How do you take apart the headlights

[TMM]

just put the lights back on the car... it looks cool but i just wish there was a way to dull out the old headlight outa plastic as its weathered and chipped...

anyone know of some polish or anything?

A bit of polish will shine up the lens nicely. To remove stone chips, sand them smooth with high grit (1500grit, then 2000+), then give it a buff.

iv done with retro...i opened lights in cooking oven and opened easily with no harm to lights.

iv installed mercedese bi-xenon projectors in lights..now the car has pure cut-off lights with sexy look.

here are the pics...
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3857/getattachmentfgf.jpg
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2631/getattachmentrmi.jpg

hope you guys like it...

Wow, those turned out tops! Nice work.

 

[StormVY]

I did this last week.

Make sure you put them back together in a dust free environment. If you look closely at mine they have specs of dust inside now.
Also, dont spray inside your parker hole!

 

[pepstar87]

Got pics of the finished product?

 

[DUK13Y]

I did this last week.

Make sure you put them back together in a dust free environment. If you look closely at mine they have specs of dust inside now.
Also, dont spray inside your parker hole!

Mine too. You don't notice unless you actually look for imperfections. But from normal view, you can't tell at all.

 

[StormVY]

Got pics of the finished product?

Here is my write up and how to... linkage

It looks very similar to madgamer's finished product. Like DUK13Y said, it looks fine at a glance but if your face is 10cm from it you can see tiny dust specs.
I also used silicon seal after I put it back together so it was waterproof again.

 

[nathan549]

so does this work with a hairdryer? just put the hair dryer on it and pry apart with a screwdriver? oh and what do you use to seal it back up?

 

[valakis_vx]

dont know if a hairdryer would heat it up much, but when youre done you close up the headlight as much as you can, chuck it back in the oven and once the glue-sikaflex type sealand it soft, squeeze it back together, should go off fairly quick in cold conditions

 

[DUK13Y]

so does this work with a hairdryer? just put the hair dryer on it and pry apart with a screwdriver? oh and what do you use to seal it back up?

Hair dryer takes forever. I spent an hour with the damn thing and got about 5cm. Oven method works heaps better.

 

[TheIceman]

here is a brilliant way to take apart your headlights not involving the house hold oven that your light may not even fit in.