Need to replace all exterior lights..

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Hayes90
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Im in the process of replacing all of my exterior lights... but the problem is. there is no wayyyy im spending close to $600 or more.. is there anything i could possibly do
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600 dollars for what? most of the bulbs are like 4 bucks each, and 50 for the DIP.

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Hayes90
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not the bulbs. the actualy break lights and headlights.. and fog lights.

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Hayes90 wrote:not the bulbs. the actualy break lights and headlights.. and fog lights.
So the housings?

Mind if I asked what happened? Some punk kid come by and smash them all in?

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Hayes90
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when i bought the truck i tinted the tails and now they look like hell. and the fog light housing is all fogged up and scratched up from rocks and dirt coming up from cars infront of me.. and the headlight housing plastics are all broke

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unfortunately for such a rare car its gonna cost u. its gonna run you around at least 600 to get ALL the lights at a junkyard (headlights 250 a pair, tails 150 a pair, corner lights 50 each, fog lights and turn signals another 50 each)

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You could always just refinish the lenses. For plastic lenses you just get some wet sandpaper and wet sand the lenses and then polish them with some plastic polish. If you tinted the tails with a spray-tint, such as VHT Niteshades, you can use some lacquer thinner and scrub them clean and then refinish the plastic lens. If the lenses are glass (like the headlamps) you can use a glass polish and polish the imperfections out of the lenses. It wont take any huge chips or cracks out of the lenses, so it doesn't work miracles. After refinishing the lenses, they can look better than new if done properly.

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Natedogg1701
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do you want oem factory or aftermarket? u can get headlamp and corner markercombo for 140-150 shipped. black altezza tail lights for 100 buks at the most,and a fog light set for 50 buks, all off ebay. the headlight/corner marker is ablacked out set, looks a lil diff than factory, not to bad, the altezza tails look way better than factory,my opinion anyway. so wut, 300 about, better than 600 right?

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Hayes90
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thanks guys, i might try fixing them myself first.. because it would save me a whole lot more


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