The best way?

[slickemhoundd]

Im goin to go about the same way as 93' Blue on blue on the headlights for the gen2 but my biggest question is what is the BEST stuff to use to clean gen2 lenses? No scratches or odd coloration. And as far as the rechrome what materials should i use that will withstand the heat?

(93' Blue on blue if you read this turn your project into profit, no way you couldnt get retarted amounts of business!! Great job )

 

[Aquabrit]

Sup Slickem! If your lenses aren't scratched or discolored then just give em a good buff with a plastic polish. (i used that Plast X, but anything like that would do) That Trimbrite Chromebrite withstands the heat just fine - even better on a gen 2 housing, cos its alot bigger. Jamie told me that bigger rolls of the stuff are available, for a seamless look, but you may have to pre order them, or get it through him. If you aren't too bothered, then 3-4 standard rolls will do the trick. (from Advance auto, or wherever you can find it)

Thanks for the compliment slickem! No doubt i could do some housings, trouble is, for the amount of time it takes to do a good job, would hardly be worth it for the $$! Lol.

Anyway, get your supplies together and take your time with them - the longer you spend cutting off the lenses and making the chrome pieces nice, the better the final look!

 

[slickemhoundd]

Sup Slickem! If your lenses aren't scratched or discolored then just give em a good buff with a plastic polish. (i used that Plast X, but anything like that would do) That Trimbrite Chromebrite withstands the heat just fine - even better on a gen 2 housing, cos its alot bigger. Jamie told me that bigger rolls of the stuff are available, for a seamless look, but you may have to pre order them, or get it through him. If you aren't too bothered, then 3-4 standard rolls will do the trick. (from Advance auto, or wherever you can find it)

Thanks for the compliment slickem! No doubt i could do some housings, trouble is, for the amount of time it takes to do a good job, would hardly be worth it for the $$! Lol.

Anyway, get your supplies together and take your time with them - the longer you spend cutting off the lenses and making the chrome pieces nice, the better the final look!

About how long did it take you?

 

[Aquabrit]

Hehehe, i did it over a LONG time, mainly cos i was doing other stuff too. (re painting a spare grille and fitting etc.) If i were to break it down, i would say 2 hours cutting the lenses off, 1 hour polishing and filing them, 1 hour prepping the housings, 8 hours making templates and cutting chrome, 2 hours sticking in the chrome - and then the housings were left for 8 hours while the glue cured. Realistically, give yourself a weekend to do it.

 

[slickemhoundd]

Hehehe, i did it over a LONG time, mainly cos i was doing other stuff too. (re painting a spare grille and fitting etc.) If i were to break it down, i would say 2 hours cutting the lenses off, 1 hour polishing and filing them, 1 hour prepping the housings, 8 hours making templates and cutting chrome, 2 hours sticking in the chrome - and then the housings were left for 8 hours while the glue cured. Realistically, give yourself a weekend to do it.

wow!! I figureed it would be a while but wooo whooo was i off by a long shot, i gess it would definatly be worth it tho thanks again and once again great job

 

[The Rev]

i just picked up a pretty solid condition gen 1 drivers side housing for 25 bucks on ebay. I run my hids in the highbeams anyway, theres a little bit of a loss of reflective coating on mine and dont feel like hacking it open

 

[BAD97LSC]

thats horrible to use your hid's in the high beam side, you are losing light anyway, there is no refractor so give your light a directed beam, using hid's in a high beam side just throws a ton of light all over the place and not to mention how bad you must be blasting oncoming traffic. you better hope you never head oncoming with a cop, because they'll nail you right away. i dont get into all that negative talk about non dot approved hid kits in stock housings and blah blah blah, but i do have to say that running your hid's in the high beam is not only a waste of light, but very dangerous to oncoming traffic.