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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 06:17 AM
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are there step by step directions somewhere
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 07:00 AM
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If you search, sure there are!
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 07:04 AM
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See that red word at the top-right corner of your monitor? Yeah, click that and type in the same thing you called this thread.
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 07:26 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by x619MINH &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are there step by step directions somewhere</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes.

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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 07:40 AM
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thanks
the screenshot wasnt really necessary
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 07:46 AM
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search baked headight something like that. i baked mine and i love it =]
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 07:59 AM
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just trying to help. when i first joined i didn't know where it was. Just trying to lend a hand here.
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 09:39 AM
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Pop em in the oven and pry em apart. That's what I did some years ago.
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 09:56 AM
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from the thread:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1492278

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I just did this on my 96 over the weekend. Pre-heat the oven to 300* and then put one headlight on a baking sheet and put it in the oven. Leave it in for about 10 minutes (don't worry, it won't melt). Pull it out and use a flathead screwdriver to pry the lens away from the assembly (and don't break any of those clips! they get soft while in the oven so be careful with them). That's it. Then do whatever painting and cleaning up you wanna do to the headlight and when you're done put them back together, run a new bead of clear silicone around the entire lens (leave the old silicone on there too), and set it back in the oven (pre-heated of course). make sure the lens is facing up because i didnt on one of mine and it fell in the oven and scared the sh*t outta me. LOL! After 10 minutes, pull the entire thing out and press the lens back on and snap the clips. I kept pressing down on mine for a minute or two to make sure there was a good seal, and then ran another bead of silicone around the lens for extra protection. Good luck!

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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 03:12 PM
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ahha my bad, dude. i didnt mean to sound like an ******* or anything. im just sayin' haha thanks though
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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thanks ahha
i tried it with a hairdryer earlier today, and it was hard to pry apart because of the gooey mess haha. does the oven make it a lot easier?
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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yea the oven makes it work a lot better.

Don't worry about it, just giving ya a hard time. lol
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 06:43 PM
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yes i did my 96 lights it looks badass. the best part is that it wasnt too hard to do! highly recommend doing this.
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Old May 1, 2008 | 07:55 AM
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if u can bake a cookies..u can bake ur head lights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bad *** look afterwards!!
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