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VTec1987
20-04-2009, 04:58 PM
Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

Geniune ITR 98 spec
http://i6.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/26/4d/f74b_1.JPG

My SIR-G headlight

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/Pic1.jpg

I bought Integra SIR-G nose for my mate to do a JDM ITR conversion, only thing different about headlights is the housing, SIR-G is chrome and ITR 96 spec is black

AIM: Create a copy of JDM ITR 96 spec headlight

TOOLS:
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/pic2.jpg

STEPS

Remove the silver clips from the head lights, there is 4 of them

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/pic3.jpg

Now starting from the corner of the headlight, start heating it using the heat gun and work your way down

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/pic4.jpg

Tape up the area that don’t need painting

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/pic5.jpg

Now spray the black paint, after finish painting, remove tape asap, longer you leave it harder for it to come off

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/pic6.jpg

Assemble everything back together, head gun around the glue (front plastic cover and headlight housing), push it both together as close as you can, then I use a clamp to clam up the area that needs to be pushed in closer. Head gun the area that is clamp, leave for a few seconds then take it off

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/pic7.jpg
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/pic8.jpg
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/pic9.jpg

Before
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/Pic1.jpg

After
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/pic10.jpg
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/pic11.jpg

Picture of the lights on the car
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd14/Phuong44464/JDMfrontteg.jpg

Don't know why the pics go up side down when i uploaded it, this is my first DIY thread so if you guys think its worth a rep point, feel free to rep me
SiReal
20-04-2009, 05:23 PM
very nice, can i just say that if u have an oven, this will accelerate the process by up to 2 hours.

also best to have used high temp paint, as i've heard the standard stuff will fade over time. haerd, but not seen.

looks good nonetheless
votek
20-04-2009, 05:33 PM
well done. good stuff
VTec1987
20-04-2009, 05:42 PM
i didnt want to risk melting the headlights, it then will cost me heaps to get another, rather be safe then sorry
SiReal
20-04-2009, 05:49 PM
i didnt want to risk melting the headlights, it then will cost me heaps to get another, rather be safe then sorry

ah very true, considering they are quite rare. good reasoning indeed. :thumbsup:
na-118
20-04-2009, 10:38 PM
good diy mate rep point for you
VTec1987
21-04-2009, 10:08 AM
thanks guys
VTec1987
14-06-2009, 08:24 PM
pics on the diy jdm itr headlight on the car
Jokkahk
16-06-2009, 05:15 PM
how long did it take to use the heat gun ?
VTec1987
16-06-2009, 05:55 PM
not that long, 5 mintues max for each headlights
If u apply heat at the right place then it shouldnt take too long
beeza
16-06-2009, 06:00 PM
Well Done!!

Looks Great!!
KaZe86
16-06-2009, 06:16 PM
they turned out very nice indeed looks tops!! and nice diy thread :thumbsup:

but i think you kinda killed the whole light where the seal is its all mauled! i think anyone that wants to do this use a oven its the best way takes a bit longer depending on how your headlights are but it will seal up like brand new dont leave the oven on! and you wont melt your headlights just heat it up then turn it off wrap your headlights in a bath towel and chuck them in just open them slowly and bit by bit.

paint it with high temp also when u re seal them do the same put them back in the oven so it gets heated up and the place them together rather using a metal clamp like that one use one of those long rubber ones then clamp the whole headlight and re do it till its tight so the edges will be perfect! me,viet and a couple other done it last time on our old cars which was a sportivo and a celica turned out great and also viet done it to his s2k atm

either way mate good work!
VTec1987
16-06-2009, 06:23 PM
Yeh i turned out not bad with the heat gun, it was my first time so it looked abit crappy, didnt want to risk melting the headlight in the oven.

I used the same procedure in my gf corolla 06 and it lookz 100% legit, didnt even look lyk it was open

Good thing about using head gun is you can apply heat on the area u want instead of heating up the whole thing
KaZe86
16-06-2009, 06:52 PM
Yeh i turned out not bad with the heat gun, it was my first time so it looked abit crappy, didnt want to risk melting the headlight in the oven.

I used the same procedure in my gf corolla 06 and it lookz 100% legit, didnt even look lyk it was open

Good thing about using head gun is you can apply heat on the area u want instead of heating up the whole thing

well fair enough but yeah hows the seal but? any fog or moisture in there? had mine for 4 years almost no cracking or fading and never moisture
VTec1987
16-06-2009, 07:49 PM
no fogs or moisture
Jokkahk
16-06-2009, 08:24 PM
not that long, 5 mintues max for each headlights
If u apply heat at the right place then it shouldnt take too long

thanks ! :D
xQuizit
21-06-2009, 08:44 PM
damn turned out mint. nice write up
na-118
21-06-2009, 11:50 PM
how long it take you to do the whole thing mate?
VTec1987
22-06-2009, 09:19 PM
lol.. i cant remember bro, wasnt that long to be honest
i took my time cos i wana do it properly
dekhere
05-08-2012, 07:10 AM
Nice DIY !