Dyer864 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Hi all ! Been thinking about this for a while, i have glass headlights at present on my 94 j-spec , which are around a year old and paid near on £300 . been debating to swap for facelift ones , the ones with the black and chrome etc, as it would go with the theme of my car better, which is mixture of silver and black !! How much do these go for in A1 condition or new ? Thinking of swapping or swap plus cash deal , but my supe is my daily driver, and work starts at 4:30am so headlights a must, can't think of another way of exchanging tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Save up for the Facelifts and take the glass lense and put onto the facelift's! Best of both worlds then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyer864 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 can that be done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzle Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 remove lenses, mask rings, spray interior, replace.. glass facelifts... Done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 It can be done or if your feeling confident then do what Fizzle said! would be cheaper to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyer864 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 How hard is it to remove glass lense, and when you put back together, do you need to seal headlight with anything ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 You have to bake the headlamps for a couple of minutes in your oven ( no joke) then the lense can be prized away then use sealant to re fix, not sure what type or sealant you use though mate! I'm pretty sure someone can tell you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Save up for the Facelifts and take the glass lense and put onto the facelift's! Best of both worlds then! can that be done this cant be done, the uk glass lights although they look the same, they are totally different in the construction including the chrome insides facelift and pre facelift have fully interchangable parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyer864 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 You have to bake the headlamps for a couple of minutes in your oven ( no joke) then the lense can be prized away then use sealant to re fix, not sure what type or sealant you use though mate! I'm pretty sure someone can tell you! Dont fancy putting my glass headlights in the oven , guarantee i'll F**k them up mate ! [OOPS][/OOPS] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 the other thing to bare in mind on uk lights is the painted border that the rubber trim sticks to, these always flake off causing the edge to look pretty rough, when i do uks i always strip off all the black paint and start from scratch, looks a million times better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 True you can't just swap UK glass lenses for the Jap plastic facelift lenses, not quite as simple as that though it has been done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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