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ok i know people have said not to touch the chrome part? why? what does it do? and can i just do this by myself? i know the bumbper will drop but it shouldnt hurt it and ill probably catch it anyway, my garage is carpeted. can i do this in about an hour-2? any certain precautions needed?

 
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The chrome is very lightly coated and if you touch it to roughly or god forbid scratch it, it wont look very nice, and to my knowledge it cant be repaired

 
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surgeons gloves ok then?

 
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just tilt the bumper no need to completely take it off easier that way.

 
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Surgeons gloves good... Just make sure they don't get any glue on them. The other reason not to touch the chrome is you can leave fingerprints on it.

 
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its fingerprint issue... i heard some people use wd-40 to clean up the chrome part

 
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Yea i got a fingerprint on mine by accident and i useda little alcohol to clean it up.

 
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Guys. . . to take off the bumper, pop everything but the top plastic clips over the radiator. Do those last and you can just hold the thing while the last clip comes out. Pull it away from the car and set it somewhere. It's pretty easy if you do them in the right order.

 
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I just took m sweet time and did not touch them.

 
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the bumper does not drop, and i think u need to take it off inorder to get off the lights cuz the bumper is kinda held on by the radiator cap

 
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***winces. I did it, it took me awhile, I was careful. . That black crap got everywhere. GRR it sucked. Just be very careful and good luck, and make sure to reseal them very good to make sure they won't leak. Gloves should help. If you get glue on the chrome. . You're screwed because anything strong enough to take off the glue will take off the chrome. I know from experience. Plus cleaning it at all just smears and streaks and looks bad. Just don't expect it to go perfect, because it probalby wont. Just take your time and be careful. Wear some clothes you don't care about cause that glue will get on you. Take frequent breaks to wash your hands and tools to make sure glue doesn't get everywhere. If you have carpet then you shoudn't be worried about the bumper. Just be gentle. .

 
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i cleaned my chome and it did not come off

 
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Did you just have finger prints to clean off? my chrome came off a little bit when I tried to take off the glue.

 
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ahem - projectors

 
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Clearing = free
Projectors = $300

 
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um $200 and lower, im on my 3rd set

 
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um..when i looked at my friend's 01 civic DIY cleared headlight, there were about 5~7 holes, that were holding amber part, around edge where the amber part was..is it normal or he did something wrong?
he doesnt really kno about car but i think hes ricer..lol
um..anyway, is it normal? or was he supposed to do something more for those? or did he messed up his headlight?
it was not really noticable when i looked it from distance but when i looked closely it was easily looked, and it looked like crap IMO..


do cleared headlight from tornactive.com have these holes too?
it might not perfectly fit? oh thats not good..hm..dont kno what to do..
just tell me what to do with those holes if its not normal then ima go for DIY

 
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Yup, those 6 holes are for the amber pieces. It's normal.

Hmm... I'll be doing DIY black housing headlights soon. Do you guys know if it's okay to use masking tape (on the chrome) to tape off what I don't want painted?

 
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As far as the wd-40 Idea goes, be very careful if you do use it. On mine it took the finger print off as well as the crome. The best way I have cleared 5 sets of head lights is to us the oven. When the glue get hot enough the headlight comes apart extremely easy. If you need any help send me a message on aim, webbiedx
Jeff

 
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those 6 holes are normal??? ooooooo thats not good..so sad..
think it looks crap..ah..
do u think cleared headlight from tornactive.com have those holes too?
cuz i heard that they are not OEM but aftermarket ones look like oem without amber piece, i think those holes are not needed to be seen in them..
how do u think?

 
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I doubt the lights from tornactive have those holes. You should talk to tornactive about those lights.