I had an HID bulb randomly explode about a week ago. It worked fine for about 4 years, so I don't know what caused it.

It left fragments of glass inside the headlight housing and I have no idea how to get those out. It's hard to get anything inside the housing because of the shield that sits infront of the bulb.

Any suggestions?

 

ugh, thats sucks. gonna have to remove it and shake it till they're all out the only way I can think of it.

 

Vacuum cleaner? ShopVac of course.

 

Tried the shopvac... no luck.

Don't I have to remove the entire bumper to remove the headlights?

 

thats correct. shake the glass out and then use the vacuum to suck it all out.
that is, of course, after u take out the headlight

 

removing the bumper makes it much easier, but its been done with out doing so. Check the DIY links. there are 2 writeups on how to remove it with and without taking off bumper:


https://www.clublexus.com/forums/2704797-post1.html

 

you have to spend hours from your life to clean it i hate these stuiped things to happen in my car when im not ready for it

 

I saw the write-up on how to pull out the housing without removing the bumper. It still seems like a pain in the ***.

I'm thinking about finding a small diameter, flexible hose and attaching it somehow to the shopvac. I really don't feel like having to deal with all those bolts to remove the damn thing.

Does anyone know what could cause the bulb to explode? It's worked fine for years.

 

i just read that link in your post Mr Jokster and I'd like to say you just saved my life thanks

 

I haven't been on this forum in probably 9 months, but that thread he posted used to be stickied. What happened?

 

If you check out the FIRST post on our GS page, its the only sticky now which now houses ALL our stickies. It was to clean up our front page. We had like 15 stickies that was flooding it

 

Glad I could help but props goes to the guy who made that whole thread!!! Saved my life in a few instances.... or rather just made things easier

 

try using small tubing from fish tank and using a vacuum on one end. They small and flexible.

 

not a bad idea actually...dont they make small pocket vacuums though?

could also get some compressed air and blow it out though another hole or something

this one made me chuckle

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1108...d-retro-vacuum