Welcome to Troll's Bakery (Headlight Clearing Party- Sunday 2/12 at TROLL's place)

[poolmike]

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3117/img04603lx.jpg


hey, this turned into a thread about setting up a headlight baking party...

its gonna be at my (TROLL's) house in langhorne / newtown area on sunday feb 12th... time to be determined.

I'll help you bake your lights, but expect to do a good amount of the work on your own lights yourself, especially if we get more than a few people doing this. I've done 3 sets now, both bugeye and lameeye ;) so we'll get yours done safe and sound.

Bring:
a tube of clear or black silicone sealant
new blinker bulbs if you want (see posts below discussing that)

Official Signup sheet:
TROLL - (just helping)
TehWagon - bugeye WRX
WKDerf - boringeye WRX
sisforsurfing - bugeye WRX (4-5pm)
R33P3R007 - Cobalt SS
HuffRex - boringeye WRX
busyb2100 - boringeye WRX

[TehWagon]

haha nice :) who's headlights are you clearing?

[poolmike]

I don't know. Troll was craving headlamps, so he decided to bake some.

[TehWagon]

well if he's got the craving, tell him to bake mine! i need mine cleared in the WORST way!

[sfd]

man, have i ever watched so many people ruin their ovens baking lights or just ruin lights. my buddy just did that the other day, melted his lights. (having a 1 year old can make you distracted, lol)

[dolphinS4]

Stupid question???
Why are we putting headlights into ovens?

[xEJ20x]

I think he should have made some corn muffins with the Jiffy mix instead. :rofl:

[poolmike]

Troll cooked these things to remove the lens and then remove the internal amber lens. After that they were resealed and reassembled to be installed tomorrow.

[99SL2_Modder]

Stupid question???
Why are we putting headlights into ovens?

Baking the headlights will allow you to remove the lens that covers the lamp assembly much easier.

It has to be done right, or you will destroy the headlights.

It will allow you to make your lights completely clear by giving you access to the inside of the assembly and fiddle with it from there.

[TehWagon]

It has to be done right, or you will destroy the headlights.

yes, mike knows alllll about that... stupid broilers! :lol:

[ScoobyNubieToo!]

Does Troll have any experience with Dutch Ovens? J/K
I've always wanted to do that but I'm too scared to F-up my lights.

[BobErT-]

Any way to get Chocolate chips with that?

[TROLL]

i'll be happy to host a headlight baking day if there's demand for it. it'd be ideal to use someone elses house for it unless its sometime between feb 8 and 14th when i have my house to myself :)
bryan

[subwrxkid]

What a mod, the painted headlights. Hey while your at it, can you bake me some JDM headlights, I will sell mine since they are like $800 bucks lol.

[TehWagon]

i'll be happy to host a headlight baking day if there's demand for it. it'd be ideal to use someone elses house for it unless its sometime between feb 8 and 14th when i have my house to myself :)
bryan
that would be great! would give me a chance to order my clearn blinkers...
let's dooo eeet~!
i also want to paint the background of the lights... what kind of paint is required for that?

[WhiteXFire]

If they came out anything like the cookies you baked Sunday night, I'm sure they're awesome! :rolleyes:

[sisforsurfing]

that would be great! would give me a chance to order my clearn blinkers...
let's dooo eeet~!
i also want to paint the background of the lights... what kind of paint is required for that?
I agree!! I'm scared to do them myself, even though i know it's not that bad.

[TROLL]

i've never painted them but i'm not opposed to giving it a shot. thats something we can work on together.

so we've got:
tehwagon
sisforsurfing
scoobynubietoo!

are you guys interested in getting together maybe on Feb 12th to give this a shot? or we can do another date but it'll probably have to be at someone elses house.

[TehWagon]

feb 12th works for me!!! i can't host unfortunately...
paint could be tricky, wouldn't want to leave them apart for too long and not be able to reseal... or do you stick them back in the oven to get them gooey to reseal them anyway?

[TROLL]

yeah there's no time limit on how long you have them apart, i put fresh silicone on them anyways to make sure they reseal well. i'm actually a fan of resealing 2x so you can be sure you wont have problems down the road.
bryan

[TehWagon]

gotchya. looking forward to it!!! :)

[sisforsurfing]

are you guys interested in getting together maybe on Feb 12th to give this a shot? or we can do another date but it'll probably have to be at someone elses house.
Yesss, sounds awesome. Works for me.

[R33P3R007]

I think he should have made some corn muffins with the Jiffy mix instead. :rofl:


W3Rd

[TehWagon]

mmmm... jiffy corn muffins....

**makes mental note to stop by food store on the way home ** :)

[eastsidesuby19]

I cleared my headlights about 5 months ago, they came out awesome!!. I have some pictures of them, also while clearing them....i painted them as well. Here are they pics let me know if you guys need any help. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/eastsidesuby19/IMGA0026.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/eastsidesuby19/IMGA0025.jpg

[hystericfox]

i already baked 2 pairs of headlights for mine. came out just fine.

[TehWagon]

we still good for the 12th is it?

[TROLL]

the 12th still works for me...

so its me and you ash, anyone else want to confirm for then?

[sisforsurfing]

I'm pretty sure I can make it, it would be cool to get them cleared. What time were you thinking?

[DropTopChevy]

I need to fix my fogged taillight. :cry:

[TehWagon]

eastsidesubie- what kind of paint did you use for the inside of the light?

also, subie folk: the clear bulbs, are they jdm? i called wilkins and they weren't sure they could get them- are they aftermarket only?

[TROLL]

clear blinker bulbs? thats what you have underneath the amber bubble we're gonna remove. you can either pick up an amber bulb and use that, or pick up the silverstar bulbs for like $20 and use them. the silverstars look silver but the blink amber. or you can be like me and buy the $4 amber bulbs and give them a thin coat of chrome/silver spraypaint and they will look silver but blink amber that way too.

[TehWagon]

ok sorry to be a pita but there are two different things we're talking about- lenses and bulbs... the stock lense is amber, the stock bulb is clear. soooo... so theoretically i could paint the stock ones with a thin coat of silver?

I was going to order them, but this is something I can pick up at just any old pep boys? Ideally, I'd love to get the amber bulbs (smaller) and not have that bubbly lense at all, to make the headlights more simple looking.

Also, what kind of paint do people usually use in painting the insides of the headlights? I'd like to do that too on Sunday.

Shall I also come with a supply of silicone sealer to contribute to the endeavor? Please just tell me what kind to buy and I will get it. Thanks!

[subwrxkid]

Hey can you clear my jdm headlights please?? lol

[TROLL]

i'll be happy to HELP everyone :) but expect to do a good amount of your own work on your lights.

yes, get one tube of silicone sealant in either black or clear for your headlights... there should be enough in one tube for 2 sets of lights so if you want to work out 'sharing' go ahead, haha.

the bulbs that come stock are clear, and if you dont do anything but remove the amber cover then they will look clear in the light, which looks good. however they will also blink clear which is a little confusing and a little illegal.
so... you can go to pep boys and either buy amber bulbs for about $4 and spraypaint them lightly with silver, or you can go to pep boys and buy the silverstar bulbs for about $18 and they will already look silver but blink amber.

[TehWagon]

I plan on doing my own work, with some guidance! Unless that was towards subwrxkid, but I think he was kidding (don't the jdm lights come cleared?)

anyhoo, ok - depending on what pep boys/advanced has in stock i will decide and make sure i have the lights before sunday, as well as a tube of sealant.

did we say a time yet? also, troll can you pm me directions please, i have no clue where you live. thanks!

[TROLL]

yeah it was directed towards subwrxkid... but yeah i forgot he has jdms.
ash is it just you and me? i have a feeling even if it is we'll have a half dozen others stop by anyways, they tend to do that.
how about Feb 12th at 2pm? might be up pretty late the night before so i'm planning accordingly ;)
how late can you hang till? we'll need time to heat em up and pull em apart, then reseal, let that set some and then reseal again and let that set some before putting back in. it'll be an after dinner completion if we go with this schedule. i'm flexible if that doesnt work for you.

[sisforsurfing]

I really want to come over and do this. I have to work out the timing since I have something else scheduled for 2, but I might be able to work around that.
Whenever you plan on doing it I'll try and make it over, I haven't driven my car since early January ('cause of school) so this will be a nice treat for it, haha.

[TROLL]

can you come later? if so thats no problem. we can only bake one headlight at a time anyways.

[TehWagon]

Sounds good to me. AFAIK, chris (sisforsurfing) is still in...

That time works. I couldnt be there till ilke 10 or anything, but dinnertime-ish sounds about right.

Sounds like we'll have a lot of setting/waiting time in between. Do you have other tinkering on your car I could help with while we're waiting? I always have stuff I can do too... (Hey maybe I'll bring my seat and bracket and we can work on that :devil: )

*Edit* guess i was typing for a while... some of this sounds silly now, but whatever- i'm leaving it as it is! :mrgreen:

[TROLL]

yeah the garage will also be open. dont want to schedule any major work for the day but its there for whoever wants to use it.

[WKderF]

Finally ill be able to clear out my headlights. Ill be there. Woo Hoo!!!!!!!

[TehWagon]

sweet!

troll, maybe if you move this to upcoming events, we'll have more people see it. unless you want it to remain a small bunch. i'm first in the oven!!! heehee :wiggle:

[R33P3R007]

yeah there's no time limit on how long you have them apart, i put fresh silicone on them anyways to make sure they reseal well. i'm actually a fan of resealing 2x so you can be sure you wont have problems down the road.
bryan

how about painting the inside of mine, color matched? am I invited?

[TehWagon]

not my house so i'm not going to respond to that...

but yea did i forget to ask that or did i just not get a response... what kind of paint is normally used for that? (painting the insides of the headlight)

[TROLL]

i've never painted the lights so you'll have to do some research on that. whatever you want to do that day is fine though.

and R33 i dont have any experience with your lights but you're welcome to use the oven or garage or whatever else you'd like at my place and i'll try to help but i have no idea about your lights.

bryan

[S4toSTI]

Mine are cleared but i will come and help i am good but not cardboard this time.

[07BlackSS]

Hey Justin I painted mine, it really isn't very hard, basic spray paint is fine.

What do you guys mean by "clearing" the headlights?

[TROLL]

this is how the stock headlights look:

http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/vbgarage.php?do=getimage&id=803

http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/vbgarage.php?do=getimage&id=801


this is how cleared headlights look:

http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/vbgarage.php?do=getimage&id=25

you heat them up to open the light up and remove the amber cover over the blinker, then reseal the headlight. another variation is painting some of the inner housing black or modifying the blinker section in the 'koji' style.

[07BlackSS]

OK that makes a little more sense. My headlights don't have them...I just painted them black...leaves a nice new scent in the house for everyone after your done...

[R33P3R007]

nice. i may have to join you guys. i have some idea on how people do my lenses, but I never really baked car parts before.

[HuffRex]

Troll can I join you guys as well. I really want mine cleared. Let me know bro!

[busyb2100]

wow...i missed this whole thread up until now. i would def like to come. it works out that it would be after 2PM at least....cause i have church and lunch afterwards. bryan...let me know if its too many or if its cool. i can call you sunday to get directions. i only know your buddies house in makefield

[sisforsurfing]

Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to make it over there until 4-5ish. Let me know if that's too late, cause I feel like it might be but I'm not sure. Regardless I'll stop over and see how it's done even if that doesn't leave enough time to do mine.

[TehWagon]

For anyone who's interested in reading up before hand,
this is a good how-to for baking/clearing
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=384488

and this is a good one for painting - they suggest primer and low-gloss black paint
http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5706&highlight=paint+headlights

[HuffRex]

Ash u think i could meet up with u to head over to trolls...

[TehWagon]

sure, that'd be fine... i'll be leaving from mike's though, which is further north... as long as that's cool w/you ... give me a call, or we'll talk tonight...

[HuffRex]

sounds good ash i'll see you tonight at fresh works??

[TehWagon]

yes sir. :) see you there!

[HondaGuy1122]

i recommend high-heat engine block paint. Your headlights can get pretty warm, and overtime, you dont want the crappy spraypaint to begin to flake or peal, after everything is sealed up. I planned on doing this to my 5th gen accord to simulate the Sir headlights. I did alot of research on this and decided it wasnt worth the risk of melting my stock headlights, then not being able to drive until i orderd new ones....


So, i decided to jsut buy sir headlights.... (as you can see in my sig)

I did this process to my corners....they turned out ok, but it was tricky getting to the point where the silicone melts, and the headlights dont. lol


any more questions i'll try to respond, i read that a few of you have already done this, so i'm sure you will be able to keep everyone else in line.

Sincerely,
noob.

[07BlackSS]

Yea this tend to be a pain in the ass unless you have someone who knows what they are doin. Mine turned out really well actually. I might come if it's cool wiht everyone, Justin wanna carpool?

[R33P3R007]

nope.. you a r banished from the SS. i have an idea.... WALK

[busyb2100]

any update? its friday and was wondering if its ok to show up??

[TehWagon]

i think all are welcome, but i don't want to be presumptuous since its not my house... troll might be busy working, but he's going to send out a pm with directions to his house... stay tuned!

[TROLL]

yeah anyone who wants to come is welcome. the oven only fits one light at a time so we'll hae to make sure we dont slack off too much if we're going to get a bunch of lights done. if anyone wants to come earlier than 2 then i'm cool with getting started around noon... really show up whenever but realize that there might be a lot going on and the process takes a couple hours start to finish, and you definitely cant drive home in the dark without your headlights, so factor that in.
i'll update the list now and PM directions out to everyone on it. post up if you want to come but arent on the list and/or didnt get directions.
bryan

[R33P3R007]

Me.. not positive, but definetly need directions just in case i can make it

[JasterM5]

I'll be around to help but prolly not to bake my own.

[TehWagon]

i am now a maybe... had some family stuff happen so the weekend is now a bit up in the air... i'll try and let you know for sure as soon as i know anything...

[igo4bmx]

make sure you heat it up again right before putting the headlights back together...
also ,aybe i'll stop by and get the die grinder ;)

[busyb2100]

cool, i'll be there. ass soon as church lets out i will be heading over. give you a call when im in langhorne. thanks

[eastsidesuby19]

Teh Wagon...srry i havnt been on in awhile, but I used Krylon Acrillic flat black it can also withstand heat...so thats not a problem. Im very good at Freehand painting you can see the pictures i posted up, Ill be more then happy to help or even do anybodys headlights. let me know if i could be of any help.

[012.5RS]

ill stop by if ya give me directions, i might be a little hesitant since i dont have an extra set of headlights.

[TehWagon]

cool. i got everything i need today, got the silverstars, and flat black engine paint, so its high heat. i'm looking forward to doing this, i hope tomorrow works out.

[sisforsurfing]

Same, I might even be able to get there at 2 now since my family stuff might get cancelled due to the snow. I'll pick up sealant and the bulbs on the way there. I'm just clearing mine, no paint.

[TehWagon]

oh yea i got sealant too if anyone needs some...

[TROLL]

hey i dont know what the roads are going ot be like but things are still on for those who can make it... if you dont have my number or directions then send me a PM and i'll respond (late) tonight... you'll definitely have a response from me by the morning.

[012.5RS]

count me in, ill be there to clear my corners, just lemme know what time

[TROLL]

cool, i dont know how to do yours but the workspace will be here for you as long as you've read up on it.

and for everyone, bring your snow gear! we've gotta take advantage of the weather and go drive and make snow angels or have a snowball fight or make a sick snowman or go sledding!!! :)

[TROLL]

forgot to add... new plan is the headlight baking starts at around 2, we're gonna go out and play in the snow before that (if we can even move) so if you want to come play in the snow come down any time and give me a call to let me know to expect to meet up.
:)
bryan

[TehWagon]

i'm going to make my way over there when i'm ready... i'm thinking i'll leave here by noon...

[TROLL]

oh ok cool, hopefully people can still make it out... we def gotta play in the snow! :)
bryan

[sisforsurfing]

How bad are the roads up there? Here I think I can get out no problem, but I was gonna play around here for a little and then come up. It's still snowing, as long as we don't get snowed in it's all good, I've never done the snowdrift thing with you guys.

[TehWagon]

how did it go yesterday? sorry i didn't make it...

troll how about a saturday to sched another bakery day? how are they for you?

[R33P3R007]

yeah.. i walked everywhere. no taking my car out

[TehWagon]

update for me... i cleared my headlights this past weekend, what a pain in the ass!
they look good, i'll post pix once the car is clean.
i didn't have time to paint them... i did do the silverstars and love them! i figure if they turn out to leak or something, i'll paint them if i have to open them back up...