i have these lights, before installing them i removed the glare guards so im not sure if a regular 9004 hid will fit or not, but thats what im using in mine.
You have to heat them up with either a heat gun or in the oven like i did so soften up the glue and then it’s pretty easy to pull apart the lens from the housing with a screw driver.
I would. I found an old post of mine where I did something similar. It was cheap and it worked well. I can get the pictures up if you find it useful [QUOTE=gilcontr;1986817]look here. i used ebay projectors and relocated them to the outside with non nipple lenses. i used h3 hids and did not do anything to the glareguard other than reposition it to suit my needs. the only other thing i did do to the projectors was to enclose the perimeter with aluminum foil as to not get scattered light coming out of the housings.
if you are lazy and you can live with the nipple projectors, you can just put h3 hids in there, run your ballasts, maybe take the headlight apart to seal around the projector if you have to, and call it a day.[/QUOTE]
But silicone is probably your best bet. If you can reuse the glue that came on the headlight originally and if there are any gaps you can silicon that closed.
[QUOTE=unified112;2278182]Do NOT use silicone if you intend to ever open them again. It will be a gigantic pain in the ass.
Use something called Butyl Tape… It’s what is use from the factory, and never fully hardens. That way you can take it back apart easily if needed.
Clean ALL of the old butyl tape off the lense and the housing… Apply the new stuff, and be done.
This is what I used… had zero leaks and is easy to deal with:
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Good luck finding that stuff. I have gone to Home Depot, Lowes, O’reily, Autozone, and Ace. Not one person had any idea what the hell “butyl tape” or “strip caulk” is. I can only find it online for like $16 a box.
$16 is worth the expense. It lasts for years in the box.
When you think quality silicone is going to cost $4 a tube, plus $7 for the gun… Why not spend a few bucks more and do it correctly?
Trust when I say butyl tape is the stuff you want to use.
If you HAVE to have it locally, try a windshield company… they use butyl tape daily.
Sometimes to do things properly you have to put up with a minor inconvenience to order something online. Small price to pay.
Trust me… not a leak of water, clean installation, and it will come apart easily if I ever need to do it again. If silicon was the better way, they’d have been siliconed from the factory.
here are a few pics of my ebay headlight retrofit i just finished, morimoto mini H1 projectors (red color mod to shield) and 6000k bulbs. But yes butyl is the only way to re-seal your lights.
here you can see how tight of a fit it is
here you can see the red reflection from the painted cutoff shield
fancy special effects with my phone! test fit before resealing
