What steps to open headlights?

[Mike]

Any one have a detailed write up on opening up our headlights? How long to bake what temp. etc.

[Abailey4]

I dont think there is on here but if you look up Nexson's step by step process on V6p for when he made these last set of Tsx retro's he explains it all to the T.

[b_beau_09]

when i did mine i think i baked em for 5-10min at 250ish.. but i've gotta rebake mine when my kitchen gets finished (renovations) they didn't seal properly.

[Jeff Likes Bagels]

I did 20 minutes at 200F. That seemed to work pretty well for me.

[timot_one]

Here's what I do:

Pre-heat the oven to 250º
Turn the oven off
Put the headlight in the oven for 5-7 minutes
Remove and open headlights carefully
Keep a low powered heat gun handy in case things start to cool down and the adhesive starts to set up

[Mike]

Tim i'm going to follow your steps with the addition of a 6 pack. I have a passenger side headlight that is fogging up like crazy, and I have an extra set of lights. I'm going to open them black house put back together, and install. Any suggested steps for putting them back together. I think they have been apart before. Is there a special adhesive that I should buy to ensure no fogging.

[timot_one]

When you put them back together, follow the same oven steps.  Use clamps around the edges of the headlights to get a better seal.  I would put the clamps on before you place them back in the oven.

[ibcnunv]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-q0SVALfus&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YJaV0kqa5Y

[k24low20z]

+1 on the C-clamps...you will need about 7 of them.

[dizzle]

+2 on what everyone said, the sealant is still reusable. i suggest before clamping them that you make sure everything is even. i did mine with a heat gun but when i clamped everything up and started heating them up, the backside was sticking out but the lights were sealed nonetheless.