Gary's ZHP Maint & Project Thread

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Originally Posted by ELCID86

Does look good. How did the opening and resealing of the headlights go?

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That wasnt all that bad, I ended up using a heat gun. Resealing was easy, just heated both sides up and pushed them together. The worst part was having the wires break off two of the Angel Eyes. Soldering them back on wasnt easy at all. Not sure if all Angel Eyes are made like these are but where the wires attaches to them is very delicate. They should epoxy over the wires to hold them securely in place. Doesnt help the wire is cheap 20 gauge.

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Originally Posted by WOLFN8TR

That wasnt all that bad, I ended up using a heat gun. Resealing was easy, just heated both sides up and pushed them together. The worst part was having the wires break off two of the Angel Eyes. Soldering them back on wasnt easy at all. Not sure if all Angel Eyes are made like these are but where the wires attaches to them is very delicate. They should epoxy over the wires to hold them securely in place. Doesnt help the wire is cheap 20 gauge.

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Good to know. That does seem like a cheapo design.

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Originally Posted by ELCID86

Good to know. That does seem like a cheapo design.

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I'm happy with the look of the Khoalty Angel Eyes but that was an issue. Here is the DIY I used. BTW I would highly recommend Not tinting the lenses as shown in this DIY, I almost ruined the reflector lens.

http://www.e46zone.com/forum/topic/4...acelift-03-05/

Nice Gary! Brave of you to use a heat gun. Glad that worked out.

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Originally Posted by johnrando

Nice Gary! Brave of you to use a heat gun. Glad that worked out.

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I was very very careful to say the least. I've been wanting to do this for awhile now and it really turned out nice. :thumbsup

Bought some new VMR 710's! 18x8.5" ET35, running Yokohama 235/40/18's all the way around! Love the new look!!!



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Nice Gary.

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Originally Posted by danewilson77

Nice Gary.

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+1

And you like the decision on the 4x235/40? I'm trying to decide what to do.

:drool Looks so good Gary, congrats!

Shawn, I went 245/35 and am very happy. I don't know that it's a huge difference... look at that tire size web page to see. IIRC, one is every so slightly wider, one is ever so slightly taller.

Thanks John. Just a little bit of rubber here and there... 235/40 are $10-15 cheaper than 245/35 it appears.
/highjack


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