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Old 11-04-2007, 06:18 PM   #1
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what can i do about a cracked headlight lens?

i bought litronics, but one of them is cracked, i knew that at the point of sale, but what can i do?
get a new headlight and take it off of it? or anything else? any ideas?

btw, $190 shipped to my house, cant beat that price for 2 headlights
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:51 PM   #2
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Dude the lense is one piece that you can take off if you put the headlight in the oven. I saw the auctions your talking about,the passenger side one is cool. The paint is chipped on the inner lense underneath where the grey paint is,the pin that helps to guide the headlight in is broken and the headlight washer section is broken. If you can get that one assembly in place you could make it worth your time.
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:55 PM   #3
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yeah, worst case scenario, the balast and everything will go into the ones that i have on the car now, with the oven.
i wanted to paint that gray stuff inside the lenses black anyways, so if i open them up that will be painted.
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Old 11-04-2007, 07:03 PM   #4
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Let me know if you need any parts from the headlight. I should be picking up some broken Litronics for dirt cheap that I was gonna mess around with later this week.
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Old 11-04-2007, 07:43 PM   #5
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sure will. ill keep in touch
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Old 11-04-2007, 09:01 PM   #6
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post some pics if you can.
if the inner lens is cracked, you could open up 2 sets and swap.
if the outer "lens" is cracked, you would need to replace that whole piece with another donor. if you're talking about painting the silver that is on the inside of the outer cliear plastic piece, you're going to have to strip it off somehow first (obviously) since painting black over that would not show.
i managed to bake some clear lights to replace burnt inner lenses. not too difficult. you'll need to scrape out all of the sealant and replace with new permatex. the sealant they used never gets soft enough to reuse.
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