Opening up headlights..

[MikesDman]

Anyone have any advise or a guide on how to do this?
one of the xenon mounts have broken so the bulb is bouncing about so ideally need to open it up to fix it..

 

[DannoTheGreat]

i think you can carefully cut the sealant from the glass then take it apart. you'll need some silicon or somethin to reseal it

 

[bmh.01]

Bin it and get another, if you manage to get it apart, fix it, put it back together again and it be waterproof again i'll eat my proverbial hat.

 

[iimushroomzii]

I want one to try take apart Cant be that hard can it?

 

[levaz]

hot knife and patience

 

[jonny172clio]

i know this is an old thread but i've done this with my headlights on my old car. what u need to do is put the lights one at a time in the oven for about 30 seconds the glue will melt first if u leave them to long it will melt the brackets it saves so much time and does a neater job, afterwards get a product called tiger seal its black and wont budge at all job done in about 2 minutes!!!!

 

[p@blo]

Bin it and get another, if you manage to get it apart, fix it, put it back together again and it be waterproof again i'll eat my proverbial hat.

+1, pics if you manage to successfully achieve all of the above

 

[jonny172clio]

honestly its more simple than u think and with a good layer of tiger seal will defo be waterproof

 

[Jon.G]

If anybody wants a unit to practice on, I have one, with all mount clips broken and the back shell is cracked, but has been glue gunned back together. Its sat here doing f all. Could be good for spares, ie projector lenses so ill say £20 + Postage.

Grey Insert as well.

 

[Tigger]

i know this is an old thread but i've done this with my headlights on my old car. what u need to do is put the lights one at a time in the oven for about 30 seconds the glue will melt first if u leave them to long it will melt the brackets it saves so much time and does a neater job, afterwards get a product called tiger seal its black and wont budge at all job done in about 2 minutes!!!!

What temperature? lol

Seriously though...might try this out with a spare cluster as I have a crack in one of my lenses

 

[skinz]

Done this with my mr2 to paint internals - put in oven at 120 degrees for 6-7mins, then use flat-head scredriver to pry lens from headlight casing. There will be clips around the unit holding it together so unclip these first plus any screws. Would advise wearing some gloves as it does get really hot, also try not to touch inside of the lens as a fingerprint will p**s you off forever