Just looking to see if someone has a write up on how to bake my sunfire headlamps and seperate them , they are stock sunfire headlamps......
Thanks
98 j-body sedan
Pre-heat oven to 250 F, turn oven off and put lights in for 5 minutes. Then just pry apart
M62, 42's, ZZP 3", ZZP S3 H/E
214whp 190wtq
Thanks slvrblit, apprecaiet it man...
I REMOVED THE BIG PLASTIC top part that holds the haedlight in the car, there is a rubber tube on each headlight to vent any water, will these be fine left on, wont melt up?
98 j-body sedan
How long should i preheat the over for?
98 j-body sedan
Till the oven is at 250....about 5 mins or so....also....take everything off of the light that could melt. So rubber, bulb retainers, and other things that could melt.
M62, 42's, ZZP 3", ZZP S3 H/E
214whp 190wtq
That method didn't do jack squat for me... I even went as high as 500 degrees. The glue wasn't giving up... when prying with a flathead or scraper the housing was breaking away and the lense was staying firm.
I ended up using a heat gun and concentrating it on one area until it foamed up and bubbled and I could jam a screwdriver through it, and worked my way around. Keep in mind this destroys the lense.
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Oh really, @!#$ i dont want to destroy the lense, i dont have any clear lenses like josh made, and no chance of getting any now since i dont think he sells @!#$ anymore, dammmm, so this probally wont work then....
98 j-body sedan
Heat up the oven to 325(leave oven on while headlights are in) toss the headlights in there for 14 mins, take them out and start prying....... I've done it with a few sets of cav headlights and never had a problem
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Okay will try that then, how do i reseal them if i get to that step eventually, black silicone, or clear?
98 j-body sedan
It doesnt destroy the lense. It will if your not patient enough and careful enough. Just dont go ape @!#$ on them when your working on them and you'll be fine.
on my cavalier headlights i just got a utility knife and cut the glue took all of about 5 mins
Hey, well just started this tonight, have one haedlight seperated, will do the other in the morning, i primed the inside of the housing, now i am unsure if i should so the balcked out look, or color match kind of like how the fits and vettes are done.
Black, or color match, oh and i should mention i have a cf hood, not sure how it will look in either case.........
Any opinions would be appreciated, thanks
will post pics when finished
98 j-body sedan
not trying to thread jack you just so you know, but does this method also work with 03-05 sunfire headlights?
terry denomme wrote:Hey, well just started this tonight, have one haedlight seperated, will do the other in the morning, i primed the inside of the housing, now i am unsure if i should so the balcked out look, or color match kind of like how the fits and vettes are done.
Black, or color match, oh and i should mention i have a cf hood, not sure how it will look in either case.........
Any opinions would be appreciated, thanks
will post pics when finished
What way did u end up doing? I want to black out my chrome reflector areas
Thats what i will be doing, either black or color matched on the chrome reflector part, and i am thinking of doing the headlight outer part black(just the inside outline) hard to exsplain, i will post pics when finsished, i think i will go black; any one suggest black or color match?????
98 j-body sedan
When i seperated the headlights, one worked out alot better then the other, one headlight i broke three pieces around the out side edge, the other headlight i broke thirteen pieces,lol the outer edge that is the black plastic is very,very weak.
I set the oven at 200 degrees and left the door open, had them in there off and on for about 20 minutes.
So i glued all the pieces back on and primed them, dont know yet how they will look but will post pics, its a spare set, so i ant too worried if they look like @!#$, will post pics tonight...
98 j-body sedan
why the fu** would anyone want to put their headlights in the oven and pry them apart?
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^^^^ because some people want headlight that are different; and they dont make aftermarket ones for sunfires, unless you get them custom made which cost alot, so why not seperate them and make them look a little darker, or what not...
98 j-body sedan
you dont need an over to take them apart.
^^^^ makes it easier beacuse the glue gets heatted up and makes it softer and easier to cut with a utility knife..
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