takin off my headlights

**|N|** · 08-09-2004 01:08 AM

i think quite a few ppl done this... just wonderin if anyone could tell me all the steps to do so.. i m gonna do the CTR headlights... so any help ll be much appreciated...thx...by the way.. its 99'EK

**fried** · 08-09-2004 01:16 AM

taking it off shouldnt be too hard.

the problem comes when u have to *bake* ur headlight housing i think.

someone who's done this might wanna shed some light.

**|N|** · 08-09-2004 01:22 AM

yea ... anyone pls??? like is there anything i need to pay special attention to??

**egSi** · 08-09-2004 07:22 AM

wtf your doin my idea? cool man.

pm apexi he did his old ek sedan, lookd shit hot

**SPEEDCORE** · 08-09-2004 09:30 AM

Don't bake, risk of burning plastic if you aint careful..... use steam!

**Kit** · 08-09-2004 07:00 PM

with regards to taking off your headlights, its a 2 stage process:

Front bumper removal (from memory, its been a while now):
- Remove the front grill
- Remove the two screws in the front wheel arches
- Remove the 3 screws on the bottom of the bumper

Headlight assembly removal (once again, from memory):
- Just remove the screws holding the headlight, its about 3 screws i think.
- slight out the headlight assembly

**saboteur** · 08-09-2004 08:36 PM

Don't forget to take out the lights themselves and the rubber things on the back too. Just to make sure

I used high temp paint and I'm happy with my results. The steam option might be a better way to go but I baked mine. Just use a cool tray (like don't leave it in the oven while it's warming up).

**A'PEXi** · 08-09-2004 09:53 PM

with regards to the thread you posted about diy ctr headlights, ive done a writeup and posted the link in ur other thread.

**civic_99** · 08-09-2004 10:43 PM

it'll look good on ur white car...

**civic_99** · 08-09-2004 10:49 PM

taking the headlights off.. screws fron the wheel arch 1 each. and just find 4 more screws just under the front bar and about 8 black round clips for the grille just hook it out dont brake the clips. and i think 3 screws for the headlight plus 2 screws for that metal thingy thats just under the h/light i think its just to support it from falling off.. u must take that off otherwise u wont be able to pull it out.

**forensics** · 08-09-2004 11:12 PM

ive done it to my car.. its pretty easy..
looks good as welll..
only problem you might have is when your baking it, if the glue is too hot youll cook it, if it isnt, then when you pull it, it will snap