frenchin of headlights

[moneyshotmick]

do they cloud up once the unit has been opened?

 

[mattmera]

Not if they are sealed correctly. Depends on the method you use to open them.

Matt

 

[quickdraw]

if you use a brick then they will have no lense to steam up

 

[moneyshotmick]

lol, wat methods would there be to doing this, has anyone else done this before on here?

 

[quickdraw]

by buying a french car

its japanese and should not be tunnelled

 

[shaggy_master]

I've opened up my indicators, just make sure you seal them back up correctly and you should be fine

 

[Almera bandit]

Guys one of the headlights on my GTi has a big hole in the middle is it possible to replace the surrounding unit as in the glass part?

 

[quickdraw]

yes

heat it up (warm setting on the oven, or boiling water), heats up the stika-flex that bonds them together

prise them apart then before re attaching, re heat the bonding glue (stikaflex) or add some new and it will re bond it together

hairdrying in the rear through the bulb inlet to get all moisture back out of the lense, stopping it from clouding up, condensing inside.

wayne

 

[Almera bandit]

Damn ive bought some new headlights of rick! I will probably sell this pair on here then.

 

[SirMixalot]

Also, before re attaching, you can use white spirit to remove any unsightly bits of stickaflex.
I have the glass for p1 headlights if you have difficulty finding any.

 

[Almera bandit]

It werent to hard to locate cheap phase 1 headlights and swap the glass over! Oh well next time I will look around more. I will put these headlights up once they are taken of the car!

 

[TheDarkWarrior]

I just take lights apart with a hairdryer/heat gun. It doesn't matter about sealing them up properly because when you think about it theres some big holes in the back where the bulbs go and they don't seal in that well.

Ivan