99grnmaxgxe

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One of my crappy hyper white light bulbs popped and I mean POPPED! Now there is glass everywhere in the headlight housing. Any suggestions on how to clean the debris up?

EDIT: Can anyone tell me how to remove my headlights? Or direct me to a write-up? Couldn't find anything in the stickies. Thanks!!!!

MDeezy

iTrader: (27)

shake and bake it @ 225

99grnmaxgxe

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Oh yeah one more thing, when the light bulbs pop, does it affect the harness or wiring? B/C I replaced them with stock bulbs, and the side that popped doesn't seem to light up as much as the other side.

MDeezy

iTrader: (27)

If the harness is still functional then all is fine.

99grnmaxgxe

iTrader: (11)

Thanks MDeezy, I found out that the housing is all blurred up and I think I need to clean the inside of the headlight to get it clear again.

MDeezy

iTrader: (27)

no prob

maxgtr2000

iTrader: (29)

You can pour rubbing alcohol in it and shake it around, drain and repeat until all the debris is gone.

99grnmaxgxe

iTrader: (11)

Can anyone tell me how to remove the headlights?

culejoe

wow you had the same issue as i did... i was driving down some 2 lane road at about 4 in the morning (going fishing) so it was pitch black and my car sorta freaked out.. everything kinda flashed.. head lights cd player.. etc and then boom no head lights.. both of them exploded and all i had were the pos parking lights.. i have gxe so i didnt have any fogs.. so that was a fun drive on that windy road.... hehe but yea i need to know how to get it clean aswell.....

wimpwgn

haha...

86maxima96

iTrader: (10)

just remove the corner lights (next to the headlights) and then it should be obvious as to how to remove the headlight.

DR-Max

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Be careful with that headlight reflector. It gets easily etched and if you fill it up with liquid and shake that thing around it with all those sharp floating glass pieces, it could easily put scratch marks all over that delicate reflector. If I were you, I'd pull that light apart (bake it first). That way you can carefully pick out those little sharp glass pieces from inside. Then use a Meguiar's Mirror Glaze 18, professional clear plastic detailer, and wipe the reflector clean. And don't use paper towel. Use one of those cloth that is used to clean the lenses of Oakley sunglass lenses.

The idea is to find the least abrassive type of agent to clean those reflectors.