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DIY Headlight CAF



Tunst

ClioSport Club Member
  Focus ST225, Focus E
This is just a work in progress, im in no rush to finish it and its just something im doing out of sheer boredom!


Anyway..

Take 1 knackered xenon..

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Then split it into pieces..
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Rooting around the shed I found an old CAF from my old air box...

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Fits on there perfectly! I will replace the crappy hose type stuff for something better eventually... but it may only be temp as it is rather small...

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Now I havnt actually got that far tbh as I need to get all the parts I need...

So atm I am left with this...

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Il update this as and when I sort things out if anyone is actually interested :eek:
 

markerboy2002

East Of England - Norfolk
ClioSport Area Rep
  Liquid Yellow 182
Is it easy to take apart? i'm looking at spraying the inside of the headlight but i've not seen many apart yet
 

Tunst

ClioSport Club Member
  Focus ST225, Focus E
Is it easy to take apart? i'm looking at spraying the inside of the headlight but i've not seen many apart yet


The glue on this took some heating up tbh, even then it was still a ball ache to pull apart! I used a mixture of Oven and Hair Dryer..
 

Tunst

ClioSport Club Member
  Focus ST225, Focus E
I don't think you have enough Xbox 360 controllers.

Cool little project! You should put the grey insert back in, that doesn't block the holes? Look better too!

I have 7 :eek:

I plan on painting it so wont see the insides



because im bored and they were just going to get thrown in the bin.. So thought id make use of them
 

len_beach

ClioSport Club Member
  E92 M3,172 track car
My headlight "supercharger".

70mm CAF straight to phase 1 airbox inlet.
 

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  M3, Cup racer'd 182
Here's mine just to give you a idea of how it could look if you was to keep the use of your xenon headlight at the same time, I'm currently researching how to make moulds for it as i've been asked by others if i'd do them one in fibreglass.
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  182FF
I would pay decent money for one of these!! Wish I had the time and know how to do this sort of stuff!
 
  M3, Cup racer'd 182
^ there's no set guide on how to split a headlight really.

You could cut the lens off close to the bond area and replace it with a new one (that's if Renault or someone sells them), Or the way i done mine was take out all bulbs/igniters/power packs and put boiling hot water from a kettle into a bucket and leave the edges in the water until the plastic gets soft and start prying it off bit by bit.
 


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