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[Sam]

I have seen a bit of this on gen1 and 2 style headlights but recently came across a gen3 that had it's front turn signal indicators de-oranged.

Is it a tough job to do? How is it done?

I think it looks good on the pic below.

Cheer or any help and info!

Sam

[CodeBurn3r]

pull a headlight out and have a look, can you get to the orange part from the rear? usually its held in place by a small screw but you can get pliers in and break the plastic then pull it out piece by piece.

that was the recommended way on the gen2 lights.. but i found mine just twisted and was not brittle enough to snap, so i baked em.. worked fine, except i think my adjustment screws are buggered now.. but that might have been the case before hand anyway.

[Sam]

pull a headlight out and have a look, can you get to the orange part from the rear? usually its held in place by a small screw but you can get pliers in and break the plastic then pull it out piece by piece.

that was the recommended way on the gen2 lights.. but i found mine just twisted and was not brittle enough to snap, so i baked em.. worked fine, except i think my adjustment screws are buggered now.. but that might have been the case before hand anyway.

I think I get ya. Take the whole light out, pull the indicator bulb out, and then maybe reach in there with some long pointy pliers or a screwdriver and see if it clips in or how it's held in there??

I'll have a bit more of a look tomorrow but hopefully it just clips out and I don't have to bake them.
Cheers mate.

[rhys]

I'm not sure if they will be the same as the Impreza, but I've seen a DIY to do the same sort of thing on a 04 Impreza.

They put the whole headlight in the oven - you had to melt the glue off and open the whole headlight case off. ill have a look and see if i can find it, it might be helpful to you.

[rhys]

heres the link:

http://www.rexnet.co...light-clearing/

Not sure if it will be of any help, but it might be better than nothing.

[bobbyjimmy]

You have to bake the headlight.
The amber is held in by a clip and 1 screw.

Edit - that's for a Rev D & E, no idea about A,B & C's.

Edit 2 - old (actually really old!!) picture of the front end of mine

[Sam]

heres the link:

http://www.rexnet.co...light-clearing/

Not sure if it will be of any help, but it might be better than nothing.

Thanks for that link mate, very good read through,
It's pis5ing down rain ATM so I'll have to wait till it stops before I bake them,
Cheers
Sam

[Sam]

One light in the oven. Other one I just finished.
Looking sweet!!

[Morgan]

What kind of globes are you using for the indicators?

[Sam]

What kind of globes are you using for the indicators?

I will be buying some orange ones and maybe spraying them chrome if I can't find some silver/orange ones locally. But at the moment I have left my normal yellow bulbs in as I don't have the others.

[Morgan]

Oh sweet. I just assumed they were clear because of the orange housing...

I have a feeling they are the wedge style as well, is that right? It's been a while since I've been down there!

[Sam]

ALL DONE!!
It wasn't as hard as I imagined, but hopefully I don't ever get a water leek. I'm pretty sure it's all good though.

Haven't had a chance to take some good photos of it as it's pouring rain but when I stops, I'll take some.
Also, I got a little bit of the black silicone stuff on the face of the headlight. I tried scratching it off with my finger buy it dried on so I tried gently using a scouring pad to try and get it off. But it marked the plastic pretty bad.
I have used an old box of headlight restoration and hopefully that works to get it back to crystal clear..
I have run out of the lacquer that you put on last though and don't particularly want to buy a new box of the stuff.

Here is a few pics I took with my iPhone before it started raining.







Cheers,
Sam

[Shiv]

That looks brilliant Sam, well done!

[Sam]

That looks brilliant Sam, well done!

Cheers mate I'll take some more pics now

[Sam]

More pics of the head lights with out the orange indicator lens..

[Morgan]

Ok. I think I have to do that now!!

[Sam]

Ok. I think I have to do that now!!

Just take your time and make sure you get no silicone or anything on any of the lenses and plastics. I think that was the only mistake I made..

[rhys]

Looks awesome!

Good Job.

[Sam]

Looks awesome!

Good Job.

Yeah thanks mate I pretty much followed the instructions in the link you posted. Worked out pretty good!

[legacy rsk]

i just brought a pair of chrome globes...