vehicle headlamp other areas of the side wall of the shell may be removed through piercing operations to prevent unwanted light reflection and reduce component weight the result of the manufacturing method described here is a final projector lamp 10 with one coating process one assembly process and one stamping process tool formed from one steel blank 12 compared with the conventional systems with up to six separate stampings formed from six separate metal sheets multiple assembly and coating processes the present method and lamp design provides a novel and economically beneficial product and process both in material usage product weight product assembly and reduced tooling costs all references including publications patent applications and patents cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each reference were individually and specifically indicated to be incorporated by reference and were set forth in its entirety herein the use of the terms u201c a u201d and u201c an u201d and u201c the u201d and similar references in the context of describing the invention especially in the context of the following claims are to be construed to cover both the singular and the plural unless otherwise indicated herein or clearly contradicted by context the terms u201c comprising u201d u201c having u201d u201c including u201d and u201c containing u201d are to.