So i took apart the headlights to remove the glare guard, now am putting them back together i was just wonder what is the best chauking to use when putting them back together, i just don’t want the chuaking to crack and have water leak into the houseings, also i noticed that the jdm light only have one light on the corners as opposed to the usdm having two lights on the corners, do i just splice them togeather or just run on light into them. Thanks for any help
i only used one of the clips for the corners it’s working fine for me.
as for somthing to seal up the lights i would recommend using something that that is made for keeping out water, but i don’t know anything about that sort of thing.
ok thanks for the info, would it be ok to splice the wires together so that the corners blink and work as running lights?
Look for some marine stuff… i’m sure that’d be water tight shit…
… And of the 2 original corner bulbs… all you had to do was use the one that was always on… it blinks too when you signal… mine act as running/turning lights… you probably just used the wrong socket of the two when switching to the 1 pieces… no splicing required man!
When I got my 1 piecers, they also leaked. I just went to wal-mart and found the cheapest water-proof silicone. Take them out put a good bead around the whole housing, then with your finger smear it in all the way around. And as for the 2 lights in the us corners. One is a blinker and one is a running light. Put the running light in the corner and pull the bulb out of the blinker connector and let it hang. JDM cars didn’t have a blinker in the corner since they had the sidemarkers.
Good luck,
Acurazor
ok thanks alot man
IMO if you dont have sidemarkers… i’d use the blinking bulbs as they also stay solid when the lights are on…
just my .02
Well I guess I never thought of that. I have side markers, so I was just assuming he did to or something. But your idea is better.
Even WITH sidemarkers i’d make sure the corners blink… The 1 pieces are illegal enough already… no need to draw more attention
This is true make them the running/ blinking stictly to keep the cops off your ass
:hmm: Are they illegal in ALL states? If so, anyone know why? I have clear corners on mine, but I need to keep my car a legal as possible… :hmm:
they are illegal because it lacks an orange reflector. clear corners are illegal as well since it doesn’t have the orange reflector.
bingo… illegal in all states AND canada. You can make them legit by adding orange reflectors on the corners
Dumb as fuck. If thats illegal maybe they should make ebay parts illegal too. Some of those altezzas I see running around have absolutely no light coming through them so it’s impossible to see if they are breaking or not. I’ve almost hit a few cars because of this.
I can bet good money alot of them are… Specially since that cheap crap is usually not DOT approved
hm…
A cop in CA told me that clear turn signals in front is ok but the rear turn signals bulbs had to be amber in color. He gave me a fix-it ticket for hyper white rear turn signal bulbs.
I believe you’re right there… however we’re talking about amber reflectors embedded in headlights here in Canada and the US, however most manufaturers still use amber bulbs which leads me to believe they’re still supposed to be used over white… Besides… why the hell do you want to use white lights as turning signals. Amber is the universal standard. Don’t give a retard a reason to hit your car… “I didn’t know he was turning… i just saw a white light” heh…
Whoops, that was actually me talking, incase that didn’t make sense to anyone. My friend was logged in on my pc and I didn’t notice it. Anyway. That statement about most ebay parts must be illegal then. Most colored bulbs, clear corners, clear taillights, neons, clear bumper lights, even colored tint, all say, “For Offroad Use Only” somewhere on the box, just because it is legally sold, does not mean it is street legal. Check your state laws before spending you hard earned $$ just for some pig to tell you that you have to take it off.
Acurazor
I have amber bulbs in there and my local PD says as long as glow amber at night and they have a reflector, theres no problem, those crystal clear ones I know are illegal. They are only clear when the lights r off… Thats here in tampa
there are so many new cars nowadayz that come with clear lenses and amber bulbs behind them, they cant make those illegal, I have an 05 Altima 3.5 ES ans she has clear corners as well w/ amber bulbs.
Now…do the JDM 1 peices have a reflector, and a spot for an amber bulb?? :hmm: