DIY cutting headlights apart to remove orange reflector or paint

[scottrick]

Okay so I hate to be a tease (and not have any pics yet), but I have just finished cutting my headlights apart and I have painted the orange reflector black to match my tahoe. And I have a bunch of pictures along the way so that you all can see just how easy it is and how sweet it looks when done. Paint is drying now and then I will be putting it all back together and finishing my pictures for the DIY. Hope some of you are excited to see this thread come about

More to come...

 

[Modded]

I ahve Lamin-X smoekd sidemarkers, but this should be interesting!

 

[KMeloney]

So.. Where are the pics?! We need to see 'em! Get 'em up!

Thanks.

 

[tast101]

You gotta do a writeup for your fellow members with pics. I know there's a walk through for the silvy's on GMFS, but we need one over here.

 

[Nfamous60]

wow how long we gotta wait for the pic's????

 

[InTruckDesign]

Not as easy as the older lights where you can just bake them to soften the adhesive...the newer lights do need to be cut and it is fairly easy especially with a dremel...the hardest part of the whole process is resealing the lense to the housing..making sure there is enough sealant to prevent water and air leaks but not too much that it squeezes out and can be scene inside the light. As with the others...WE NEED PICS AND A WRITE UP!!!!

 

[scottrick]

sorry guys....i checked back a few days after my original post and i didnt see anybody getting excited. felt like i was doing this for nothing, so i kinda wrote this off my list of things to do. i have been really busy and havent checked back for about 2 weeks and i see there is a few people wanting to see the outcome.

so i will do my best to continue the write up with pics (i have like 100) by the end of the weekend.....

hope everyone has an awesome 4th of July!!!!!

 

[DwDrummer]

Look foward to seeing the pictures.

 

[yatch07]

waiting on the picture and the write up?

 

[BlackDenali]

sorry guys....i checked back a few days after my original post and i didnt see anybody getting excited. felt like i was doing this for nothing, so i kinda wrote this off my list of things to do. i have been really busy and havent checked back for about 2 weeks and i see there is a few people wanting to see the outcome.

so i will do my best to continue the write up with pics (i have like 100) by the end of the weekend.....

hope everyone has an awesome 4th of July!!!!!

 

[BlizzardX23]

ur a ****** douche...post the damn pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

 

[wmgood64]

pics please!!

 

[DwDrummer]

Love to see the final pictures and a posible how too!

 

[scottrick]

Hey guys I just wanted to apologize for the HUGE delay with the pics and updates. I was so stoked about this project that I let the cat out of the bag a little too early and I want to explain all but I need pics to have a good explanation. But until then, the long story short is that I am a hard core car enthusiast who does all my mods myself and this would definitely be rated a 9.5 out of 10 in the difficultly area. Didn’t turn out as planned (not happy unless it is perfect) and it did not turn out perfect.

Explanation and pics to follow sometime soon. for all of you brave enough to dive in as I did, I recommend you buy a trail headlight on ebay to have a trial run first. Its hard!!!!!!!

 

[yolo]

i bought a broken light on Ebay for $27 shipped. I will be practicing on that light.

 

[DwDrummer]

Hey guys I just wanted to apologize for the HUGE delay with the pics and updates. I was so stoked about this project that I let the cat out of the bag a little too early and I want to explain all but I need pics to have a good explanation. But until then, the long story short is that I am a hard core car enthusiast who does all my mods myself and this would definitely be rated a 9.5 out of 10 in the difficultly area. Didn’t turn out as planned (not happy unless it is perfect) and it did not turn out perfect.

Explanation and pics to follow sometime soon. for all of you brave enough to dive in as I did, I recommend you buy a trail headlight on ebay to have a trial run first. Its hard!!!!!!!

Thanks dude!

 

[itsspeeds]

Looks like there will be no pics!!! Sucks when you read all the way through a thread and come to a dead end!!