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Separating the headlight unit halves - Triggergee - 05-03-18
Does anyone know how to split the headlight open without damaging it?
I bought one off eBay cheaply to be fair (was also advertised on here) with a stated broken fairing mount lug but the seller must not have checked under the rubber bulb seals as the reflector/shield on the near side light is broken and flapping about only held in place with some wire. I bought it as the front lense on mine is heat damaged from having electrical tape stuck to it to pass an MOT as it was wired up wrong, no longer thanks to the headlight mod post on here! So I want to swap the good lense from the eBay unit with the good back housing of mine but as well as the tap/clips holding the two together it appears to be glued or have a sealant which I guess makes sense... got me a bit stuck at the mo
Re: Separating the headlight unit halves - J_Dub - 05-03-18
They're glued together, you need to heat the headlight unit (heat gun or oven) and then prise apart.
https://youtu.be/jkkrmMeJ4B4
I stuck mine in the oven - oh wear gloves!
Re: Separating the headlight unit halves - daviee - 05-03-18
done mine 5 minites in the oven it opened pretty easy with a screwdriver to prize it apart
Re: Separating the headlight unit halves - Triggergee - 05-03-18
Awesome I'll try that later when I put my casserole in, seems a shame to waste gas haha oh what temp?
Re: Separating the headlight unit halves - daviee - 05-03-18
gas mk 6 lol it is glue together with a hot melt glue
Re: Separating the headlight unit halves - Triggergee - 05-03-18
I was laughing to myself when I wrote that. As an ex chef it's the first time I've been given a recipe for baking a headlight. Is the glue in there just for extra security or is there a weather proofing aspect as well? In other words to I need to re glue it after?
Re: Separating the headlight unit halves - Jules-C - 06-03-18
Glue is mainly for sealing there are clips that hold the halves together. Oven doesn't have to be very hot. Think I set oven to 150C but turned it off when I put headlight in and left it there for 10 minutes and no problems separating it
Re: Separating the headlight unit halves - Triggergee - 06-03-18
That's promising. I've got it in the oven now at 160 and turned it off so hopefully getting it open in a few minutes will be nice and easy
Re: Separating the headlight unit halves - Triggergee - 06-03-18
Wow that was easy! I feel a bit daft now for the way I was trying to do it before. Thanks for the advise foccers!
Re: Separating the headlight unit halves - daviee - 06-03-18
nice one