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Old Jul 3, 2004 | 01:39 PM
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I just finished clearing my turn signals in my headlight using the "beat the crap out of it with a hammer and screwdriver" method. I came out really nice. Now I just need to get me some chrome turn signal bulbs.
Old Jul 3, 2004 | 04:53 PM
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nicely done
Old Jul 3, 2004 | 08:02 PM
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Looking good. I was really scared at first but I said "what the hell" and did it anyway. It's very easy and I'm glad I did it now!

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Old Jul 3, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by rolex87
Looking good. I was really scared at first but I said "what the hell" and did it anyway. It's very easy and I'm glad I did it now!

Mike R.
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That what I was thinking also. I was going to do it the other day when I was doing my intake, but I had to finish up to go somewhere. This morning I said that I'd do it and I did. I wanted to see if I could take out the headlight without taking off the entire bumper and you can. If you take off your grill, undo the two screws under the grill and the push pin in the middle and the two screws by the tires, you can pull the bumper enough to get to the screws for the lights. That's what I did.
Old Jul 3, 2004 | 09:59 PM
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Looks good - I think the headlights look so much better cleared out.
Hit me up if you need some chrome 1157s, I have them in amber or superwhite.
Old Jul 4, 2004 | 07:19 AM
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I just cleared my corners tonight. Taking off the bumper was the easy part, but for me, shattering the reflector was the hard part. I must not have been hitting them in the right place. So, I gave up on that and baked the lights in the oven to loosen the glue. I pryed the lenses open and took out the reflectors that way... re-heated them and stuck the lenses back on... hopefully I won't have leakage later, but everything looks OK. Gonna get bulbs tomorrow, assuming there's a parts store open.
Old Jul 4, 2004 | 10:25 AM
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hopefully I won't have leakage later, but everything looks OK.
lol, leakage? what's gonna leak? the light? hehe..j/k. I'd put a few applications of silicone so you don't get moisture...
Old Jul 4, 2004 | 07:36 PM
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I did the hammer method as well. Worked nicely. One thing I did was to cut up a few shop towels and stuff them in the hole first. This way when I shattered the orange plastic it didn't risk scratching the inside of the light.
Old Jul 6, 2004 | 09:56 PM
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What's the recipe for doing them in the oven?
Seriously tho' what temp (I'm guessing as low as possible :? ) and how long?
Old Jul 12, 2004 | 11:38 PM
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i want to know the temp aswell
Old Jul 13, 2004 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by the_saint
What's the recipe for doing them in the oven?
Seriously tho' what temp (I'm guessing as low as possible :? ) and how long?
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...headlight+oven
Old Jul 13, 2004 | 04:35 AM
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what is the method with the hammer? This is the first time I have heard of this and it seem squite easy.
Old Jul 13, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by erikcooper
what is the method with the hammer? This is the first time I have heard of this and it seem squite easy.
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...adlight+hammer
Old Jul 13, 2004 | 10:02 PM
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I may just have to do that... looks pretty sweet!
Old Jul 18, 2004 | 09:55 PM
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Does anyone know where to get those bulbs that look blue but flash amber?
Old Jul 18, 2004 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Max2k
Does anyone know where to get those bulbs that look blue but flash amber?
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 02:06 AM
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what're they called?
Old Jul 19, 2004 | 02:30 AM
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My only question is, does the light still shine amber brightly out the side? I gotta know before i break it, cuase of the cops.
Old Jul 20, 2004 | 08:00 PM
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pep boys has APC black chrome lights that glow amber and they also have the sylvania silverstar blue bulbs that glow amber. my friend has a toyota matrix and he gave me his black chromes when he bought the blue ones at pep boys.
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