Has anyone tried to take seperate the reflector and lense of the factory headlamp...I have heard of baking them at 100 deg till glue get soft... Any ideas..

Thanks in advance.

Chris

 

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Why are you looking to do that?

 

i drilled holes for strobe lights (for work) and i forgot to drill with the hole facing down so i fill the lights with dust which sticks to everything..need to clean reflector and inside lens or buy new ones.

 

OP, I am sure this has been done in the past because our headlights aren't any different than what most 7" universal seal beam headlights that others vehicles have. I have seen a few guys take it apart as they installed HID projectors kits. I can't remember the thread title but I am sure a quick search will yield some results. Good luck....

 

This is how I do any plastic sealed-beams... BMW M3's, Mitsubishi 3000GT's and Mustangs:

Preheat oven to 425

Place light in center rack

Remove after 8 minutes

Pry it appart

 

I saw a thread on here about a week ago that had a light ring that could be sandwiched between the relector and the lens and if I remember right it said to heat them to 200 degrees.

 

I've done this before on other lights, as previous posters have mentioned they have, and my temp/time formula was about 200-250 degrees for 10 minutes and the lenses easily came off of the housings. any way you look at it I sure hope that you need to heat them above 100 degrees because it's 105 outside right now and I certainly don't want my lenses coming off easily right now!

 

good intel guys thank you

 

good intel guys thank you