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Old May 8, 2007 | 03:27 AM
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Default Where to buy cheap OEM Headlight Assembly?

I searched and only found these website who sell them quite expensive:

http://www.mcgeorgeparts.com
http://www.trdsparks.com
http://www.autopartswarehouse.com
http://www.partstrain.com

I'm not quite sure about www.autopartswarehouse.com and www.partstrain.com because they don't have an image of what they're selling. I'm a visual type of person.

I obviously don't want to get it from eBay.

Thanks!
Old May 8, 2007 | 03:30 AM
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trdsparks is pretty cheap if you tell me....

you try going to a dealership and asking how much they'll sell you them for.... now that's what expensive is.

otherwise.. check junkyards.
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I inquired at a famous junkyard around my area and the guy at the main entrance doesn't even know that Scion is a brand name of a car.

He said, "Duh, we have tons of cars in the lot...Mostly old ones... Duhh... just pay the entrance fee and see for yourself."

I checked 2 branches and ended up empty handed.
Old May 8, 2007 | 03:49 AM
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got mine for my retro brand spanking new on ebay for $90 shipped :D . you see alot of people selling them seperate with no bids. I asked one seller how much shipped for both and gave me that price!
Old May 8, 2007 | 03:53 AM
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^^ You got them new for only $90 shipped??!?! Now that's what I'm talking about! :D
Old May 8, 2007 | 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Jehoo
I inquired at a famous junkyard around my area and the guy at the main entrance doesn't even know that Scion is a brand name of a car.

He said, "Duh, we have tons of cars in the lot...Mostly old ones... Duhh... just pay the entrance fee and see for yourself."

I checked 2 branches and ended up empty handed.
how much was the entrance fee?
Old May 8, 2007 | 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by theblue
Originally Posted by Jehoo
I inquired at a famous junkyard around my area and the guy at the main entrance doesn't even know that Scion is a brand name of a car.

He said, "Duh, we have tons of cars in the lot...Mostly old ones... Duhh... just pay the entrance fee and see for yourself."

I checked 2 branches and ended up empty handed.
how much was the entrance fee?
One was about $3 and the other one was $5. What a waste of my time, gas, and 8 bux.
Old May 8, 2007 | 04:11 AM
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when u enter, are u free to take anything u want or do u still have to pay for it?
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^^ You still have to pay for the item you took at the exit.
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I have a set at home just chillin in my garage, some scratches on the drivers side but i was planning to bake them open like mine and clear the corners and black the eyelid
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^PM sent
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ebay isnt that horrible place to buy stuff, you just have to watch out for fakes, which are everywhere, but it makes me laugh at the fakeness! But you can get some pretty good stuff on ebay for a good price.
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I've been looking around and the cheapest I found is a place called Fellmer Motors. 866 881-0888. They sell aftermarket headlamps $99 each side. There aftermarket but they guy on the phone said there exact replica's
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the only OEM replicated aftermarket out there is probably Azno. Other than that, none of the aftermarket are OEM replicated. I tried the fitting before, they're not the same
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Originally Posted by tkdlance
I've been looking around and the cheapest I found is a place called Fellmer Motors. 866 881-0888. They sell aftermarket headlamps $99 each side. There aftermarket but they guy on the phone said there exact replica's
Do they have a website?

Noodle, how easy is it to bake open the headlights and putting them back together? I see that you've done retrofits 4 times now.
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I wanna get the J=Spec headlights!....theres NO blingy inside them...lol...I asked before how much are those things..No one answered me...*sad face*
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I actually did couple more retro. I just don't have images of them. If you want to open your headlights, bake them at 220 degrees for 20 mins. Some people prefer baking them at higher temp but shorter time. However, I like to play it safe. If you want to close them, bake them at 220 for 15 mins. Then, seal them up with silicone. Make sure you cover everything or you'll get fogs.
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Originally Posted by Noodle
I actually did couple more retro. I just don't have images of them. If you want to open your headlights, bake them at 220 degrees for 20 mins. Some people prefer baking them at higher temp but shorter time. However, I like to play it safe. If you want to close them, bake them at 220 for 15 mins. Then, seal them up with silicone. Make sure you cover everything or you'll get fogs.
When you close them, do you heat them up separately? Or is the assembly on top of the plastic lens? Then, after baking them at 220 for 15 mins, do I have to pull them out of the oven then squeeze them together and put the plastic lens back into place?

I'm thinking of just baking my headlights without buying replacement parts.
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Either way works. But closing them and then bake them is easiler.



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