I have searched and been to housecors site and while he shows how to do most of the procedure I don't see how he actually opens up the headlights. Maybe I am tired or am overlooking it.........Any help would be appreciated. I just don't want to screw them up. TIA

 

after they heat up in the oven, they pull apart. You might have to use a screwdriver to pry it apart a little, but I think thats gone over on Housecors site.....I thought.....

 

Yeah, there's really not much else to say. That's why he doesn't go further into detail about it. You heat them for 15-20 minutes at around 200 degrees (F) to soften the glue. When it's soft, you will be able to use some flathead screwdrivers to pry the thing apart. Eventually, you'll get enough room to just pull with your fingers. They're really not that fragile, but be careful anyway. And don't forget to wrap the headlight in an old towel while in the oven. If you don't, the plastic will melt wherever it touches a metal surface inside the oven.

 

^^^Thanks for the replies. If he would of said "They just pull apart after being baked in the oven" I would of known. I wasn't about to tear apart these HID's without getting some sort of confirmation on how they come apart. Thanks again.

 

There are also 3 screws you must remove....

 

OH SH*T! My bad. Good call, man. Housecor covers that, but I did forget.

 

Read my sticky on 6th gen forum on how to smoke headlight chrome

 

Do you have to replace the orange lense with a clear one or can you leave it without. Also if you do replace the orange lense where can you get a clear one?

 

Click to check out the writeup I made when I opened mine up.

 

nice witeup scmaxima2k ,
ironmax- just an FYI about making up those clear lenses, you dont need buy/have a dremel to cut the lens, thats the hard way, the plastic on those home depot flood lights is super soft they can be cut w/ tin shears or a good pair of scisors

 

Dremel is the proper way, and gets the best fitment

 

HAs anyone ever tried to heat them up using a hair dryer? Didn;t Emax do it that way? Also, is leaving it w/o a lens that bad?

 

I've been so nervous to do this, but you guys make it sound simple. Whats the part # or the name of the lense I would need to buy from home depot?

 

Eh...not exactly sure. What you do is go to the gardening/patio lighting section (should be near the normal lighting section) and look for replacement bulbs for Intermatic (brand) Malibu patio lights. They'll look like fairly thin flood lights, and they have two-pin connectors. You'll know 'em when you see 'em because the lens looks like a perfect fit for your headlight.

Just trace the orange stock lens onto the lens of the Malibu bulb (but make sure you leave excess around the trace...you will need it), and use the Dremel with cutting wheel to cut the circle out. Start bigger than you think you'll need, then take away little by little. And remember that the edge of the circle doesn't have to turn out perfect, as it will be blocked by part of the housing anyway.

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-Brian

 

Nice, I think I have an idea in my head what it looks like... Now I need to go buy a dremel!

 

i dunno..... i guess if you wanted to cut a piece of plastic "the proper way" you need a dremel, i used tin shears, took about 20 sec to cut and was a perfect fit w/o sanding

 

i actually left mine without the lens on. it looks better IMO.

sorry these pictures suck. but it'll give you an idea.







plus i got those silver bulbs from autolumination that only light amber, but look silver. (like housecor recommends.)

 

 

I was skeptical, but that is pretty impressive. Those must be some strong shears.

 

I will be doing mine soon.. great write up and explanation...

 

the shears work well, but it has more to do w/ how soft/flexable plastic the lense are made of.
i made these up while retrofitting projector headlights for HIDs and had to cut the smaller lense up top as well. to cut those I used a pair of regular houshold scissors , they cut no problem. compared to the bulky shears, I was able to make more accurate cuts, important b/c there is only 1/16" lip on the shroud to hide the edge of the lense