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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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ive been looking for aftermarket headlights and taillights for my stratus for a long time and can only find tail lights for the sedan. does any body know where i can get some aftermarket lights?

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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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If you browse through some threads here you will find what you're looking for. I know Ive seen tail lights posted recently
 
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 11:25 AM
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alright, thanks
 
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 11:38 AM
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I think I read your post wrong. I thought you were looking for sedan headlights and tail lights, but you are looking for coupe stuff, which none exist.

You can tint your tail lights, thats about it
You can bake your headlights open and paint the shroud. I did mine black.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 05:19 PM
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bake them open? like put them in the oven?
 
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 11:33 AM
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bake them open? like put them in the oven?
yes...ive not done mine, but many people have...
 
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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what temperature do i put them in at? how long? then what do i do to open them?
 
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You need a small torx bit to unscrew the 2 screws in the back, remove the seal and bulbs and put one headlight in the oven for about 3 minutes at 250*. When hot, grab some gloves, and pull the clear lense from the black assembly. When seperate, there are 2 torx screws holding the shroud to the clear lense, remove them, and paint the chrome shroud.

This is the newer style headlight, but its the same setup.
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 09:08 PM
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thanks for the help. question tho. why cant you just do it with out baking them?
 
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You have to soften up the glue. The glue is a sealant.
 
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