latinopikachu Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 how do you remove the 1piece headlights from the 95? will i need to do any splicing to make it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renboy Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 This has been covered soo many times....search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 splicing is easy but required. several bolts hold it in place, the biggest pain being the one where you need to remove the splash gaurd and work behind the fender, of course you need a CAI where you woulkd have to remove it anytway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginph Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 http://www.mazdaworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinopikachu Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 What temperature would you say you have to bake the headlights to get them open? They have water in them and it's made a nasty looking deposit on the inside of the glass. Do you just put them on a cookie sheet or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginph Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I used a hot air blower.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinopikachu Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 now i just need to get them bakc together again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Lat, if there is water in them you need to find out why, if it leaked in through a drain hole or missing dust caps thats 1 thing, but if its not sealed that another. When I do a retrofit I heat at 300 degrees for 5-7 minutes, DO NOT put pressure on the lenses when you take it out, DO NOT push on them or anything or they will begin to bend a bit while hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinopikachu Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I got them open. I pried them with a screwdriver and made the glue come loose, now how do i get htem back togehter agian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 you probably won't, you needed to heat them, 20 bucks says you chipped or cracked the plastic a bit but don't know it, it will enver seal again. buy them off ebay like everyone else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinopikachu Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 i DID heat them, that's how i made the glue come loose. No chips or cracks. Also, all hte 500k hid kits on ebay are chink garbage. Give me a link to a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Thats your damn problem, your suppose to be getting 4300k, that is OEM, or wait, you want to make the car look out and rotting, and put HID's on it, yet making it look like a model year before HID's were even on the market. you want philips bulbs, thats the key part. 4300k These are the top notch kits, and a 5 year warrenty is included, 9006. 4300k http://www.lavalighting.com/products.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinopikachu Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Fine. When my tax refund comes, that's what i'm getting. Anyone else who's pried apart 95 headlights and gotten em back together again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 you heat them up again, add just a little bit of silicone on the receiving end and then cramp them together, don't heat them up as much, just enough for the silicone, hold together for atleast a few minutes, but don't distort the plastic, damn cheap 95-96 lenses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinopikachu Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 What i'm doing is reheating the goo with a lighter, and then scraping it off. It's slow and painful but will allow me to apply a better seal of silicone so that it never leaks again. Any advice on the splicing. There are orange, red, and white. 2 black ground. How does this correspond with the 00 wiring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mazda Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 500 bucks for light bulbs...you guys are nuts... now i see why you put a spoiler on you car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 NO NO NO, stop doing that. Leave as much of the factory silicone as possible, you want to reuse that since its best suited and can be reheated to bond back together, new silicone might not bake depending on brand and isn't always water tight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renboy Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Lat, you can't use silicone to seal headlights. It lets out vapours as it dries and will turn the inside of you headlights into a foggy mess. Don't scrape the old sealant off, just put the two halves together and heat in an oven. Don't use a fucking lighter either, unless it's to light a cigarette or dope. At this point, I believe your headlights are probably fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinopikachu Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I hadn't done the passenger side light yet, so I put it in the oven first thing this morning, and got it back together, no problems. I'm going to put a thin bead of silicone on the outside, over the seal, just to be extra cautious. The drivers side, well, I'll just have to make due with whatever adhesive is left, and then seal it up on the outside with silicone or an eqivalent sealent. Now, help with the splicing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I hate to say it, but I concur with ren, I know your trying to make your car look as old as possible and something its not, but we're not talking about going back to living in caves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinopikachu Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 who the fuck said anything about caves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///BHRpowered Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 again you stun me with your attention span Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troutman Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Any updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinopikachu Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 MTS and I were discussing possibly swapping the 00 headlight harness with that from the 95, so there would be no splicing, but that failed. The 00 harness comes in on the left side of the headlight, the 95 harness on the right: = is theconnector. 2000 (=oooo) (on car-side and headlight side harnesses) green=lobeam red=hibeam black=ground 1995 (ooooo=) (on car-side harness) white=lobeam red=hibeam black=ground orange=parking, cut those away 2nd black=parking, cut that away (headlight harness) green=lobeam red=hibeam black=ground The 00 harness is way short, would never reach. The lobeam wire is short and stubbby whereas the hibeam is long, they would need to be reversed to even try to make them work in the 95 headlight. I couldn't get teh plugs to release from teh 00 harness, so I stopped. I made the mistake of cutting the 95 harness while removing the gromet, so now I'll have to wire something up, or steal a harness from one of the dead cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mts Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 again you stun me with your attention span And yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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