Getting headlights apart
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not something so simple :twisted:
what I need is a set of lights a few weeks with some tools and some thin wires two glass tubes filled with some gas about 10 inchs long. oh and some thing to keep it all in place when done :P
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aah, some neon tubes? very nice.
i cant wait to get started on mine. im thinkin of putting some amber leds in the silver corner of the headlight as well. it looks like there is some room there. could look cool.
then im gonna put an led conversion into the fogs.
if you cant tell, i like leds!
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good answer
but neon tubes are to thick and not bright enough for my plans but good guess though :D
its not going to be happening till after my mot and tax end of april.
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you might be better doing the honda civic projector light conversion and then attaching your leds to the glass of them.
as by placing items on the inside of the glass of the lights we have now will certainly mess up the beam and spred of the lights. of which would be mot fail. i would say its like if you have a crack in the glass. if it hampers the beam and adjustment your screwed.
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so glad I'm not doing leds to glass :wink:
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maybe.
but im just not a big fan of the civic projector conversion.
but thats just me. well, im buying (hopefully) a seperate set of lights that im gonna put the leds into, so i can just swap the old ones in when it comes to the NCT(our MOT).
I dont think our NCT is as strict with the lights as yours, as long as it points at the kerb, its all good. ill do some research tho.
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there is a method to heating the headlight in your oven to break the seal around the glass - I've been too scared I might melt the housing.
I was going to paint the inside of the lamp black and keep the back chrome part chrome of course….
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i did this a few weeks ago, worked out fine.
I was told it would only take 7 or 8 mins in the oven at a very low temp. to make the bond pliable enough to seperate the lense from the housing but it actually took about 12 or so at about 110 degrees celsius.
worked perfectly in the end. i didnt even need other bond cause i just heated up both parts again and squished them together!!
been a few weeks and still working perfectly, pics to follow
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i'm sorry Stephen but i'd rather play it safe and bein honest i forget about it most of the time!!! but it does look nice man!!!!
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well when my brother changed some lights on his 300zx, he put them in the oven for ten mins, it works!!!
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oh and if you look through ebay you can get some audi led things…..
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@20a0e72384=aiden:
well when my brother changed some lights on his 300zx, he put them in the oven for ten mins, it works!!!
just don't do what I did.
I got distracted by my dogs and the lens melted. grrrr
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why dont yo do it with the proper glass lights ?
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mine wasn't an mx it was a buell :P
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well sit outside in the sun with a magnafying glass and do it that way, and burn ya way through!lol
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ok guys I want to paint the inside of my glass headlamps black… does anyone have pics of this?
also I've read in here to bake them in the oven? is this the only way to get them apart? what about a hairdryer?
thanks
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i had to split one of mine a few months back as had a crack in one. however as theis crack was right down it was easy to do. and the one that glass was taken out of was no go either. following that heat gun is good. and hair…. onces apart to reheat the old sealent is simple hot knife or same... jus open from the widest part to the point. there are loads of how to guides on the net.