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Apr 1, 2008 | 12:33 AM

twestman

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Headlight Lens Disassembly

I have a slightly sun damaged headlight (passenger) and from the way it looks, the lens is able to come off and i need to get to the inside to use some of the mothers plastic restorer i have.... Im unsure of how the heck i get the headlight out though! i see two tabs that i can get to and unscrew them... but its still mounted somewhere else and i cant find it! any help would be greatly appreciated... im a newbie i know lol.

thanks a bunch guys

Apr 1, 2008 | 08:19 AM

silverlex4

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there's a DIY on how to remove headlights on the MY.IS forum. If you click on inside and out, right at the top, you'll see a sticky for DIY. Hope that helps.

Apr 1, 2008 | 10:41 AM

mkiiina

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remove the front bumper skin. then you need to cook it in an oven to open it up.

Apr 2, 2008 | 10:08 AM

twestman

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Quote:

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remove the front bumper skin. then you need to cook it in an oven to open it up.

okay thanks :-)

Apr 2, 2008 | 01:32 PM

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Check in the DIY section on my.is and you will see what is meant by cooking it in the oven.

Apr 3, 2008 | 11:16 PM

twestman

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Check in the DIY section on my.is and you will see what is meant by cooking it in the oven.

yeah i also saw another thread somewhere on this forum about one member who took his off and painted the inside and that helped. i was reading along and then read "then put in oven and bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes" and i was like ohhhh..... of course i chuckled a little bit too hehe

Apr 9, 2008 | 04:43 PM

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you may not need to take out the head lights... you might need to wet-sand the exterior. search for a diy write up on wet-sanding headlights, it helps restore most peoples headlights

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Apr 14, 2008 | 05:30 PM

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Here is a link to the DIY headlight disassembly tutorial on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-q0SVALfus

This is what 1$lickIS was meaning by wetsanding. Sand paper included
http://my.is/forums/f90/got-around-s...lights-333814/

Just incase you didnt know how to remove the headlights
http://my.is/forums/f90/diy-removing...-video-354876/

Last edited by IS3_FTW; Apr 14, 2008 at 05:44 PM.