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Sep 04, 2004
DIY Tutorial: Removing yellow reflector from Gen 2 Solara

Hello everyone,

Since I had a 3 day weekend ahead, I wanted to try and make the most of it. I really haven’t had time to R&D anything for my car due to grill orders. I apologize that some orders took longer than others due to my health. Don’t get me wrong, I love making the grills for each and everyone of you and I’m very grateful for everyone’s support.

Let me cut to the chase, Mark (krawzyazn ) and myself were discussing about clear headlights and other things. He is one of the reason that helped motivated me to proceed with this project. Thanks Mark.

It’s really hard for me to detail all of the instructions for a DIY. So, I’ll just give the procedures and if you have specific questions, feel free to ask.

General layout to removing yellow reflective corner piece from headlight of a 2004 Toyota Solara.

1.Remove front bumper. Start from left or right.

2.Start by removing half of the black wheel well under carriage and work towards the front bumper.

3.There is 1 screw that is situated underneath the bumper that requires you to remove the entire front bumper in order to remove the headlights. (There are several pictures pointing to bolts to remove for the headlight assembly.

4.Once you have removed the headlight successfully. From past experience of baking headlights in the ovens, I’ve chosen a safer method since I only have 1 set of headlights. I used a blow drier to heat up the corer of the yellow reflector.

5.Be very careful when trying to pry the edge of the headlight. This is not light the gen 1 where you just pry a bit and you’re successful. This is very time consuming.

6.You will want to pry a big enough opening area to remove the yellow reflector.

7.Once you have it open, you may want to place something inside the headlight to keep the opening secure, otherwise it will close up.

8.There is a small screw that you will need to remove. It’s not your ordinary flat or Phillips head screwdriver. You will need a 6 star head (T15) to unscrew the inside frame that is holding the yellow reflector.

9.Once the screw has been removed. This was very hard as well. Pry a big enough opening to pull the yellow reflector out of the headlight.

10.You will need to use clear silicon to reseal the headlight.

11.Do the same thing for the other headlight.

12.Once both yellow reflectors have been successfully removed and the headlight has been sealed. Put everything back together. Good luck. It’s actually easier than it seems.

Use the instructions above to help guide you through this DIY project. I did take plenty of pictures to help guide you along the way.

I’ve been up all night and still have not gotten any rest, so that’s the reason for not detailing every little thing.

I also washed my car and took some close up photos. I hope you guys find this helpful.

Best regards,
Michael

Here's the link to imagestation for more pics.
DIY Tutorial: Removing yellow reflector from Gen 2 Solara Pics

Before w/ yellow reflector

After clear corners

Page 1: Upper & Lower Grille
Page 2: Lower Grille
Page 3: Sponsors/1st Gen 2 Solara w/ Lambo doors
Page 4: **Video Clips**Custom Courtesy Door Lighting & Turn Sign
Page 5: DIY Tutorial: Removing yellow reflector from Gen 2 Solara
Page 6: Customer's Rides
Page 7: 1st Gen 2 Reverse Trunk Lid

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