EXT: black housed amber coners and bumper lights

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***note****
i am not responsable for broken corners or bumper lights paint running your mother yelling at you tickets ect.....
and sorry for some of the pictures there pretty big

what you will need:

screw driver
blow dryer or oven
2 blades or 2 thin knifes(yes some knifes are thicker then others or a cupple thin flat heads)
sandpaper little more course then 2000(optional)
black spray paint(used engine enamel and semi-gloss)
yellow glass stainer or some jdm light paint
well vented place or back yard
silicon(i use gaskit silicon)

~ok lets get started with the corners ~

ok first i took off the rubber molding around it
here i would sugest using the hair dryer a little rite b4 you pry it
then i tryed just prying it open where there is a lip like here

yea no oven or hair dryer here 4 me i just pryed them no breaking or chipping
theres 2 types of corners one has the screw inside once u take the lense off and the other has one on the outside
for the screw inside its located here

unscrew it thats it for the corners


for the one on the outside

looks like this

turn it over ull see the rubber hose looking thing pull it off dont worry shouldnt break or anything well atleast mine didnt

after that should look like this

un screw it and there you go


now for the bumper lights


i had alot of difficulty with these cracked a lense but ill use the one i got thru completely

ok for this i used blow drier u can use the oven if you want also i found that its easyer to do on the bumper lights that came on the car vs bumperl ights you bought from your local parts store(advance auto parts, auto zone, ect...)
ok if your ganna use da oven put it on 200 degrees put it in once its heated put them in for 10 min it should easly come apart

i used the hair drier i put it on high and put it 2 the light til it the knife went in with no problem took me about a hour to get like this(very impatient)

then i used anuther knife to pry open just in case i sliped and couldnt get the knife back in
once its apart u have 2 pull the top and bottom apart a bit enuff to get the yellow relfector out


and thats it for the bumpers

now for painting if your going to sand it this will be the time u sand it
the paint will stick on the unsanded surface
i applied 3 to 4 coats of black (engine enamel for bumper lights and semi-gloss for corners)

thats it for painting

now put it all back together unless u want to paint the inside of the lense not the outside me i will paint the outside

all you have to do is put about 2 or 3 coats mine came out like this(ive done paint on eye lids)

[F20A CB7]

Nice write up.

Blk housed corners and bumpers have been done b4, I have did this a whiles back.


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