Using Home oven
, best $15 I ever spent, have had it for about 3 years now and I have unglued/glued some 50 odd headlights with it 
02-19-08, 03:46 PM
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i find it pretty difficult with the heat gun. I used it on a set of headlights once (GS) and it took forever!!
I recently used the oven method on a different set of lights (SC) and it was fast and easy.
Oven trick is the way to do it.
I recently used the oven method on a different set of lights (SC) and it was fast and easy.
Oven trick is the way to do it.
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02-19-08, 06:50 PM
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Make sure you do it on a baking pan when you do it. I always like to line it with foil that i can discard after use. The heat gun is a very good tool, however when opening a headlamp with such curvature and area, it's good to start with the oven and use the heat gun as a tool to keep the glue soft.
02-25-08, 01:07 PM
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What do you guys use to protect your hands, when using the oven, to pry apart the headlight? Do you use a terry cloth to hold the housing and a flathead to pry it apart or something?
02-28-08, 02:39 PM
#11
In most cases you should be able to use the oven in your kitchen to open your headlights without any problems.
To avoid any problems, make sure there is nothing else in the oven, including the grills (except of course the one you sit the headlights on). You can also sit the headlights on a metal tray if you think they could leak (this is a good option to have “peace of mind”).
Always ventilate the oven before and after. Before so your headlights don’t smell like roasted meat, and after so you evacuate any gases from the process (they could be kinda toxic in some weird cases).
Make sure not to overheat them. Usually 150 degrees is enough, but you can try different temperatures until the headlight is hot enough to open them.
To avoid using the kitchen gloves, try using gardening gloves when removing the headlights from the oven. Make sure to have a place ready to put the headlights as they will be hot!
Last, make sure to apply even pressure with anything you might use to pen the housing. Don’t open only one side. Keep on applying pressure evenly around until the housing comes apart.
Have fun.
To avoid any problems, make sure there is nothing else in the oven, including the grills (except of course the one you sit the headlights on). You can also sit the headlights on a metal tray if you think they could leak (this is a good option to have “peace of mind”).
Always ventilate the oven before and after. Before so your headlights don’t smell like roasted meat, and after so you evacuate any gases from the process (they could be kinda toxic in some weird cases).
Make sure not to overheat them. Usually 150 degrees is enough, but you can try different temperatures until the headlight is hot enough to open them.
To avoid using the kitchen gloves, try using gardening gloves when removing the headlights from the oven. Make sure to have a place ready to put the headlights as they will be hot!
Last, make sure to apply even pressure with anything you might use to pen the housing. Don’t open only one side. Keep on applying pressure evenly around until the housing comes apart.
Have fun.
