Headlight Modification.

[muzz]

hi guys and girls,

could some1point me in the right direction .i want to smoke my front lights(is200 by the way),take the orange indicators out(i think).but im wondering if you do it in the same way as i usually do,ie heatgun to warm up the sealent,metal bodger,spatula,spreader whatever you wanna call it to open them up,masking tape to mask up the areas you dont wanna paint.but what paint do i use,would it be rattle can black,or waterbased black and laquer over,or highgloss black,the last two are straight from a paint gun :duh: :duh: .tell ya the truth im pretty nervous about doin this on my new car,also shall i debadge the boot?there isnt no holles behind the badge is there?...all info appreciated :D

[sorted vti]

yeah headlight comes apart really easy. paint chrome trim. orange indicator lense falls out.

and theres no holes where the badges are.

[Unregistered_User]

Here you go matey, here's a topic from sorted vti himself ^^^

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...c=38906&hl=

How did you go on with this mate?

J

[sorted vti]

all was good mate. apart from the lenses on the lights are a bit worse for wear from stone chips. takes a little away from the effect. but still looks good. just need to polish the lens a bit.

rear lights next!!!

[Unregistered_User]

Brave :D

[Parthiban]

rear lights next!!!

Have you searched on here about doing the rears? I remember reading that the rears are an absolute nightmare to take apart - nowhere near as easy as the fronts

[lexus_tom]

hi guys and girls,

could some1point me in the right direction .i want to smoke my front lights(is200 by the way),take the orange indicators out(i think).but im wondering if you do it in the same way as i usually do,ie heatgun to warm up the sealent,metal bodger,spatula,spreader whatever you wanna call it to open them up,masking tape to mask up the areas you dont wanna paint.but what paint do i use,would it be rattle can black,or waterbased black and laquer over,or highgloss black,the last two are straight from a paint gun :duh: :duh: .tell ya the truth im pretty nervous about doin this on my new car,also shall i debadge the boot?there isnt no holles behind the badge is there?...all info appreciated :D

Alright mate, nice idea about the lights being sprayed. But dont debadge the boot, it will start to look like a chav mobile like the corsas, clios, fiestas and saxos out there that pimple faced teenagers drive thinking they look cool, when in actual fact they look proper burberry chavs (I do hope I didnt offend anyone) By all means get hold of a new black grill and keep the badge off that and put a red and black trd emblem on, that looks good.

[muzz]

hi guys and girls,

could some1point me in the right direction .i want to smoke my front lights(is200 by the way),take the orange indicators out(i think).but im wondering if you do it in the same way as i usually do,ie heatgun to warm up the sealent,metal bodger,spatula,spreader whatever you wanna call it to open them up,masking tape to mask up the areas you dont wanna paint.but what paint do i use,would it be rattle can black,or waterbased black and laquer over,or highgloss black,the last two are straight from a paint gun :duh: :duh: .tell ya the truth im pretty nervous about doin this on my new car,also shall i debadge the boot?there isnt no holles behind the badge is there?...all info appreciated :D

Alright mate, nice idea about the lights being sprayed. But dont debadge the boot, it will start to look like a chav mobile like the corsas, clios, fiestas and saxos out there that pimple faced teenagers drive thinking they look cool, when in actual fact they look proper burberry chavs (I do hope I didnt offend anyone) By all means get hold of a new black grill and keep the badge off that and put a red and black trd emblem on, that looks good.

alright lexus tom,i no what ya mean by the chav look and that,i was gonna leave the middle lex badge and take the others off.i dunno tho decisions decisions!!i will wait a couple of days see what others think.

Here you go matey, here's a topic from sorted vti himself ^^^

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...c=38906&hl=

How did you go on with this mate?

J

jammy gonna attemt it at the weekend(i think),so if i do it i will let you know how i get on.

i saw the link you put on for me above,so the actual chrome cluster comes away from the light then?.....

and could i not use the original sealant that is on already or would it just be better to scrape old sealer off and apply some new?sorry for all the questions mate.

[chandru]

can u post a pic of what you've done to the front headlights?

[muzz]

yeah headlight comes apart really easy. paint chrome trim. orange indicator lense falls out.

and theres no holes where the badges are.

thanks for that mate,you no your stuff i'll give ya that haha.do you think it will be chav if i debadge the boot by the way?

[Unregistered_User]

From what I've read it seems to be safer and wiser to remove the original sealant and then reseal them afterwards. Not too sure about the removal of the chrome but I'm sure someone else will.

Jamie

[CIJ]

yeah headlight comes apart really easy. paint chrome trim. orange indicator lense falls out.

and theres no holes where the badges are.

thanks for that mate,you no your stuff i'll give ya that haha.do you think it will be chav if i debadge the boot by the way?

Personally i dont think it looks chav, ive done it myself and only left the Sport badge on the front grill!! The back end looks spot on, and the day chavas start driving Lexus's is the day i start looking for another car!! Ive had that many looks from charvas wondering what the car is now its been debadged, also now ive removed them it saves the chavas pinching the badges!!

Chris

[Unregistered_User]

also now ive removed them it saves the chavas pinching the badges!!

Haha, I like that :D

J

[muzz]

yeah headlight comes apart really easy. paint chrome trim. orange indicator lense falls out.

and theres no holes where the badges are.

thanks for that mate,you no your stuff i'll give ya that haha.do you think it will be chav if i debadge the boot by the way?

Personally i dont think it looks chav, ive done it myself and only left the Sport badge on the front grill!! The back end looks spot on, and the day chavas start driving Lexus's is the day i start looking for another car!! Ive had that many looks from charvas wondering what the car is now its been debadged, also now ive removed them it saves the chavas pinching the badges!!

Chris

CLASS!!! Made me chuckle

[CIJ]

yeah headlight comes apart really easy. paint chrome trim. orange indicator lense falls out.

and theres no holes where the badges are.

thanks for that mate,you no your stuff i'll give ya that haha.do you think it will be chav if i debadge the boot by the way?

Personally i dont think it looks chav, ive done it myself and only left the Sport badge on the front grill!! The back end looks spot on, and the day chavas start driving Lexus's is the day i start looking for another car!! Ive had that many looks from charvas wondering what the car is now its been debadged, also now ive removed them it saves the chavas pinching the badges!!

Chris

CLASS!!! Made me chuckle

And i know what the charvas are like, im from the place they originated......Sunderland!! Oh yeah and its CHARVAS not chavs!!!

Sorry this is starting to go so theres your answer mate, debadge it, it dont look charva type!!

Chris

[sorted vti]

yeah the chrome pieces fall out when u open the light. when putting them back together, its easier if u put the surround that uve just painted, in the headlight lens and put it back like that.

well when i done mine i didnt manage to remove all the sealant, i got the bulky bits out and just used black sillicone sealant to seal them back up.

im sure the rears cant be to bad. il let u guys know when there done.

and post some pics when uve done ur lights!!!!

well ive debadged mine and left the L badge in the centre of the boot. i think it looks really good like that. un clutters the boot but still lets people know what ur driving if they dont know

[lexus_tom]

yeah headlight comes apart really easy. paint chrome trim. orange indicator lense falls out.

and theres no holes where the badges are.

thanks for that mate,you no your stuff i'll give ya that haha.do you think it will be chav if i debadge the boot by the way?

Personally i dont think it looks chav, ive done it myself and only left the Sport badge on the front grill!! The back end looks spot on, and the day chavas start driving Lexus's is the day i start looking for another car!! Ive had that many looks from charvas wondering what the car is now its been debadged, also now ive removed them it saves the chavas pinching the badges!!

Chris

Alright, let me apologise for my outrageous outburst at chavs or charvs as some like to call them. I had some little b*****ds snooping round my motor whilst I was playing football. I work my balls off for that and dont want some reprobate helping themselves, so I wasnt in the best frame of mind. If you debadge your motor and like it, its worth it. If you dont like it and go with my line of thought (chav mobile) you can put them back on, no harm done.

Tom

[Bazza]

im sure the rears cant be to bad. il let u guys know when there done.

im sure you might be wrong :o

been there done it

would i do it again .....no

have a spare set on standby

[Unregistered_User]

Seems like you did well on yours Bazza... what was so difficult? The separation / dismantling?

J

[Bazza]

Seems like you did well on yours Bazza... what was so difficult? The separation / dismantling?

J

the cutting of the lens

there is no easy seperation, you basically have to cut through it ;)

[g4crx]

The first free mod i did to my car was to debadge it :)

[sorted vti]

im sure the rears cant be to bad. il let u guys know when there done.

im sure you might be wrong :o

been there done it

would i do it again .....no

have a spare set on standby

whats so different about the rears to the front headlights?

only the same material holding them together isnt it?

btw sweet ride g4crx!!! do you have a crx out of intrest?

[g4crx]

btw sweet ride g4crx!!! do you have a crx out of intrest?

Yup had it for over 9 years now....

[vinokirk]

OH GDAM!!!! thats looks the dogs, iim a real crx fan! :D

Gleaming IS btw!

[sorted vti]

sorted. nice car

ive got a honda civic crx vti!!! mines a work in progress!! had it for around 5 years. still got lots to do tho!!

urs got the b16?