RA28 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Having a bit of time over easter and after succesfully fitting facelift indicators I decided to have a go at facelifting the headlights. It seemed rude not to. The wife was not pleased about my car being in the oven. I was going to leave the rings in chrome, but the masking tape caused a reaction, so I went for Halfords rubberised black with a matt black top coat and machine polished the lens. Just got the passenger side back in and have to upset the wife again shortly to finish the drivers side; I quite like the mean MadMax look. The only issue was that the outer rings foul slightly on the inner lens. Is this just the design? Has anyone else had the same issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RA28 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 All back together now. Youi can see in the photos where the inner is fouling on the lens, where the black dot is showing[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOGIE Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) looks great,inspiring stuff, i have a set of of prefaclifts lying in my garage i might give this a try. What temp and how long? Oven that is:d Edited April 12, 2012 by LOGIE im an idiot (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulley Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Look great, I love how they look with black inserts Suit your beaut of a car too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RA28 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 looks great,inspiring stuff, i have a set of of prefaclifts lying in my garage i might give this a try. What temp and how long? Oven that is:d Do it! For removal, I preheated oven to just over 100 degrees C and put them in for 5 minutes, then tried to prise them apart. I had read somewhere to start from the outside of the unit to avoid snapping off the small clips. They were not soft enough after 5 mins, so they went back in for another 7 minutes. This did the trick and they came apart easily. The hot glue is messy and if it sticks on things, is hard to remove so be careful. Remember to wear some heatproof gloves as the light will be hot! Look out for a small white plastic clip that will most likely fall out. It locates in a square hole near the bottom of the insert. When reassembling, put the lens into position and pop in the oven at 100 degs for around 5 mins. This should be enough to gently push the lens back into place and get the metal clips on. 100 degrees for just over 5 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnSupra1 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Nice work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-mkiv Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 100 degrees is too hot, 80 degrees is better and leave the light in for 10 mins, better safe etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RA28 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 I went with 100 degrees based on what other members had posted, but if 80 works, then I would recommend the safer option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOGIE Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Do it! For removal, I preheated oven to just over 100 degrees C and put them in for 5 minutes, then tried to prise them apart. I had read somewhere to start from the outside of the unit to avoid snapping off the small clips. They were not soft enough after 5 mins, so they went back in for another 7 minutes. This did the trick and they came apart easily. The hot glue is messy and if it sticks on things, is hard to remove so be careful. Remember to wear some heatproof gloves as the light will be hot! Look out for a small white plastic clip that will most likely fall out. It locates in a square hole near the bottom of the insert. When reassembling, put the lens into position and pop in the oven at 100 degs for around 5 mins. This should be enough to gently push the lens back into place and get the metal clips on. 100 degrees for just over 5 mins nice one,What did you use to reseal the light with? black silicone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeland Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 nice work! looks really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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