Front headlight unit question

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I've got the headlight unit out but I'm struggling to separate the lens element from the main body to get behind to the cone. I assume these two bits come apart as there are clips. I've a feeling that the two parts have fused together at certain points so I'm trying to ease them apart with a flat bladed screw driver.


I'll attempt to upload the photos I've taken.

You need to heat it with a heat gun, get it fairly hot without melting it to soften the glue and it pulls apart quite easily. Then heat it again to put it back together.
I have done it a few times over the years when I contverted the square lights on the 98 to 01 models to dual H4 bulbs. I managed to get completly shattered ones with the right side reflector from a breaker. Took them apart using a heat gun and removed right side reflectors from the broken ones and put it into the left side of the working ones. A little bit of fiddling to get it to fit then used Osram Nightbreakers and the result was well worth the effort