Ya I got a leak in my driver side head light and was wondering if any of you guys
know how to take the head light out. I drilled a small hole in the back and drained out the water . but now my light is all brown and dirty on the in side.
Help please.

 

nice post title....hahahahahahahaha
oh yea the headlights.....i say go wit the jdm conversion. yep

 

I just blacked out my headlights this past weekend, looks pretty good to me for a DIY project. Anyways, to help you out taking apart the headlights, we will be putting them in the oven...that's right, you're going to be baking your headlights! If you trust me, you would continue reading on...but if not well I tried to help you out. Let's all assume we know how to take off the headlights off our cars...

Tools needed:
- Oven + Gloves (lets be safe here)
- Aluminum foil
- Flathead screwdriver\
- Plastic polish (available at most auto stores, hardware stores)
- Clean cloth(s)
- Common sense (to avoid mishaps )

Place a sheet of aluminum foil in the oven and set the oven for 250 degrees. Oven times and baking times vary from oven to oven, so this part is basically a trial and error thing. We will talk more about that later.

Identifying the headlight components:
- There are 2 main parts we need to know: The grey part which is the housing and the clear plastic lense that covers it.
- Inbetween those are seals that we will need to melt off to be able to take the headlights apart, thus baking it.

Taking apart the headlight:
- There are four metal clips (98+ headlight do not have them I believe).
- Two clips on the top and two on the bottom.
- Pry these off with the flathead screwdriver.
- Cover the grey housing with foil, leaving the plastic lense exposed.
- Once all prepped up, we are ready to bake it.
- Put the headlight in the oven with the lense facing out. (CAUTION: make sure it is placed properly in the middle and away from the top and bottom heating rods).
- Leave for 5 minutes and check if the seal is soft enough (use common sense when doing this)
- Check from time to time until the headlights are ready to be taken apart.
- The seals are ready when its soft and gooey and has gum-like qualities (don't worry about using new seals since we will be able to reuse them).
- Take out the headlight while still hot (use gloves!!)...use the flathead to pry out the headlights (this part shouldn't be that hard, but it takes time and skill).
- When taking it apart, make sure you don't get any of the sealing onto the clear lense as it quickly hardens and is pretty difficult to remove!

Cleaning the headlights:
- Once the two pieces, the housing and the lense are apart, you can now begin to clean it however you want to.
- You can use the clear polish lense to polish both the inside and the outside of the lense.
- Some soapy water to wipe around inside the housing.
- Check for possible cracks that may be causing headlight leaks.

Re-sealing the headlights back together:
- With the oven still hot, place the two pieces once again in the oven.
- Leave it in there until the seals are soft and gooey.
- When it's ready, take out the two pieces and put them back together.
- It's a little tricky when putting them back together, but it's not hard.
- Put back the metal clips (reminder, 98+ headlights do not have these).
- Viola! You are almost finished...
- You can now put it back on your car, then you can call it quits .

If I missed any steps, please feel free to correct me. Send all questions to DntBeJocKn@hotmail.com or feel free to AIM me at: DntBeJocKn. Thank you for your patience with my super long how to's and instructions.

.::nightrider-gsR::.

 

Hey nightrider post a pic of your lights if you can do it.

 

Remove the front bumper.