[QUOTE]Originally posted by gsrdude
[B]ok this is great. but i still have a question.......

I know that in the headlights the 2 bulbs to replace are the turn signal (7440) and running light (168)

my question is.... what is the number for the high beams and the side markers?

I want to replaces all these bulbs in blue, and dont know which to order for them.

 

I was wondering if an electric oven was used? would it matter if a gas oven was used, cuz I think for some reason my gas oven seems to be burining eveything that I cook!! A little leary about useing my gas oven to do this

 

I used a gas oven. It worked fine for me. Bad chef huh? Burn Thanksgiving Turkey last year? JK.

 

I don't see why it would make a difference what source of heat you use, but you might want to "calibrate" your oven to see if the temperature is off...this will help you to be a better chef, and of course to save your headlights.

Get a thermometer, one that can read high temperatures...a meat thermometer should do fine.
You want the temp to be around 225 degrees F, so set the oven to that temp, put your meat thermometer in and wait for the oven to indicate that it has reached that temp. Take a reading of the thermometer (which should be placed in the middle of the rack) and it shoud not be too far off from 225. Since the oven interior is a contained environment, heat dispersion throughout the interior shouldn't be too much of a problem. I would be try to avoid touching the headlamps to the sides or the rack directly though, for obvious reasons.

This is just my opinion on the matter, and I do not profess to be an expert in baking.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bryons2000
[B]I don't see why it would make a difference what source of heat you use, but you might want to "calibrate" your oven to see if the temperature is off...this will help you to be a better chef, and of course to save your headlights.

Get a thermometer, one that can read high temperatures...a meat thermometer should do fine.
You want the temp to be around 225 degrees F, so set the oven to that temp, put your meat thermometer in and wait for the oven to indicate that it has reached that temp.

 

A bump for the bilble of headlight clearing.

 

This kicks butt, now does anybody have a part number for much brighter high beams. I would really like to have the extra light sometimes.

 

Does anyone know the torque specs for the 10mm bolts?

 

If they aren't carrying a structural load, a light wrench tightening will do. Tight enough to not come out. Don't strip the threads.

 

Just adding more info to this wonderful thread.

After clearing my headlight I didn't like how the two bulbs on the side are yellow at night, they don't match the HID.
Stock:


I found some white LED from Jamstrait that would solve the problem. But then they're expensive and ordering was a nightmare it for me. The first order took over 2 months to finally arrived and Canadian custom charged an arm and a leg. When they arrived my friends really wanted them so they got them. So with no bulb and I didn't want to place another order I decided to make my own bulbs.

Materials you'll need:
- 2 180ohm resistor 1/4w is fine (see notes at the bottom)
- 2 1n914A or 1N4148 diodes (optional)
- 6 white LEDs
- small piece of printed circuit board
- etch solution
- soldering tools

Circuit diagram of how the LEDs will be connected:


180ohm is derived as follow:
assuming maximum car voltage of 14v (I know it can go up to 15.5v) but under normal operating voltage should range between 11.8-14v. The LEDs I got are white rated at 5600mcd, 3.6v drop and 20ma. So with this you can figure out the resistor you need:
14v - 3.6x3 = 10.8v = 3.2v
using Ohm's law = 3.2/0.02 = 160ohm jump to the next highest available -> 180ohm

Next cut the printed circuit board into the size of about the same as your stock bulb with half the height. Draw the pattern you need base on the circuit above (sorry I forgot to take a picture of the pattern require) next etch your circuit board. Solder the LED together to form a triangular formation. Solder everything onto the circuit board, you should get something like this: (note the resistor is on the other side)


This is the result:


*side note: the LEDs turn out to be even whiter than the HID so what I'm going to do is use a 560ohm resistor instead, this will make the LED glow less white - hopefully it will match the HID.

This should take you about 3hrs, cost $5-7 for 2bulbs and lots of fun.