jevansio Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Seeing as the plastic on my facelift lights is fooked & and the rings are peeling, would it be possible to get a set of immaculate UK glass lights, and use the facelift plastic innard (no side light) with the UK chrome rings & glass outer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Dunno but dont do it, glass headlights look naff imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 Dunno but dont do it, glass headlights look naff imo. I'll dig a pic out of the facelifts after the HIDs, on some angles the plastic has so much crazing in it, it looks hazy, you reckon a fresh set of facelifts is the way to go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 defo new facelifts, but when you say fooked.... how bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 are facelifts glass or plastic then as im looking at new lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 there plastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 Pics, the extra brightness of the HIDs really makes the plastic look cloudy when they're on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 i transformed a set of cloudy and yellow j specs from this to this never have that sort of issue now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 Trouble is with the lights off they're fine, it's when they're on is the issue, it's not a cloudy type problem, the plastic is covered in 1000's of tiny micro-cracks, which I believe are refracting the light causing the issue when the lights are on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 maybe new headlamps are needed then! cant say ive noticed any in those that i did after id finished them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 I'll try & get some close ups tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 The UK glass lenses won't fit the j-spec headlights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 New facelifts:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 can you get glass face lift lights as im sure i saw some on whifbitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 can you get glass face lift lights as im sure i saw some on whifbitz No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 thanks for clearing that up for me guys, also do uk spec facelifts have the problem with yellowing or is it just imports have the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supramkivcork Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 just the j-spec as it's the plastic that yellows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 so buying the facelifts is a good idea then, also is it just a case of cuting and splicing into the j-spec loom for them to work and then fitting the facelift lights in place of the orange blobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 thanks for clearing that up for me guys, also do uk spec facelifts have the problem with yellowing or is it just imports have the problem The UK glass headlights were never produced in the facellift form as the UK spec production was stopped in '96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 thanks for clearing that up for me guys, also do uk spec facelifts have the problem with yellowing or is it just imports have the problem There never was never a UK spec facelift Supra and so no UK spec facelift headlights, the UK Supra was discontinued in 96. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 so buying the facelifts is a good idea then, also is it just a case of cuting and splicing into the j-spec loom for them to work and then fitting the facelift lights in place of the orange blobs The facelights are still plastic. The only way to guarantee no discolouring is to buy a set of UK headlights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 so buying the facelifts is a good idea then, also is it just a case of cuting and splicing into the j-spec loom for them to work and then fitting the facelift lights in place of the orange blobs All headlights (j-spec/UK spec, pre-facelift/facelift) are interchangeable with no modifications needed (although the bulbs are different for the UK/j-spec). The facelift headlights do not include the side light inside, so you need to fit the facelift indicators/sidelights, these are not a straight swap and need the wiring splicing in for the sidelights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 thats not a problem, thanks for the information Nic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Bullitt Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 (edited) I thought I read that a guy on the Auz forum was making glass facelift lights. I could be wrong, off to do a search now. Edited October 23, 2009 by Frank Bullitt (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 He was, I remember reading about that but it was a lot of money iirc. Mine are facelifts and I've had them in and out of the oven a few times to refurb them etc. I've got a haze effect that's only really visible from certain angles and the light pattern is dulled when they're on. I think it's actually within the plastic rather than surface and could be caused by being heated in the oven (although they were only ever in for five or six minutes at a time at 100deg). I'm going to have a go at the clear lenses from the group buy and if that doesn't work out (I'm not sure about how the additional black edge that this mod leaves around the lense will look) I'm going to buy new facelifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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