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Old 09-20-2003, 03:27 PM
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Default How are the headlight components attached?
I found a guy who can carbon-fiber the headlight housings, but I am wondering how it is attached to the front plastic lens, and the rest of the headlight? Is it glue? If so, what do you reseal it with?


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<center><img src="http://images1.fotki.com/v3/photos/7/7305/87627/DSCF1116-vi.jpg"></center><p>The inner black piece will be complex and difficult to do even with CF Vacum bagging. Proceed with caution....Screw up and you cannot buy these part individually......You're committed to a $1200 assembly...
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Default Just stick it back together....>>
This is technically not a "sealed" system. Just make sure your inner lens and lights are super clean or you'll hate yourself in the morning....
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Yep. Mines real dirty. You can see dust everywhere.
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No glue? How does it attach then, isn't it air tight?
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And the glue is soft enough that it will re-seal everything just fine. Just don't scrape it off when you separate the pieces...
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I have to send the headlight housings in to get them carbon fibered. I found a guy who inspected them and said he could cf them.
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It's a sealant that doesn't dry.....Good luck on the CF!
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Will he vacuum bag other parts too?
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