HOW TO: make clear corners for your Infiniti QX4

[fueler]

99 QX4 clear cornerspartial

100% done

If you ship your stock 1997-2000 QX4 corners, I can clear them for you for $70 and that includes shipping back to you. Please email me at [email protected] if you're interested.
Modified by fueler at 5:43 PM 6/23/2009

[Qxxx4]

Thats Tizight dawg

lol i can picture how good it looks from far away, i want to do a REAL mod but am terrified of putting my corners in an oven, and scared of cutting my hand if i bash them. of course you dont get the same effect if you use a hammer, do you? :p good times

[slickroger]

Awesome

im going to go try that right now

[WINNIPEGS_MOST_WANTED]

Epic.

I have ported your instructions to PDF so that you may sell them on ebay:http://download580.mediafire.c...s.pdf

[KyooX4]

Man, if only it were that easy. I want to do it so bad but they're stubborn bastards.

[fueler]

real writeup coming soon

[fueler]

well ive destroyed the other corner now too. i managed to get the reflector off but its stuck in the light now, along with a whole bunch of orange dust from breaking the reflector off. looks like ill have to bake it to get the crap out.

h my hand sliced open in about 5 spots too

EDIT i was being a sissy. corners are done now
Modified by fueler at 11:17 AM 6/7/2009

[Qxxx4]

well ive destroyed the other corner now too. i managed to get the reflector off but its stuck in the light now, along with a whole bunch of orange dust from breaking the reflector off. looks like ill have to bake it to get the crap out.

h my hand sliced open in about 5 spots too

and thats why I never bothered. Besides, it seems orange is coming back into style...i posted a thread the other week about this but it got no attention, the Titan for example has bigger orange reflectors than before...and i like it. if i could do clear corners easily i would, but its just not worth the hassle and the risk of having to replace them

[Qxxx4]

zer...16498

see.

[NickD85]

I dont think the QX4 corners would do well in an oven. Cause the edges have this black plastic part that overlaps the clear plastic, i pulled the corners out this weekend and decided that it would probably get all screwed up in an oven.PS i actually broke mine by hitting a fully loaded trash can about 30-35 mph

That sucks man those things are damn expensive. Regarding the black plastic part that you described... are you talking about the rubber gasket? Cus that comes right off, and goes right back on just as easily. Otherwise, the only other black part is that decorative plastic outline thing, but it looks to be of the same material as the rest of the light. I just did mine with a heat gun and had no problems with any part of the light melting- I'd still be a little wary about popping them in the oven though. You should take advantage of that broken light and experiment with trying to pull it apart once you get your new one.

[W O T]

and thats why I never bothered. Besides, it seems orange is coming back into style...i posted a thread the other week about this but it got no attention

Coming back to style? Everyone should have there own, not jump from trend to trend

Looks sick without orange to me, mine wont be going back in anytime soon

[Qxxx4]

well i mean the whole concept of clear corners was inspired out of europe at least for me. I saw all the cars that we had here for example the ford focus and the subaru impreza (first gen) with clear corners and side marker lights over there and loved it. Orange seems hideous to us, but manufacturers are really expressing it lately it seems, thats all i was saying.

I might just take a shot at my corners with a heatgun, if i struggle i wont bother though lol not taking a risk

[fueler]

I might just take a shot at my corners with a heatgun, if i struggle i wont bother though lol not taking a risk

wait til i finish mine before you take them apart. It might be possible without the heat gun.

the thing about the heatgun method is that the silicon seal around the lights will look ghetto if its not done perfectly

[fueler]

Epic.

I have ported your instructions to PDF so that you may sell them on ebay:http://download580.mediafire.c...s.pdf

LOL $8.99 buy it now

i accept cash, money order, jewelry, and drugs. Sorry no paypal.

[KyooX4]

Yeah looks real easy for the pre-01 qx4s.

[Qxxx4]

kick a**! cant wait to see it on your q then ill know exactly what itll look like!

[fueler]

Yeah looks real easy for the pre-01 qx4s.

not as easy as it looks. one corner takes over an hour. i was coming close to baking them to get the reflector out. The downside of this method (vs baking) is that you WILL scratch up the inside. Not bad, but it wont be perfect anymore. The upside to this method is that the seal around the light remains untouched and perfect condition. Also you wont happy to worry about the corner lights fogging up.

[Arsenic]

Any finished pics on the car?

[fueler]