Gsumax and I are ATTEMPTING to do the AE mod on his headlights. However these somsabiatches wont come apart!

It's not as easy as 4th gen....searching didnt find much. Anyone got EXACT directions on how to do this mess?

 

did you heat it up first? oven or heatgun

 

with an oven, at 250 dg. for 10 minutes, should i have heated longer or at a higher temp?

 

do it for about 15-20 mins ON A COOKIE TRAY!

Make sure u took out those 3 small screws on it. They should come right apart bish

 

should i do it at 250dg?

 

yeap.

Check out Studmans write up for more indepth info

1) Open the oven and move the rack to the lowest position.
2) Warm up the oven to 250 degrees.
3) Remove all light bulbs from the headlight.
4) Remove the ballast from the housing.
5) Remove the 3 small screws around the edge of the housing where the clear meets the black.
6) Wet a bath towel and ring out all excess water.
7) Place the towel on a cookie sheet with the excess hanging off the side.
8) Place the headlight on the towel with the clear side towards the cookie sheet.
9) Wrap the wet towel around the headlight. You should end up with 2 layers (the ends) of the towel where the clear part of the housing is.
10) Put the cookie sheet in the oven and bake at 250 degrees for 35 minutes.
11) Remove from the oven.
12) Remove the towel and light from the cookie sheet.
13) Un-wrap the towel from the headlight.
14) Wipe off the condensation from the headlight.
15) Using a regular-sized flat-headed screwdriver (or old-school butter knife that you don't want), pry the black surrounds away from the clear lens. You'll almost think that you are breaking it, but it's flexible enough not to break unless you put alot of force on it. Start at the bottom of the light (if it were mounted on the car) and work towards the hi-beam side. The corner-light side will be last.
16) After you have pried all the little tabs out, gently but firmly pull the clear cover away from the black backing. Pull the pieces apart as if you were peeling apart 2 pieces of bread on a sandwhich.
17) When you get to the corner-light side, put the corner-light side downward. Pull the hi-beam side's ends apart from each other, as if you were "splitting a wig". The corner-light end will come apart with little-to-no hassle.

Reinstallation instructions should be the exact reverse, but I haven't made it that far, so I can't say that they really are.

 

Use a blow-dryer and a screw driver.
That's the way I did it.... really easy.

And use the blow-dryer to reseal works great, just get some additional silicon (clear kind).

 

thanks man, 35 mins seemed really long, but ill give it a shot

 

no prob...yeah its like 15-20 mins. Have fun and dont forget to use high temp paint