Splitting headlights

[edewer]

Hi all,

need to separate the lens from the rest of the unit. is it a case of heating the sealant up to a hot enough level to prose it open, or is there another way? any help much appreciated

ed

 

[Curtis!]

As far as I know yeah, it's basically just sealed together like a cream egg.

Not done it myself yet but will come to it in the next project.

Try a heat gun etc and a flat head screwdriver, good thick pair of kevlar gloves will be a must. If not try your oven.

 

[edewer]

cool cheers for that alex. the oven awaits!

 

[adam172]

i put my mk1 fogs in the oven for a bit to separate the glass works a treat

 

[edewer]

temperature and cooking time adam?

 

[adam172]

gas mark 3 for 10 mins should bring the flavour out nice without cracking the light leaving you with a moist sealant, add a flat screw driving for extra flavouring and wolla now for desert........

 

[edewer]

sounds good to me. i'll wait for the housemates to go out............................then i'll ruin their oven, and possibly my headlight!

 

[Curtis!]

I'mma pick up some non-xenon ph2 ones for messing with tbh dude lol, hopefully get them for 25/30 quid mark which I'll be happy to waste for an experiment.

If your worried about ruining the oven just put tin foil all underneith the headlight/bottom of oven.

 

[edewer]

i got one from a scrappy which was a bit knackered anyway so if i ruin it i wont be too worried as have a backup one too.

Its for a 'different' idea i have, so its gonna be hit or miss anyway!

 

[Camble]

I'm gonna do this soon, thing is I don't have any money to buy some temporary replacements lol!

Lets hope I don't fcuk them up, just need to get all of the flies and sh*t from inside the lights it's doin my head in

And to reseal them as they always steam up

 

[adam172]

you shouldnt ruin the oven atall, litrelly get the oven warm and put them in, i kept getting them out evry 1/2mins and poking the sealant to see if it got tacky/started to melt - i didn't leave them in until it totally melted and just lifted off. the oven just helped soften it

 

[edewer]

ah ok. well i'll give it a go over the next few days, and then may reveal my new super secret mod to the world if it works!

 

[adam172]

even if you,r and i quoate ''super secret mod'' epicly fails still post pics

 

[edewer]

maybe. I may copyright it first though :rasp:

 

[Curtis!]

What is it then? PM if you want as I know what I'm doing already just for fun.

 

[Clio-Ell]

Day lights?

 

[edewer]

right. ovens on. wish me luck!

 

[Camble]

Good luck, let me know how you go lol.

 

[Curtis!]

Video/Pics.

 

[edewer]

no vids/pics. proving difficult tho
sealant is pretty hardcore, and look like a complete tard sat infront of the oven

 

[edewer]

Right,
so i've managed to split the headlight! Its a PITA of a job, and i'd strongly advise wearing heat-proof gloves. but success was achieved!

a pic of the finished item!

ed

 

[Curtis!]

Grand job, goodluck!

 

[Sam]

Nice. Look forward to seeing where this goes.

 

[edewer]

it'll be a while whilst i get everything sorted, but end result should be a little 'DIFFERENT'

 

[adam172]

CAF??

 

[Curtis!]

Swapping the bulbs around so the normal driving lights are in the middle and the high beams are on the outside.

Sorry for spilling dude :dapprove:

 

[edewer]

Well lets hope it works eh. tempted to see what painting the reflective bits black'll look like. I know a lot of the vw guys do it and it looks half decent. and if all else fails its only cost me £15

 

[guysy]

Has the plastic survived? Looks a bit fucked from the photo, Just dirty?

Either way its cool I havent seen this done before with pics.

 

[Curtis!]

Looks sorta fogged up/condensated?

 

[edewer]

The plastic was like that when i got it, so i'm gonna use the guide on here to tidy it up. Only has my distance lens on the camera so couldnt take anything close up

ed

 

[Camble]

Thing is with doing that, you won't be able to see your sidelights at all :S

 

[guysy]

As for polishing up the headlights, Yeah should work just hope the heat has'nt screwed up the plastic completly.

Doesnt the black stop the light reflections?

 

[edewer]

Yep it will. i'm purely doing it tp try stuff out. perhaps iusing tinting spray so i still have reflective properties.

Or i could infact be doing something totally different and sending you guys off on a tangent..............

 

[Capstankid]

Just done mine, it's getting on for 20 minuets but it's getting there!

 

[Adam D]

20 minutes in the oven? I think i'll be doing this soon too, the light is perfect but it has dirt inside that needs cleaning off.