How To: Open Up Headlights (Oven Method)

[MagWag]

doin good so far! I think te dark blue would be ALOT slicker! ull love it man, beans for the write up!!

[riperoo]

^^^Just noticed MagWag is almost at 3000 posts^^^ come on man, get posting!!!

[Scharnhorst]

Question: what exactly occurs that can screw up the headlights? I mean how does water get in it after you've sealed it or what

[FloridaRT]

Good write up with the photos............

Bob

[Chapah]

Wow...nice crisp and sweet pics!

Thanks for doing this post!

[lilcardwell]

I think color matching would look awesome. beans to you for your write up! Thanks for sharing the photos and explanations. oh BTW ..............
I'm telling your wife!!!! J/K

[Hofudpaurinn]

great write up, I just got mine apart, but just to let you know, there is some heavy duty sealant on 2007 models, I melted one of my lights, and the other one took about 4 hours to get apart with heat gun, I got another light off 2006 model, and it only took about half an hour to get apart with heat gun.

[cleslie2121]

did u not put it in the oven???i thought you wouldnt need the heat gun until removing excess sealant was an issue??i have an 07 and dont want to melt a light!now that i have a walk through im hoping all it will take is some guts!the video justin posted makes it look effortless!...obviously its a little tougher the first time around...great writeup rip!

[Magmania]

the video justin posted makes it look effortless!...obviously its a little tougher the first time around...great writeup rip!

In that instructional AAC video they are not using a Magnum head light.

The process might be the same for any head light but different lights my come with their own unique hurdles.

I will be trying it out myself the week after Spring Fest (vacation) on my new head light I just got this week.

[cleslie2121]

agreed...i think it was a lexus--i really want these halos but i know ill be the guy to mess it up! anybody neat atlanta done this before?!

[Hofudpaurinn]

did u not put it in the oven???i thought you wouldnt need the heat gun until removing excess sealant was an issue??i have an 07 and dont want to melt a light!now that i have a walk through im hoping all it will take is some guts!the video justin posted makes it look effortless!...obviously its a little tougher the first time around...great writeup rip!

yeah, I started using the oven, and melted the light in there, it was so f#$%ing stuck and I was getting very frustrated, so I increased the heat. Then I saw some thread here saying you should only use heat gun and not the oven, so thats what I did. I was also very scared of the oven after the meltdown. But like I said, the light I got from the 06 model, was so much easier.

I'm color matching and will post pics when done.

ps. I mess things up before they get right, all the time, but the only way to learn anything is to try!

[cleslie2121]

im thinking about just shipping them off...the loss of a headlight is gonna be more expensive than the shipping, both ways, and labor...

[Hofudpaurinn]

im thinking about just shipping them off...the loss of a headlight is gonna be more expensive than the shipping, both ways, and labor...

yeah that's the easy way, and I would probably have done that if I wasn't so freaking far away.

[Scharnhorst]

Please don't let me melt mine 250 for 30mins checking every minute

[B00MER]

My biggest concern with cracking open the lights is resealing them, is anyone taking any extra steps to apply more adhesive so moisture doesn't start blowing out lights?