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how to get rid of orange reflector in headlight?

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Old 04-23-2003, 04:02 PM
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how to get rid of orange reflector in headlight?

is there a way to get rid of the orange reflector that is in the front turnsignal? do they sell a whole clear headlight assembly? or can i do it by myself?
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Yes you can take out the orange relectors, but it would look ugly and very time consuming. If I was you I would check out Bekkers.com, and Ebay. I bought a set of Euro ML Bi-xenon projector headlights through ebay. The Euros have clear reflectors instead of orange. I paid about $750 shipped, and it came with bulbs, and ballasts. $25 for conversion harness from 2000ML to 2003 ML.
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is that my only route? go bi-xenon headlights? because right now i hate say it but money is tight. thats why i was wondering if they just sell the euro lights that use reg. halogens?
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i have a boxster, and some of us go to the extent of burning the amber reflector out with a soldering iron and replacing the amber bulb with a phillips silvervision - www.powerbulbs.com. the bulb is silver in appearance but flashes amber.
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what if there is a way to get into the assembly and somehow paint the reflector silver or something? That could be a cheap alternative to buying the euro bi-xenons.

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yeah is that possible? to open the light up and just either take the reflector out or paint it? i know the bulb isnt a problem because theres no orange cap that covers the bulb, its just an orange bulb that you can change out.

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