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Old 11-03-2006 | 03:04 PM
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How to crack open the headlights?

I tried to search and came out with nothing.. any good DYI with pictures would be great
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Old 11-03-2006 | 03:30 PM
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Bake them in the oven... Then pull it apart
Old 11-03-2006 | 03:35 PM
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Bake them in the oven... Then pull it apart
well I know that but need more better detail than that...
Old 11-03-2006 | 04:25 PM
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Old 11-03-2006 | 04:49 PM
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that was it! thank you..
Old 11-03-2006 | 05:27 PM
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Old 11-03-2006 | 05:49 PM
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hehehehe! j...d...m headlights.
Old 11-03-2006 | 06:21 PM
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if you put your lights in the oven. keep the temperature around 200 - 250. plastic melts.

on my civic I would line the bottom of the oven with aluminum foil so I wouldn't have to clean anything up afterwards.

and above all else, take your time. if you need to put the light back into the oven 2 or 3 times, that's fine. it's better to spend alot of time than to fuck up a light.
Old 11-03-2006 | 06:24 PM
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the person didn't mentioned about the glue part? do I need additional glue to seal them together?
Old 11-03-2006 | 06:26 PM
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if you put your lights in the oven. keep the temperature around 200 - 250. plastic melts.

on my civic I would line the bottom of the oven with aluminum foil so I wouldn't have to clean anything up afterwards.

and above all else, take your time. if you need to put the light back into the oven 2 or 3 times, that's fine. it's better to spend alot of time than to fuck up a light.
what kind of glue did you use? and what you mean by putting the light back into oven 2-3 times??
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Old 11-03-2006 | 06:30 PM
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the person didn't mentioned about the glue part? do I need additional glue to seal them together?

in sakes of not having to reopen them to reseal them. I would do it just to be safe. I always used an RTV ? silicon sealant that can be had at auto zone for about 3-4 bucks.

I always went heavy on the silicon as to ensure as good of a seal as possible. I would rather clean up excess silicon off of the outside of the assembly than reopen it and reseal it. the silicon basically has a 1 time use. if it doesn't seal the first time then you have to open it up and scrape out all of the silicon from the first time.

for the silicon I recommend getting some disposable vinyl/rubber gloves. and wear old clothes that you don't care about. that silicon seems to have a way of getting into places that you'd never guess and it's a pain in the ass to scrape off.
Old 11-03-2006 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by S14 n Tsx
what kind of glue did you use? and what you mean by putting the light back into oven 2-3 times??
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I used a clear silicon sealant. I more than likely you won't get the assembly apart on the first try. keeping the glue warm helps alot. so when you're trying to open it, it will start cooling, so you might need to put it back in the oven to keep the glue warm enough that you can pull it apart.

when opening the lights the first time, the most helpfull tools I had were a very tiny screw driver (1-2 mm thick. just slightly bigger than eye glass screw drivers) and a pair of wire cutters. you use the little screw driver to get between the two halves of the assembly and use the wire cutters to cut the glue.
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in sakes of not having to reopen them to reseal them. I would do it just to be safe. I always used an RTV ? silicon sealant that can be had at auto zone for about 3-4 bucks.

I always went heavy on the silicon as to ensure as good of a seal as possible. I would rather clean up excess silicon off of the outside of the assembly than reopen it and reseal it. the silicon basically has a 1 time use. if it doesn't seal the first time then you have to open it up and scrape out all of the silicon from the first time.

for the silicon I recommend getting some disposable vinyl/rubber gloves. and wear old clothes that you don't care about. that silicon seems to have a way of getting into places that you'd never guess and it's a pain in the ass to scrape off.
thanks for the info but how do you know that the headlight isn't seal all the way or not? I mean this is going to be my first try so its going to take some skill and time to do this. I rather leave it how it is but in my case, I'm gonna need to open it up and do some replacing so... btw, are those silcon sealants black? Is there choice of color to this? oem is black so I want to match it up.
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Old 11-03-2006 | 06:51 PM
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thanks for the info but how do you know that the headlight isn't seal all the way or not? I mean this is going to be my first try so its going to take some skill and time to do this. I rather leave it how it is but in my case, I'm gonna need to open it up and do some replacing so... btw, are those silcon sealants black? Is there choice of color to this? oem is black so I want to match it up.
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if there is glue in the light assembly, then it will be all the way around. the only lights I've ever seen without glue were bmw's. if your goal is to only replace the projectors, then you should be able to remove them without opening the lights.

you never said what your actual goal is.

the silicon that I've always bought was clear. I guess you might be able to find it in black. but I've never gone looking for it.
Old 11-03-2006 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by gftgrill
if there is glue in the light assembly, then it will be all the way around. the only lights I've ever seen without glue were bmw's. if your goal is to only replace the projectors, then you should be able to remove them without opening the lights.

you never said what your actual goal is.

the silicon that I've always bought was clear. I guess you might be able to find it in black. but I've never gone looking for it.
so cant use the old glue that was from light? They wont stick together huh? this is my last question...no more!! damn, I'm trying something new to my oem headlights not the jdm headlights.
Old 11-03-2006 | 07:55 PM
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so cant use the old glue that was from light? They wont stick together huh? this is my last question...no more!! damn, I'm trying something new to my oem headlights not the jdm headlights.
in short, no. there just won't be enough glue left to create the same seal that it had before.
Old 11-03-2006 | 08:06 PM
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Old 11-03-2006 | 09:40 PM
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I just used the same glue and put them back together.
Old 11-03-2006 | 09:42 PM
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I just used the same glue and put them back together.
what you mean by same glue? the original factory glue that was on?
Old 11-04-2006 | 01:32 AM
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i went to an Acurazine meet and I met a guy who had a 7th Gen Accord and he had resealed his OEM headlights 3 times and reused the factory glue that came with the headlights and he had no condensation or anything on them.
Old 11-04-2006 | 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by kaliraver69
i went to an Acurazine meet and I met a guy who had a 7th Gen Accord and he had resealed his OEM headlights 3 times and reused the factory glue that came with the headlights and he had no condensation or anything on them.
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Yeah ive been going for like 7 months now useing the factory glue and have no problems so far.
Old 11-05-2006 | 02:22 AM
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Yeah ive been going for like 7 months now useing the factory glue and have no problems so far.
good hear that...
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Hope this turns out well, keep us posted. I'd like to do some mods to the headlights but I am a p^$$y. The best part about it is that they already have some condensation in the inside bottom corners. I am debating on saving up for 06 jdm lights or tampering with the originals.
Old 11-05-2006 | 11:57 PM
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Hope this turns out well, keep us posted. I'd like to do some mods to the headlights but I am a p^$$y. The best part about it is that they already have some condensation in the inside bottom corners. I am debating on saving up for 06 jdm lights or tampering with the originals.
I say go with 06 JDM headlights...
Old 11-06-2006 | 04:46 PM
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S14 don't you got the 06 JDM headlights?
Old 11-06-2006 | 05:13 PM
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S14 don't you got the 06 JDM headlights?
no sir. I got the 04-05 one..
Old 11-06-2006 | 10:45 PM
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no sir. I got the 04-05 one..
No sir, hahahaha Damn I guess being 25 means am old now or something. HAHA
Old 11-06-2006 | 11:24 PM
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No sir, hahahaha Damn I guess being 25 means am old now or something. HAHA
hahahaha!! actually no.. I use against my friends a lot too. You are not old, still young my brother.
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Old 11-07-2006 | 12:11 AM
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wtf??? lol
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did you open your headlights?
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yes, I did and its pretty easy..
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what you do? you got picS?
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