doing whistler mod, need help!
doing whistler mod, need help! did one of the headlights but i cant take off the other headlight, i turn the bolt but it keeps turning in place.
so the bolt wont come off, what do i do?
also is there an easier way to take off the lens?
it took me a while and tore some pieces off in the process...
so the bolt wont come off, what do i do?
also is there an easier way to take off the lens?
it took me a while and tore some pieces off in the process...
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umm...grab the bolt that is turning and turn it the opposite direction of the nut. then you might not have gotton the glass hot enough. mine came off very easy and i just took my time and didn't crack anything.
I can't really help with the bolt issue but if it is tough to seperate the lens from the housing put the oven on 225 and leave it in a lot longer. On the first set a did (from a 98) it look almost an hour at 225 to get the sealent loose enough to be able to pry the lens off. On my second set (from an 02) it only took 30 minutes at 225. I think the older the headlight the more time you need to leave it in. Once you get an end loose the rest should pry apart fairly easily. I put a small crack in my housing the first set I did a set but I just sealed it back up with some RTV and it seems fine.
the bolt to take off the other headlight, the 10mm one...
i put the other headlight in the oven and it came out awesome, just need a lil practice i guess. but it seems like the thread might be messed up and the bolt is stuck, im not sure..
i put the other headlight in the oven and it came out awesome, just need a lil practice i guess. but it seems like the thread might be messed up and the bolt is stuck, im not sure..
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hey i had same prob, my driver side, its that brass nut that is in the plastic right? the only thing i came up with was taking a soldering iron to the plastic around the edges and then got some vice grips and held the brass nut and got it loose. once you break the threads on the outside of that brass loose with the plastic, there is no hope of it sticking back up, mine are off right now as im doing the whistler mod too. im going to take the brass nut out and seat it again with some jb weld and see if that holds. good luck
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Verdad Gallardo yeah, thats exactly it, unfortunately i left it like that for now.
so im driving with a 1 sided whistler mod
it was a sumbitch to get that thing aligned back in though, well mostly cuz of the weather stripping.
so im driving with a 1 sided whistler mod
it was a sumbitch to get that thing aligned back in though, well mostly cuz of the weather stripping.