head light cleaning

Keefe wrote: With my Delica,
I removed the headlamps, put them in a quite warm oven then managed, carefully to split he 'glass' from the rest of the unit. Cleaned them up, cleaned where they were 'glued' then stuck them back together after cleaning all the gunge out.
Not able to look at the Jim's at the moment but couldn't the same be done with them?

Yes, I'm sure it could. The bottom of one of my headlamps was full of muddy, shitty water when I got it. It kept misting up so I stripped it out and dried it in the oven - I probably over did it a bit as the adhesive joining the lens to the body started to melt - I guess I could've split it and done a proper job at that point. To try clean it after it had been baked I poured meths in and sloshed it round a lot - it did ok but you really need to try get in there to clean it out properly.

Keefe wrote: put them in a quite warm oven then managed, carefully to split he 'glass' from the rest of the unit.

EXTREME CAUTION should be taken when attempting this.....................my mate destroyed a supra headlight doing the same thing :ohmy: :ohmy:

Dishwasher sounds good to me less work involved as am a lazy git and no it's only going to happen the very next time I drive through a puddle

I still think there has got to be an in car solution apart from a deep pond.

jonesyba420 wrote:

Keefe wrote: put them in a quite warm oven then managed, carefully to split he 'glass' from the rest of the unit.

EXTREME CAUTION should be taken when attempting this.....................my mate destroyed a supra headlight doing the same thing :ohmy: :ohmy:

It just needs a little common sense, you obviously don't need to turn the oven to number 11. Der!
If you destroy an headlamp doing it by this method, perhaps it's natures way of telling you something. LoL
I've done it with three sets of different lamps and never had a problem. Just take your time and be patient.

He left it in for slightly to long