Clear corners

[meadus101]

Hahahhaha.

[AleroDrime]

where do you get the silver looking bulbs for the turn signal that light up amber, PM me please this is a long long forum

[Nate's Alero]

where do you get the silver looking bulbs for the turn signal that light up amber, PM me please this is a long long forum

THREAD JESUS! lol its a legit question, i think you would be better off to go to autozone.... i forget the part number but they have them

[AleroDrime]

how many bulbs do it need, maybe my memory is playing tricks on me, but i think theres an orange bulb visable is one of chrome sections already isnt there? for a proper look wouldnt that need to be replaced

[jayson_waltz]

for both headlight, there are 2 3157 amber bulbs that you can see for turn signals and 2 194 clears in the markers that should be changed to 194 ambers.

[AleroDrime]

r there the chrome looking amber replacements for both of these

what are the numbers for them

r they available at advanced auto or autozone

will those idoits know what im talking about

[jayson_waltz]

yes there are chorme replacements

they don't have specific numbers its varies by brand

i dunno if they are avaliable there cause i have never been to either of those stores

probably not

[C_EICK]

i got chrome for the 3157's, and led's for the 194's.

[knuckleballer32]

This is a great how to. I just did mine with the how to right next to me and had no problems, now I just have to order the chrome ambers.

Thanks alot man

[Nate's Alero]

i got chrome for the 3157's, and led's for the 194's.

nice combo, how are they?

[jrim]

Are anyone elses headlights sealed by black gunk stuff? It looks like all of the pictures have clear silicon in them but mine is enclosed by black stuff.. it's gooey kinda, doesn't look like silicon to me. I might be completely off here but I want to know before I get myself into a mess lol

[cherrington17]

mine was gay... but yeah. its more rubber based rather then silicone. the clear is most likely shots from people who have already done it once.

[AleroDrime]

i got chrome for the 3157's, and led's for the 194's.

there not all 194's???

[AbHeLlRaZoR]

there not all 194's???
194's are the outside signals and they are the same size on all Alero's

[dhurst765]

i put blue 3157's and 194's

[AleroDrime]

thats not legal here

[dhurst765]

yea not here either but it looks cool and i havent been stopped for it but then again i really dont drive at night

[C_EICK]

nice combo, how are they?

they're pretty cool, the mirrored are a little more orange, but I like them

[AleroDrime]

lol the day i went to the Highway Patrol Office to fight out whats legal and whats not and guy walked in with a few he had just taken from some kids car, the asswipe said i oculd go put them on mine real quick so he could write another ticket for it

[Atmosphere]

Cleared and painted, all I need now are the silver or LED bulbs.

http://m7thcc.googlepages.com/cleared.jpg

[lonnie]

Looks Good...I run all clear bulbs..the only difference is that my corners aren't as bright as the low and high beam lights, and therefore look like a different color.

[Merlyn]

I've seen a few people on here with the entire overlay painted black, instead of just the outward facing surface. How badly does that wreck the reflection on the chrome?

[AleroDrime]

damnit, i posted if this mofo, went to get the damnlights treid to double check with the cleark andb bought 3175s instead of 194s, damnit, thats ok i gotta replaced a ripped wipper tomorrow so ill add it to the list drime

[worknprog.99]

so what size is the running bulbs? i need the sivler ones that glow amber i hate seeing the amber reflected when the car is off

[knuckleballer32]

i have a clear 3157 in both sides now with amber 194s. creates a decent combo but once the 194s die ill put in all clear ones

[kingjames64]

i know this is an old thread but i took a blow dryer at my right front headlight last night for about an hour and was scrappin all kinds of silicone. Went all the way around it but never could get it to come apart. any ideas?

[kingjames64]

im thinking of tryin the oven trick tommorow thoughts?

[DansGen1Alero]

heat small sections and pull while you have the screwdriver in there. There will be a but load of silcone. For a clean job, you can take like an adheshive remover or goo off/ goo gone and remove all old silcone and redo all of that.

[DansGen1Alero]

im thinking of tryin the oven trick tommorow thoughts?

that or buy a heat gun

[leroBob]

Oven trick works great how i did mine.

[kingjames64]

oven trick worked awesome and corners are now cleared! I did realize one my lens' is very dirty and Im thinkin about replacing it... when my friend backed his truck up into my car the mechanic put on a new lens cover since it was cracked

But o well car looks 10 times better and i lost no money

[Corona_Rocket_alero]

the best thing to do is heat up the gray putty with a heat gun and clamp the lens back on and continue to heat it. the more clamps the best. then let cool. check out the picture

[sfi3400]

i got my right one done in 3hrs the hardest was getting it apart the chrome came of easy, the 2nd hard is clearing that grey beep from the housing chrome and clear. but tomorrow is my pass GREAT :( anyone wanna do it ill pay 30 bucks lol

[BlackJack]

tomorrow is your "pass" ? explain plz.

[wrestlingandrunning]

passenger side maybe?

[Ttop191]

lol $30 I'll do it :D

[TdotAlero]

Why would you do them separate ? It's much easier to do it in one shot. I have to go through the process again this time to actually remove the reflectors.

[jhubbz]

Ok, So I did this whole process yesterday and I got pretty good results. I also painted my bezels black. A couple things I would like to point out though:

1. Do the oven trick. Don't question it, just do it.

2. I figured cleaning off the bezel with alcohol after sanding (just like tinting tails) would be a good idea. Wrong. I got a weird bubbly pattern after I sprayed it. I sanded it down and its better now, but still looks odd. I had better luck with the other bezel. I sanded and painted without an alcohol wipe down, just a dry towel.

3. Rustoleum for plastic works great! No adhesion promoter needed, We will see down the road how well it really worked.

4. This is my main point!! The freezer trick did not work that well for me. I left it in there at first for 10 mins, then again for 20. It just would not come out that easily. Instead I popped it back in the oven for about 5 mins and ran a screwdriver down the groove and mostly all of it came out. It was kinda messy but it worked well.

[Cashdollar2009]

^^^^^ Thanks for the tips! I'm hoping to tackle mine here soon as well. Hmm... I probably would have made the alcohol assumption for the bezels too.

[Alerojester]

i still haven't gotten mine done and they are sitting in the back of my wifes SUV i guess I'm just being too damn lazy to do it:( but i will eventually get them done if i have to force myself to do it or just go out and let them sit in the sun for awhile then pry them apart, idk i will see what comes out of this

[jhubbz]

Ok, so my gf has been inspired by all the crap I do to my car, and I will be clearing her G6's corners tomorrow, along with painting the bezels the body color. I was looking around on one of the G6 forums and some guy sprayed his corners with nightshades, which isn't a bad idea.

I guess if you want a somewhat different look, you can do that. It will still light up amber, but just not as bright im assuming. Legality issues maybe? IDK if the amber has to be fully/clearly visible?

Here's what they look like without flash:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/danielkbieri/100_1870.jpg

And with flash:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/danielkbieri/100_1871.jpg

Just thought I would share my research on the topic.

[frankie257]

I just cleared my corners but dont know if i should change the turn signal bulbs and the outside bulbs. Any ideas?

[BlackJack]

Sylvania SilverStar.

Looks clear/purple when off, but glows yellow when on.

[Alerojester]

i have the chrome silverstars in mine, they light up amber

[frankie257]

Sylvania SilverStar.

Looks clear/purple when off, but glows yellow when on.

what about the small lights next to the turn signal? the one in the corner that used to be under the reflector?

[jhubbz]

just get a 194 led that flashes amber

[Alerojester]

ok so i have a random question about this. if i don't have silicone what else could i use to put the lights back together??? ik its a newb question and beings that i have very little money i want to get at least one thing done before the car hits the streets again.

[jhubbz]

O come on just spend $5 on a tube. Your gonna be sorry if you don't. If your really penny pinching, they sell squeeze tubes of the stuff at your local home depot for $4.

[kwhauck]

O come on just spend $5 on a tube. Your gonna be sorry if you don't. If your really penny pinching, they sell squeeze tubes of the stuff at your local home depot for $4.

He also needs to buy a caulk gun so $8-$10 but on the bright side you can recaulk your bathroom counters with whatever is left over!

[Alerojester]

lol i have a caulk gun, ik stupid question i'll take the embarassement now let it comence (spelling)

[kwhauck]

So then a $5 tube, do your headlights and then your bathroom countertop.....

[Alerojester]

why we have all new sinks done professionally so i don't have to do much with the sinks or counter tops :lol:

[jhubbz]

actually you can get a 10 oz. caulk gun for $1.97 at the home depot i work at. ANYWAYS... just do it right the first time or you'll be sorry. you know it and everyone else knows it

[BlackJack]

yup, what he sed ^

[spc2125]

took me approx 27 min to read this whole thread.
read it mostly because i havent cleared my corners yet and im procrastinating on doing my homework.
but on the couple pics that i did see looked cool.
Deff going to be the project for saturday

[jhubbz]

before you do it, think about painting your bezel. if you do it all in one shot it will be 4x easier in the end.

[spc2125]

what color should i paint the bezel. i got a silver alero

[JonKBrown]

This was fantstic derections did the first headlight in about an hour and a half.....and the second one i used the oven option and got it done in 20 minutes LoL..........THANKS VERY MUCH

[a.graham52]

im going to do this assuming i can "defog" my lenses good. i was wondering if you guys think some blue/purple chameleon painted bezels would look good on the car in my sig.

[sleepyalero]

try it, wont really know till we see it, but it might look pretty cool honestly.

[a.graham52]

well i was able to defog my lenses so im going to go ahead and paint them up within the next couple weeks. should i paint the turnsignal sections or try and leave them chrome? how much will that effect light output. and lastly any pictures of completed assemblys?

[a.graham52]

bump?

[cavaliers60]

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/cavaliers60/May%20Car/DSC00081.jpg

[pawzbear]

im going to do this assuming i can "defog" my lenses good. i was wondering if you guys think some blue/purple chameleon painted bezels would look good on the car in my sig.

A lot of colors won't look good with the opaline blue aleros. That's what I had :) Anyways, I painted my bezels black. It looked hella good.

[a.graham52]

i think ill try the chamelion colors first and if they dont look friggen great then black they will be.

[jhubbz]

do it body color!!

[pawzbear]

^^ yeah, thats a good idea... I was just afraid to use car type paint when I did it myself. I'm a girl and I suck at this kind of thing.

I baked my headlight assemblies to help take them apart, btw..

[Alerojester]

so what happens if you break off a couple of the bars where the clips get secured but there's more silicone then anything?

[sleepyalero]

nothing, as long as they dont leak

[Alerojester]

like i said mine were literally all silicone there was enough in them that i just heated it up again and put them back together and let them cool and pulled on them to see if they stuck and well they aren't gonna come back apart unless they get broken

[sleepyalero]

you should be okay, only way to tell is if you wash your car, water will get inside... (happened to me) and only other way is if you drive in decently cold weather when you park, check to see if there is condensation in the headlight (also happened to me) :lol:

[Alerojester]

I did check them by spraying them with the hose there isn't any leaks, also took what I did pull out of the lenses heated it up and put it where there wasn't any silicone showing

[sleepyalero]

well good, glad theres no leaks

[i4g3t]

anyone ever have a problem with the po-po about not having relectors? i had this issue with my tinted tails on my truck

[sleepyalero]

uhh.. this isnt a thread for your truck. this is about clear corner headlights..

to answer your question, me no. only some states care. my town honestly doesnt give two shts whats i do to my car.



why all those stickers? its not a drift car.

[happyisthealero]

X2 sleepy, and what is the point of showing off your ugly truck from the front and posting pictures of your stickers?

[RalphP]

I4G3t - Technically, you should be ticketed every time a traffic police officer sees the truck - yes, it's illegal.

Why you'd want to drive a truck I couldn't see at night or in the rain when I'm coming up behind you I don't know. And if it's a show truck, why do the police officers see you on the street with it?

But eh. Glad you're not here. I passed enough idiots who converted their vehicles into scrap metal YESTERDAY during the freezing rain.

RwP

[i4g3t]

There tinted but with the led bulbs there still brighter then the factory bulbs. My question was refering to removing the reflector from the light housing. The stickers I made myself since I own a small vinyl business. And it is in the process of being made into a drift truck. My friend started d-day drift invasion. I started out just hauling the tires and tools and helping in the pits, he's helping making a custom lowing kit that's going to widen the truck. He's also the one that's going to help make turbo kit for the alero. Sorry I was trying to keep my car legal.

[RalphP]

Removing the reflection is also illegal by DOT standards - specifically, see the "reflex reflector" requirements at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=571.108 .

If it's not red back there, it's also illegal - see that same page.

RwP