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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 05:49 PM
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Do the headlight doors on a 76 come off easily for painting? Or is it a big ordeal?
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Getting ready to do the same thing on my 68 for painting. Would be interested in the responses you get.
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If you take out your trim around the head lights and the lights too, you'll see the screws that hold the covers in.
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That stuff is out. That's all there is to it? Thanks.
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getting them out is not all that hard. Putting them back in without chipping the paint on the lights or the car is a pain in the ***. Youcan get them out in one pc. , putting them back in i had to take them completelly apart. took about a hour per side putting them back.
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Originally Posted by crf311
getting them out is not all that hard. Putting them back in without chipping the paint on the lights or the car is a pain in the ***. Youcan get them out in one pc. , putting them back in i had to take them completelly apart. took about a hour per side putting them back.



I would (did) leave them in mainly because of this. Mine came out fine and if you seal the gap to prevent overspray underneath, you really can't tell.
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