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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 06:35 PM
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my headlights are boring....what do you sugggest, im fairly poor so jdm 1 piece is out.....are they paintable inside? or will they ont work then? i guess this is a pretty gay post, but im bored and im looking at my imagestation pictures of my car....and its ugly.
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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 06:38 PM
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eh

wrong forum, but ill let it slide since u said u were bored.

Yeah u can paint the inside except the rear reflective part. I did it. Why I did it I dont know. It looks nice, but I want stock lights again.
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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 06:47 PM
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yeah it is the wrong forum....but i'd get made fun of in the appearence forum with my ugly car they dotn appricate cords there
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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 06:50 PM
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Do it yourself black housing, try searching.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=282131

I think stock looks awesome though, similar to JDM integra headlights.
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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 06:51 PM
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yea thats for civics i was wondering hwo it worked on the accord

edit: i did search ...and i saw that thread a while ago


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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 08:55 PM
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it works all the same..
here my ghetto diagram of the layers of headlight..(together)
<<<<<<Clear>>>>>& gt;>>> 1
<VVCHROME HOUSINGVVV> 2
>XXREFLECTER MATERIALX< 3
>>>>>BASE<<<<<<&l t;<<< 4

<<<<<<<<<CLEAR>>& gt;>>>
<........................................&gt ; 1

VVHOUSINGVVV 2(paint here)

XXXXREFLECTORXXXX 3

>..................................<
>..................................< 4
>>>>>>Base<<<<<&l t;<<


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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 08:57 PM
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they all works the same..
it looks very good in 5th gen imo..
if you have a clear corner you can paint the housing of it too..
there's some JDM wannabe black housing corner for 5th gen
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 06:52 AM
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I tried it myself, I didn't like it. I just bought the JDM style replicas. They look good, and they use H4 and H2 bulbs. I've had them for over a year, and no problems with fogging up.





EDIT: The top picture is current, the red H logo was stolen.


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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 07:37 AM
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Is it possible on 4th gens also? I was looking at them and you have to take the metal clips off right? Well my luck I know I would break one so I have always been scared to take apart the headlights...
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 07:49 AM
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[Modified by paul9luap, 10:53 AM 1/29/2003]
what kind of front lip is that..its nice
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 10:32 AM
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Wings West Touring Style
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 01:26 PM
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do u have to take the front bumper off to take out the lights?
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 01:36 PM
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Is it possible on 4th gens also? I was looking at them and you have to take the metal clips off right? Well my luck I know I would break one so I have always been scared to take apart the headlights...
yes its possible, and yes you remove the clips.
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 01:42 PM
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one2hi i found it alot more easy to take the bumper off to get the headlights out , you can take the headlights off with the bumper on, but i found that i little room to work with and hard to get to 2 of the 5 screws holding the deadlights in.
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 04:59 PM
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k, how hard is the bumper to take off....ive taken one off my friends bmw....and it was a bitch....is it any easier in an accord? ive been avoiding doing it maily cuse its too cold outside to work out there for too long/lay on the floor
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 05:08 PM
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why is everyone complaining about the weather?? geez...its nice outside!!
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 05:31 PM
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It is a pain to take the bumper cover off. It makes it a lot easier with two people present. Plus, once you take a bump cover off, it will never go back on the exact same. You can get it close, but not exact.
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 05:35 PM
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i have another person to take it off with....is it that hard to get it back on?
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 05:44 PM
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no, not "hard", just be patient. one person should hold it up in the center while the other is reattaching everything.
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 08:58 PM
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one2hi.........takeing off the bumper was not hard at all, i did it my self and put it back together my self... if you have some help the better it is for you. the only thing i had a problem with taking off the bumper was taking off the black plastic screws off, from between the bumper and the headlights you will see what i mean. all i did to take them out was loosen the headlight bolts some move the tilt the headlights out of the was and you should be able to take them off.i think there are 2 under each headlight and you should be able to remove them. good luck e-mail me if you have a question. eric
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