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  • how to make your stock headlights look awesome!!!

    from the makers that bought you: "how to make your rear wiper stop in the down position" now brings you: "how to make your stock headlights look awesome" :p

    ok this is how to make your stock headlights look awesome

    what you will need:

    your stock headlights
    an oven
    tools to take them out (10mm, phillips screw driver)
    med sized flat head screwdriver for prying
    pair of gloves and a sweater that wont light on fire
    face shild
    needle nose plyers
    can of flat blacl spray paint
    sand paper (120 grit is what i used)
    masking tape
    razor blade/exacto knife
    tube of black silicone
    drill with wire wheel, to get all the goop off and not take forever to do it


    ok first step is to take the headlights off and get the frames off the back, take off the spring with some needle nose plyers or your fingers if you can...

    take out the bulbs and clean off any grease from the housing so it dosnt burn and smoke in the oven lol...

    then you should have somthing that looks like this...


    then you stick them in the oven for a bit... i put them in for about 15 min at 275deg then got impatient and bumped it up to 350 for about 5 min and then the things started to smoke and stunk up the kitchen... so i somewhere between there is the sweet spot, youll have to find it lol...


    ok once the glue is nice and hot get your gloves, flat head screw driver, face shild and your sweater that wont catch on fire... take them out of the oven and GENTLY and SLOWLY pry the glass off the metal housing, i used my sweater to keep the heat off my body so i could hold the headlight against my body and hold it steady so i dont crack the glass... and use the face shild so IF you do get little pieces of glass glass cracking off they wont go in your eyes....

    once you have the covers off you will have a bunch of grey goop stuck on the metal and glass... use a sharp knife to cut the stuff off the glass, get as much as you can off so it will seal good when you put them back together... on the metal side i cut out the big stuff and then took the drill and wire wheel to get the last of it out... use the face shild....


    now you can start masking the spots where you dont want the paint, i wanted the headlight as dark as possible so i went inside the headlight reflector about 1 inch... i used a drill bit and my finger as guide to scratch a line where the masking tape should stop so it looked the same on both sides... once your done you should have somthing that looks like this...



    here is the lip i made using the drill bit...


    then once you have it all masked off give the exposed stuff a quick sand... try not to mess the masking tape up to much...

    then give them a few coats of paint and let them dry...


    the holes in the reflector are from some LEDs i had in there... i took them out cause they looked stupid lol...








    then once thats done, get your tube of silicone and seal them back up, make sure that you use enough goo so it dosnt leak of fall out...

    this is the stuff i used


    then let them sit in a nice place to dry...

    then you can put them on your car

    the way the sun was shining the drivers side leadlight was getting more sun so it looks brighter on camera.... but in real life its the same darkness on both sides...







    and your done i still havnt driven at night with them cause i just got them done this morning... im gonna take them out tonight and see if the paint dimmed the headlight... it shouldnt have cause the way the light comes out of it, there is no paint in those spots...

    any questions? just ask

    and if a mod wants to add this to the "how to's" thats fine with me...


    Mike, AKA the sasquatch
    1990 LX, bp+T/g25mr, 9psi dynoed at 194HP, turbonetics t3/to4e 57trim, haltech E6X standalone, 550cc injectors, turbosmart wastegate, synapse BOV, walbro 255 fuel pump, aeromotive FPR, AEM wideband, 3 inch exhaust, huge FMIC, 9LB flywheel, 6 puck clutch and way more parts that im forgetting i installed lol...

  • #2
    Cool process!

    My question is this: For a long time I've been thinking about replacing the glass lens with a plastic one for lighter weight. How do you think that would work and do you have any ideas of what kind of replacement lens would work well?

    I was thinking about getting some of those large Volvo headlights and cutting them up for their plastic.

    Karl
    '93GL "Prettystiva" ticking B3 and 5 speed, backup DD; full swaps in spring!
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    • #3
      I'd keep the glass, it won't turn yellow like you see on aspire headlights.
      89 Festiva L Carby 4 Speed... RIP. Evicted and Scrapped. I HATE MY FAMILY
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      • #4
        I like that!!!! That looks pretty sweet!!! I may try this one day!!

        1988 323 Station Wagon - KLG4 swapped
        1988 323 GT - B6T Powered
        2008 Ford Escape - Rollover Survivor

        1990 Festiva - First Ever Completed KLZE swap (SOLD)

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        • #5
          i use tooth paste and a buffer my light come out clean just wash out with water and a clean rag
          FORD BUILT TOUGH SINCE 1987-1993 FORD FESTIVA LX

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          • #6
            Looks sweet!!! I have a spare set of headlights, i might just have to try that! Thanx for sharing and doing the writeup with pictures!!

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            • #7
              Awesome!!
              Jerry
              Team Lightning



              Owner of Team Lightning
              90 L "Peewee" B6D. Bought new May 16,1990
              92 L Thunder BP G5M-R Turbo B6T electronics. Jan 2016 FOTM winner SOLD
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              Not a user of drugs or alcohol, Just addicted to Festiva's

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              • #8
                the glass isnt that heavy... you may save like 1 lb if you went to plastic....

                next im gonna get some of that "night shade" stuff and do the corner lights and tail lights


                Mike, AKA the sasquatch
                1990 LX, bp+T/g25mr, 9psi dynoed at 194HP, turbonetics t3/to4e 57trim, haltech E6X standalone, 550cc injectors, turbosmart wastegate, synapse BOV, walbro 255 fuel pump, aeromotive FPR, AEM wideband, 3 inch exhaust, huge FMIC, 9LB flywheel, 6 puck clutch and way more parts that im forgetting i installed lol...

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                • #9
                  I swear you are addicted to that princess auto flat black!
                  The mod looks great! Definitely suites your car. I am jealous of the amount of time that you have to work on your car!

                  -1989 festiva auto to standard conversion, bp g5mr white, aspire swap- October 2010 Festiva of the Month
                  -1993 festiva stock standard blue, kia rio front struts

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                  • #10
                    I swear you are addicted to that princess auto flat black!
                    The mod looks great! Definitely suites your car. I am jealous of the amount of time that you have to work on your car!

                    -1989 festiva auto to standard conversion, bp g5mr white, aspire swap- October 2010 Festiva of the Month
                    -1993 festiva stock standard blue, kia rio front struts

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                    • #11
                      princess auto flat black ROCKS!!!!

                      i paint EVERYTHING with it


                      Mike, AKA the sasquatch
                      1990 LX, bp+T/g25mr, 9psi dynoed at 194HP, turbonetics t3/to4e 57trim, haltech E6X standalone, 550cc injectors, turbosmart wastegate, synapse BOV, walbro 255 fuel pump, aeromotive FPR, AEM wideband, 3 inch exhaust, huge FMIC, 9LB flywheel, 6 puck clutch and way more parts that im forgetting i installed lol...

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                      • #12
                        as dim as my headlights already are, i dont think it would help too much
                        it'll do the 1/8 in 13.7, spin tires, and make all my drunk buddies giggle.

                        "I like a Festiva because there's less car to get in the way of the driving experience"

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                        • #13
                          wow ... I never would have thought to bake a headlight! but I wanted to remove the glass from my headlights and heaters with a kitchen torch ... obviously did not work. and leave the project in a trunk of abandoned projects
                          if I write badly....thanks google translator

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                          • #14
                            Looks sharp Mike!


                            -Scott
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                            • #15
                              You did it in the kitchen oven LOL. I bet whoever else uses it is pissed cause it stinks. I have a headlight that the glass came off of by itself and thought of doing something like that. Looks neat. People do this with plastic headlights to install halos.

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