If there was any kind of oil/grease on the lens when you sprayed them, that's gonna be a problem down the road. Start the clock until you start to see some peeling. 
This will be a good lesson for other members in the future. 
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If there was any kind of oil/grease on the lens when you sprayed them, that's gonna be a problem down the road. Start the clock until you start to see some peeling. This will be a good lesson for other members in the future.
Way too many factors play in. Weather, temperatures, frequency/duration of your drives, road debris (bug guts/rock chips), and whether or not there was any type of oils/chemicals/wax on the headlights to begin with. Just have to wait and see what happens.
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So, how "should" you clean them" Head lights, tails, mirror turn etc...? It soap and water doesn't work, what does?
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Sanding with a 2000grit sand paper makes a big difference!!! Does not seem like much but makes the head light much smoother and helps hold the paint pretty good!! And then your clear will protect the light from there! But if you want, but a set of halo projectors (I know you don't like halos) so open those up, disable the halos and Mr Smith mod them and paint the inside! Would look sick IMO
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ItsOnVoy said:Sanding with a 2000grit sand paper makes a big difference!!! Does not seem like much but makes the head light much smoother and helps hold the paint pretty good!! And then your clear will protect the light from there! But if you want, but a set of halo projectors (I know you don't like halos) so open those up, disable the halos and Mr Smith mod them and paint the inside! Would look sick IMO
I like the look of some halos. but the projectors have to be bright enough and i really dont have much experience with projectors.
(wear i live u need alot of light because of lack of street lights, and curvy roads.)
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YOUNG said:Highbeams stay on out here, the most dangerest thing out here is when someone forgets to turn them off and your coming around a curve and can see S***
Yeah I have had to deal with people like that also!! That is why I show them my quad beams
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ItsOnVoy said:: lets see some day time shots of the blinkerslol
You probably won't see much lol I did VHT on my outside mirror signals...can't even tell they are signals during the day
Oh and mine only have 3 coats of niteshade....I'm to much of a
to do my head lights or tails. I would rather have someone else mess them up for me lol And switchbacks are badass. I plan on possibly doing them in my truck...one day.But they do look good, so good Job!!
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ItsOnVoy said:
night shots are one thing, lets see some day time shots of the blinkers
ummm people were asking for night shots so i posted those, and day shots ehhhh well lets just say my state doesnt require blinkers to be used! ha.
i know, not as safe. but ill be upgrading the light by time summer comes as i dont drive alot now.
Voymom said:SOON
Like when you decide to take a road trip here to Iowa and do them for me soon?
Let me respond to that with a question, "How many hubby's does it take to replace a turn signal light bulb?" 
Young, are those stock turn signal bulbs?
If they are, I bet you know what I'm gonna say next!!
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Blckshdw said:
It's not switching the lights that I'm worried about...it's the wiring. I seen pictures of your LED's being soldered in the cluster panel and have to take a xanax from the anxiety I get lol I just know if I try doing something like that I'm going to screw it all up. Hell I damn near had a heart attack niteshading my mirror signals
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YOUNG run away before Carlton makes you end up.....
Then you spend your last dollar on this
One for each LED on the switchback? haha
Then you spend your last dollar on this
Blckshdw said:
One for each LED on the switchback? haha
Voymom said:It's not switching the lights that I'm worried about...it's the wiring. I seen pictures of your LED's being soldered in the cluster panel and have to take a xanax from the anxiety I get lol I just know if I try doing something like that I'm going to screw it all up. Hell I damn near had a heart attack niteshading my mirror signals
Well, you can relax a lil bit, since the switchbacks are actual bulbs, that pop right into your existing sockets. Only wiring (possibly) would be adding load resistors. A plug and play alternative to that, is replacing the flasher module which is just above and to the left of the brake pedal, with an LED flasher module. I went with the module swap, took about 5 minutes. Hardest part was contorting the right way to be able to look upwards under the dash from the floor. For someone vertically challenged, it might be a lil easier
We'll talk about cluster and other interior device modding later
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Hey now, I know I'm not the only one who's been feeding LED mod bugs around here!
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Blckshdw said:Well, you can relax a lil bit, since the switchbacks are actual bulbs, that pop right into your existing sockets. Only wiring (possibly) would be adding load resistors. A plug and play alternative to that, is replacing the flasher module which is just above and to the left of the brake pedal, with an LED flasher module. I went with the module swap, took about 5 minutes. Hardest part was contorting the right way to be able to look upwards under the dash from the floor. For someone vertically challenged, it might be a lil easier
so if i add switbacks i will forsure need a flasher module? as im not into messing with the wiring too much.
And you try to talk about me Sam? 
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ItsOnVoy said:
Might as well help him if he is already convinced loll
i hope your buying them for me!
i currently have to save any money i can for my senior trip to Germany this year, so i cant do any mods that cost any $$$ really.
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Okay I jumped out and tinted my headlights now I need help. The tint I used was VHT and it made the head and fog light plastic look like they were cracking. Like glass does right before it breaks. I am confused at why this happened. I had the tail-lights done with the same product and the same way and they didn't turn out like that. Does anybody have any suggestions on how I could do it to make it look better. By-the-Way- I water sanded them then sprayed them with coats, then glosses them with coats, water sanded again lightly, and then waxed them.
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I will have to post pictures tomorrow when it is daylight. I need direct instructions on how to tint the headlights, foglights, and tail-lights to make them look smoked. I guess I took it a little far with the tint. IT IS DARK!!! the HID's don't even put out good light. So what I am asking is can someone give me removal directions and reapplying directions. My tail-lights are perfect just a little to dark, but they didn't crack. I thank you all in advance for your help.
1.Is VHT spray tint OK to smoke them with?
2.How do I keep them from cracking?
3.How do I fix the already cracked look of the headlight and foglights for the next time?
4.Do I need to be in an warm environment
5.How do I remove them without causing more damage
1.Is VHT spray tint OK to smoke them with?
2.How do I keep them from cracking?
3.How do I fix the already cracked look of the headlight and foglights for the next time?
4.Do I need to be in an warm environment
5.How do I remove them without causing more damage
