is there any way to bake your headlights and take the orange out without risking condensation? is there like a foolproof way to do it? and if u happen to get condensation, is there a way to take it out? i deciding on whether or not to take the orange off but im scared about the condensation crap.. T.T
baking headlights and condensation
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Bake in the oven for 10 min. at 250 degrees and when you put them back in to reseal them put in for 8 mins and watch out there fkn hot and the glue is sticky as s***
Bake in the oven for 10 min. at 250 degrees and when you put them back in to reseal them put in for 8 mins and watch out there fkn hot and the glue is sticky as s***
itz_alan said:
I have no condensation.... basically when I was putting them back together... I squeezed the 2 pieces back together as hard as I could while they were cold, then put them back in the oven for however many minutes you are supposed to, then took them out and squeezed them as hard as I could again, making sure I completed the seal.
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same here they look great
Moving to appearance.. Maybe a few of the P5 and Protege owners can tell about their experiences.
Personally, I've opened/resealed my lights twice without any condensation problems. That's with the stock silicone. As mentioned, just be sure to press the headlight together as hard as you can before rebaking them.
Personally, I've opened/resealed my lights twice without any condensation problems. That's with the stock silicone. As mentioned, just be sure to press the headlight together as hard as you can before rebaking them.
I just did mine about 2 weeks ago. baked at 275 F for 13 mins. Came apart really nice, only a couple of strings (btw if you get some on the lense just use polishing compound and a rag, glue comes off really easy). Be sure to sand before you paint. Sanding with 600 untill silver is foggy is sufficient. I baked the bezel for a couple of hours at 160 F, but that was because I used regular automotive paint since I color matched mine. Just to make sure it was well cured. It's been raining here for the past week yesterday was the first pretty day. No fogging. Here's a pic.
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Baking the lights at 275* is too hot. I read that the plastic lenses of the headlight aren't made to with stand 266*...And the housing will start to lose it at about 248*.
Bake them in the 175-200* range, its safer for the lense.
Baking the lights at 275* is too hot. I read that the plastic lenses of the headlight aren't made to with stand 266*...And the housing will start to lose it at about 248*.
Bake them in the 175-200* range, its safer for the lense.
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Where'd you read that? Well anyways I followed the AWESOME instructions that GhostP5 posted the link for and had no problems at all. My lenses aren't mishapen or discolored, the housing nor lense ever felt soft, so in my opinion is that 275 F is not too hot.
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The source is the body shop work manual...The temps mentioned are where they start.
I don't care if you melt the protective coatings and such off of you lenses, no biggy for me. Just putting out "better" info for those who don't want melt their stuff.
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StuttersC said:
I baked mine at 275 just the other day w/o a problem. Didn't even smell that bad either. Unfortunatly I have to take them off again sometime soon because I forgot to clean the inside of the clear plastic housing and its all smudgy. Still looks sweet as hell, though no where near as bright as before.
