2 hours?
how can 3 coats of primer, 3 coats of paint and 3 coats of lacquer to dry?
in the foglight one it suggest leaving the final coat of each one for 24 so at least 3 days

Dont have to be perfectly dry to put back in, if you wanna leave then do so but i done mine about a year ago and still in perfect condition!!

ok, is lacquer that important or not?
its not really gonna need protecting
and i just want them to look as dark as possible

would this work?
wanna make sure i wanna get the correct stuff :)

Anyone done a guide for doing this to mk1 headlights and indecators? Im guessing the internal chrome part on mk1 will just be a square for the headlights and then a small piece for the indicators?

Any black paint will do mate! Halfords is alright

I done my mk1 lights mate! pretty much them same process for doing th mk2 lights, as for the indicators it's better just to buy them smoked off ebay i paid about £9 for mine brandnew.

Bondie

just had a trial run getting them off and im really struggling
got all the bolts and bulbs off except the main one

the big one, inside the big grey rubber sock thing?
how do you get the bulb out the back?
didnt wanna pull too hard incase i snapped anything

thanks

just finshed mine thanks for the guide they look amazing.

I bought a spare set as I didn't wanna rush them, and the fact that I'm slow and lazy.

I masked of the recess for the indicator, figured it would work way better if that part wasn't colour coded.

I sprayed mine satin black, hopefully get them fitted if the rain holds off.

Cheers for the guide.

Thanks for the guide- I couldn't have done this without it!

Having said that- it's easier than it seems!

The finished product...


Thanks again...

Leave the rubber sock on, and just grab the black plastic square bit(?) and wriggle it off. They can be quite stubborn, so just stick at it!

Have fun...

anyone reccomend any glue to reseal them with?
i did it like a yearago and used some clear silicone type stuff but it wernt great and was messy!
im jus currently doing my ones off my vtr...
anyone reccomend a glue to use?

i just reheated both parts which softened the glue again, then put them back together with some insulation tape put round the keep it all tight.

other than that, try gripfill

really good guide. i was planning on doing mine black but the car is silver so not sure how they will look.

they will look great lad

Heres mine

lol i was hoping somebody would do that:P

cheers mate, your looks awesome btw:y:

no problem lad

cheers :)

Tried doing this tonight but gave up, when i tried getting the lense off with a knife the glue just seemed to be scraped out.

Should i just leave it in the oven longer to heat the glue more?
Worried incase i scrape it off and have no luck getting it back on.

Cheers, Andy

Do you put the glass back in the oven aswel as the headlight when re-heating to put them back together???

Just finished mine and re-fitting them now.. Broke the clips on the brows so i need to go down to the citreon garage to buy some, does anybody know how much these are? and are they the same clips as the door cards??

Also when i took one headlight out the bottom plastic bracket has snapped off so the headlight is only held on by the top 2 bolts as the one underneith isnt doing anything :( Nothing i can do about it without replacing the light and i cant be arsed splitting, painting and fitting a new light all over again haha. Should be fine :)

Great Guide!! Thanks
Danny

Would these look alright done on Posi Blue? :)

the should be m8 ;)
haven't saw a colour that they dont look good on :P

Look good on most cars tbh just make it look abit more subtle at the front

I meant would it look good spraying the headlight posi blue?

Get the impression you guys think I mean black/silver lights on posi blue car.

Great idea.... apart from the 'chrome' is designed to reflect the light that's why it's there d'oh!!

Well it passes an mot so no big issue.

As for colour coding the backing not really seen it before only silver and black

yeh but this way doesnt remove the chrome required to make them legal!

tbh never sen them done any other colour aprt from black! get someone to photoshop it, it could look pretty good!

great guide mite try this 2moz

im scared of breaking anything on mine lmao i know i will if i try doing it.
got the paint though (posi blue) as i colour coded my grille on monday.
pics soon

I tried this today, put the lights in the oven like directed, but the glue didnt melt. so i couldnt pull the lights apart.
can someone help me :)

just wondering the glue is white and looks quite messy is it possible to scrape this all off an reseal with something like black tigerseal which will be less notcieable

all im worried about is resealing it all..

when you come round to putting the painted install back in wont the glue cool and harden while your putting it all back together? Also is there enough glue that if you scrape a little out when taken em apart there is still gonna be enough to seal em back up? Or is some sort of silicone needed?

cheers

is it just me or are the indicator lenses different colours on that? is 1 yellowy and the other clear or 1 yellowy and the other 1 missing?

yh but i bet coppers wnt even notice when they go by, its just like tintin the back lights

nah dudes

it was because the wee clips on the lenses are pathetic and they just snapped so i has to go and butcher another set of lights to get a lense.

Its all good now cause i actually got round to changing the other faded one :y:

oh i see, how do you think they will look if the lense is smoked?

i'd say they would look fine but i prefer my clear ones :)

im in the middle of doing this, waiting for coats to dry.
doing them black on my posi blue furio.
everything going fine so far, was very scared it would go wrong.
glass lens came off fine for me, only needed 6 mins on preheated 150 degrees.
will upload pics later or tomorrow.

good guide m8 but i cant be bothered to av spares for the mot lol

thanks for the info really helps