific projectors that are a good replacement.
Here it is. One completed so far. I fitted the head light back on the car & set up my HID's while I was at it, & sh*t what a difference, the angel eyes attached to the aftermarket head lights that sit around the projector block all light output ( well at least on mine ), so no wonder why I haven't been able to see at night for months. After comparing light output against a wall.
Visually compared to the design of the aftermarket housing ( 3 holes for parkers, 1 hole for your main parker & another for the indicator ) I do like the design of the factory housing over the aftermarket due to it's simplicity, which is why I started this project in the first place.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 06:13 pm, by: Walter Gillmore(Cl33pa)
nice! ive just done this to my headlights as well. just minus the clear lens. for now. left the orange dome for the indicators in mine. i like the glow with the surround painted black.
Thanks guy's, it was a pain putting them back together & I could of done some cutting & trimming for the lens to fit 99% perfect, but I ran out of time ( doesn't help being my daily ! ). I'm sure they will leak a little, but in the end good results. I'll get some photo's of them installed as they are now tonight or the weekend.
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