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So recently i removed my lenses and sprayed the chrome surrounding in the headlights black, and after doing that my headlights fog up with any sight of moisture which is really annoying. I knew it was a possibility to happen but i took the risk anyway. So now i want to remove the outside lense completely like this. Anybody done it?

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If you took your lenses off then you know that the headlights aren't sealed. You wouldn't want to drive in the rain with them exposed. So, to do the lensless conversion correctly you'd need to convert to sealed headlamps. That's a pretty big deal as you'd have to totally change out the mounts and adjustment stuff.

Not saying impossible, but it would be a fair bit of work.

I have a banked up project to convert mine to projectors (can't justify the Series 3 expense) and I want to change a few other things when I'm in there. I'll eventually put up a thread when done, but prob won't be till next year.

Pretty hard to see in that picture. Might just be converted to slim rectangular sealed units. Lot of 80's and 90's cars used them before custom lenses with replacement bulbs became the norm.

The R32 Autostyle car had ones like this but they looked like sealed projectors.

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Read up on it. Search here on the forums, there is a DIY.

I removed mine to fix a broken adjustment bracket. Use a heat gun or oven to soften the glue then you have to work around it with screw drivers carefully not to crack the plastic.

Don't personally like that style I prefer two square lamps. Each to their own though. Im gonna try get hold of a dremel with a circular attachment or even one of those renovator tools and try cut out the outter lense along the little dip around the diameter of it. I will take pictures as I go and keep you updated. Fingers crossed it turns out reasonable haha!

Yeah obviously you'd get the RWC issues but hey, people run spacers, decats, high mounts, ffp's etc ;)

Yeah, I guess you have a point but...this mod will stick out like a sore thumb screaming for unwanted attention!

Yeah, I guess you have a point but...this mod will stick out like a sore thumb screaming for unwanted attention!

Definitely agree! On a noobish note, are R33 GTST series 1 and 2 headlights interchangeable/line up fine? On my phone so the search option isn't the best.

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If you took your lenses off then you know that the headlights aren't sealed. You wouldn't want to drive in the rain with them exposed. So, to do the lensless conversion correctly you'd need to convert to sealed headlamps. That's a pretty big deal as you'd have to totally change out the mounts and adjustment stuff.

Not saying impossible, but it would be a fair bit of work.

I have a banked up project to convert mine to projectors (can't justify the Series 3 expense) and I want to change a few other things when I'm in there. I'll eventually put up a thread when done, but prob won't be till next year.

So thread resurrection. Not really finished yet but I've had this project and doing a little here and there over the last year when I have the spare time. I've also got an motor rebuild happening so this is going to take a back seat for a few weeks since the parts are starting to come back in.

This is quite different from anything I've seen on R33's. I also have modified the grill to come out almost to the front of the bumper. The "eye lid" will extend the bonnet line. I will be finishing in fibreglass and then doing carbon overlay over the top.

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