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09-12-2002, 04:51 PM
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Custom Black Housing Corners
Okay, got a question...
On my OEM corner lenses, a long time ago, I popped the lenses of using a heat gun and painted the chrome housing under the clear part of the lens black. Unfortunately, I cracked the shit out of the lenses in the process of popping them off... So, I bought another set of OEM corners and did the same thing. This time, I was able to pop them off without cracking the lenses, but I did melt the mounting bracket a bit so it was mishapen (no big deal, just had to get creative to mount them). The problem was that when I put the lenses back on the housings, I used hot glue. When the weather got hot, the lenses on both sides came off while I was driving. So, I've been driving around without corner lenses for a while. I bought another set of OEM corners, and on the first one I tried to pop the lense off, I cracked it into pieces... Does anyone know of a better way to go about this? I know that CZ-R used a dremel and cut the housing from the back and glued that back together, but I'm hoping someone has a better method for popping the lenses off... I'm tired of paying for corner lenses ($26 each side with new bulbs), and I don't wanna get pulled over for not having lenses. The bulbs still work and all, but it looks mad gay with the rest of my car.
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09-12-2002, 05:39 PM
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There was another guy that put his headlights in the oven. U could try that but I would suggest leaving the door open & watching it closely.
By the way, now that u did some installing ur gonna have 2 update ur list in ur sig.  Good luck on ur corners.... ur car is nice.
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09-12-2002, 06:40 PM
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I've ordered 3 sets of clears before. One place sent me clears for a 90 teg, and the other two never showed up... So screw it. I've spent WAY too much on my corner lenses...
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09-12-2002, 06:42 PM
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try ordering clears from Autodynamic.com that's where I got mine. The people r great and they only cost $12.
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09-12-2002, 06:44 PM
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That's one of the places I ordered from... They were good when I ordered my projectors from them. Just haven't gotten around to bitching at them about my corners... ARGH.
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09-13-2002, 01:07 AM
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yo ci5ic.. man why dont u get clear corners.. then paint them black... that would look wayyyy more dope then the facotry ones man.. u really should give it a shot.. well thats what im gunna try to do (headlights too) (hopefully soon)... and im gunna go the oven way and the dremel.... or take a reeealll long time with a good ole little steak knife
 .. haha... well ill ttyl sackster
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09-13-2002, 02:50 AM
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09-13-2002, 07:25 AM
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Does the black still reflect light?
So...how are the reflective quality of the black painted corners? Do they still reflect light well enough at night ?
I currently have the $15 APC clear corners with amber bulbs...That works OK, but if I went to the black projector headlights (which look awesome on your car ci5ic) I would want to do the black to the corners too..even now they are too "bright" and chromey compared to the stock lights. Thanks 
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09-17-2004, 05:29 PM
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Re: Custom Black Housing Corners
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EHY DONT YOU BUY THE BLACK HOUSING ONES OFF EBAY?...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33708 |
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09-17-2004, 05:32 PM
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Re: Custom Black Housing Corners
holy crap.... nothing like throwin in ur 2 cents 2yrs and 4days later
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09-17-2004, 05:47 PM
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Re: Custom Black Housing Corners
lol sorry bout thati didnt realize how late i was.
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09-17-2004, 09:05 PM
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Re: Re: Custom Black Housing Corners
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09-17-2004, 09:44 PM
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Re: Re: Custom Black Housing Corners
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Melt who the hell is Melt LMFAO .
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09-17-2004, 09:53 PM
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Re: Custom Black Housing Corners
holy old thread batman, when this was posted they didnt offer black ones yet....
*click*
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