Opening headlights

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:07 pm

For all of you that say it's so easy to open up ebay projector headlights, please explain because I've heated them to 350 and pried around 4 times now and it won't budge.

My OEM taillights opened just fine so I don't see how I'm doing anything wrong.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:11 pm

How long did you leave them in for? The stock headlights are 15 minutes at 300 degrees. Aftermarket ones are normally 250 for 10 minutes or less.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:42 pm

Like 6 or 7 minutes. The lense and everything was way to hot to touch. Screw it. I just opened a hole on the bottom and put my eyelids on. Not melting these things down.

If they keep leaking I'll sell them and go retro eventually.

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:27 am

Heat at 250-300 for 5-10 minutes

pull and pry at the inner corner (where the turn signal bulb is)

If unsuccessful after a few minutes of prying, then place back in oven for another 3-5 minutes and try again until they pop open

Also, wear some leather gloves or at least oven mitts when doing this.