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Originally Posted by dmhenderson (Post 1871995)

Heat gun purchased so you can add that to the list of stuff we have.

Nice, you ARE the man...rep given!

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Originally Posted by MyKindaGuise (Post 1870336)

Lol he has never done the headlight mod... That why Khoi is going. The only plus to having him along is for bumper removal and anyone can do that in 10minutes.lol

He said he would go and has every intention of going From my point of view tho...**** happens. I just dont want to promise another person's presence and it fall through.

Yeah I've opened up g37 lights before, trust me guys when we get through this you'll give yourself a big facepalm when you realize how simple it is. Just really time consuming as I can see why people ask or pay big bucks to get it done

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s (Post 1871657)

So we still haven't figured out who's lights we are actually gonna do on the first day! Let me try to get a tentative list going:

1. EW2300
2. t3h r0nz (coming from PA)
3. BlackZ85 (coming from VA)
4. tonybui

DM, you wanted to wait for the 2nd day like me, right? That would leave just us 2 left to do this on the 2nd day. Also, if anyone isn't going to black out their housing, let me know so I can get the appropriate amount of paint. With 6 sets of lights to do, I'm gonna get 3 cans of paint.

I'll update my post

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Originally Posted by dmhenderson (Post 1871995)

Heat gun purchased so you can add that to the list of stuff we have.

updated

wait, heat gun should'nt be necessary

we are using the oven to crack the lights open! and damn all you guys for chatting lol had to play catch up

Khoi, I'll be using the oven and the heat gun. No one else has to.

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Originally Posted by Khoi@AAMComp (Post 1872241)

wait, heat gun should'nt be necessary

we are using the oven to crack the lights open! and damn all you guys for chatting lol had to play catch up

That's what I said. EW insists on using one for his set though.

Was hoping to go on day 1 but would come back for day 2 to help out if possible. If it's a bit deal I can wait until the 2nd day unless we have time I guess. Hoping the people who get done on day 1 are coming back to help out.

Could we do 5 in one day? Maybe Tonybui is willing to wait till day 2.

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s (Post 1872259)

That's what I said. EW insists on using one for his set though.

Yes, I will be using a heat gun... blades, why are you sooo worried about my method of doing this?:roflpuke2: dont you worry about me and the heat gun...k, buddy.:tup:

Found my blue heat-resistant painters' tape too so cross that off the list please.

Haven't measured but it's like 2-2 1/2"

Used it for my '09 debadging so if you want it "narrow" we can just cut it down the middle.

I'll also pick up some cheap oven mitts so that just leaves the rubber butyl sealant.

Dude, you're the man!! good sh1t!

I'm probably the least mechanically inclined here and will need help making this look good on my car so I'm attempting to meaningfully contribute in other ways.

Im pretty sure khoi, the nissan mechanic, and myself are gonna knock out these cars without any issues..

My only question is, how do people come up with 6 to 8 hours to do this mod, where is all the time going to? its not the removing of the bumper which takes 30 minutes at most, 8 minutes in the oven, , pull the headlight apart--1hour, tape off the componenets--30min, 3 layers of paint (each layer take approximately 15min to dry, so thats 45min). Reassemble the headlight 30min. Reinstall the bumper-30min.