Title: Quad Retrofit Headlight Maintenance Post by: mtgtopdeck on May 18, 2011, 03:04:47 AM I have these Quad Retro headlights I purchased used. They are originally from HID Illusionz.
When I got them used there was a problem with the right hand headlight. One of the parts for adjusting the alignment was stripped and it could not be adjusted. This left my right headlight aiming at the ground about 20 feet in front of my car. SO! to solve this problem I need to bake open my headlight and replace the broken part. Fortunately I had already purchased a used oem headlight on ebay for 20$ (it had a broken mount) so I had a replacement for the broken piece. I decided that since I would be opening it up I might as well take the opportunity to clean the plastic housing. but I can't just clean one headlight... So I decided to bake open and clean both. Here are the pictures of the whole process. My double sized ezbake cardboard oven. (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1749.jpg) naked front end (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1754.jpg) pre-bake (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1751.jpg) 1st headlight baked (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1759.jpg) 2nd headlight baked (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1769.jpg) the problem area (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1768.jpg) ripped out the stripped piece (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1772.jpg) original sealed back (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1766.jpg) original seal removed (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1773.jpg) (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1770.jpg) clean new sealed back (more flexible this time) (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1774.jpg) buffed out the interior of the housing with this (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1785.jpg) All sealed back up and ready to go (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1778.jpg) just installed and checking to make sure all the connections are correct (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1781.jpg) (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1779.jpg) I FINALLY have correctly aligned headlights!!! (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/mtgtopdeck/2005%20Honda%20Accord/DSCN1784.gif) |