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11-18-2011, 05:53 AM
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Nipples on headlights
On some of the plastic headlights (ie: 2004 CV) have nipples and it makes it very hard to polish out the lenses. Is there a purpose for these nipples? Can they be ground down or are they hollow and would leave holes? 
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11-18-2011, 07:59 AM
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I was told they are there for factory headlamp aiming.I don't know if you can grind them off though.
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11-18-2011, 11:20 AM
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They are for aiming. Used with this type of aimer. 
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11-18-2011, 12:38 PM
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You've got me curious now, I have an old set of headlights in my garage, I'll have to try grinding on down and see what happens.
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11-18-2011, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 91xltlariat
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They are for aiming. Used with this type of aimer.Attachment 3234
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LOL... wow look at that! It comes with a VHS tutorial. 
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11-19-2011, 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by D.Acker
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You've got me curious now, I have an old set of headlights in my garage, I'll have to try grinding on down and see what happens.
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Thank you, that would be more than kind of you.
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11-26-2011, 03:06 PM
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I have ground them down in the past when I was polishing an old sent of head lights. They were not hollow, and once poslihed the head light had a nice smooth look to it.
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11-26-2011, 05:51 PM
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Thanks so much jpz for your answer.
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12-01-2011, 04:26 PM
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Those nipples used to annoy me, too, until I found out what they were for. I just work around them now.
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