Homemade Clear Corners


    Making my own clear corner lenses was pretty damn tough.  If it weren't for Scott's 97 Honda Civic Page I probably wouldn't have been able to do it.  See his site for a very informative how to.  I'm not sure if this method applies to the '99 Civic's or not since their lights are different.

I do have a few pointers to offer in addition to his method.  A tool for removing door panels is a lot more helpful than just a regular screwdriver.  It gives about an inch of flat surface to pry with.  As you pry the glue apart, you can use a heat gun and the glue will contract making it easier to remove.  Just be VERY CAREFUL AND TAKE YOUR TIME!  I screwed up on mine a little bit because I was too agressive cleaning the chrome piece with windex and rubbed off a small amount of the chrome finish.  This mod should take about four hours or so if you take your time and are very patient.

This is a picture with the bumper removed while I was converting the corner lenses. Sorry I don't have more pictures but Scott has a lot on his site.

I no longer have the blue turn signal bulbs installed in my car since they are illegal in both CA and AZ and I would imagine the same goes in most states.  I discovered this one night when I was travelling from Chandler, AZ to my hometown of Needles, CA and while in Parker, just on the border of CA a California officer noticed my bulbs, flipped a U-turn, followed me across the river into Cali and stopped me within 1/4 mile of the border to inform me of the law against blue or red lights visible 
from the front of a vehicle.  Fortunately the officer was cool about it and I got off  with a warning.  I now have Raybrig hyper bulbs installed which look WAY better than the normal clear bulbs.  They weren't cheap at $9 a bulb but the effect looks pretty sweet.

 
 




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