i want to take off the lenses on my headlighs to polish the insides because the guy before me was a firefighter and had a hole drilled for the strobes and leaked water into them and no the insides have a slight yellow tint so i want to polish them but not really sure how to take them apart,

is there clips or bolts i can take out? i know the 06-08 you have to heat them up and take them apart that wat then re apply silicone but hoping mine arnt the same

 

yup.. Same thing.

Heat em up in the oven to loosen and soften the glue holding the front to the back.

you cant polish the 'chrome' on the inside of the headlight though. even tape takes that stuff off, so if its the chrome that shot, you need new headlights.

Sound like you are talking about the lense plastic though.

My personal suggestion....if the headlight have other holes for 'strobes' and what not, and have had leakage, scrap the lights and buy new ones. just dont buy them from a stealership, cause you'll get soaked.

check out ebay. Get a nice set of headlight with cleared corners and/or black housing for like 100 bucks. almost cant go wrong with that. or just spend a couple and get some nice aftermarket halos.

 

yeah its the plastic that needs to be polished. the hole is all patched up and sealed without leaks now so im no to worried about it unless i find some for 20-30 bucks ill keep this one i got other stuff i need to buy lol

thanks for your help

 

for 100 bones you can get new ones on ebay

edit:: didn;t read all the posts and now feel like a dumbass for posing this lol

 

haha no worries theres one of craigs for 40 bucks new i think im gonna jump on.

 

on my 02-05 lights I bake them at 170* for 15mins and pull apart just FYI. New ones are the way to go though IMO unless you are customizing them.

 

yeah like i said i found this new one for $40 i think im gonna jump on im not spending more then that right now.

thanks for the help guys ill let you know how they turn out. i was searching the FAQ threads and saw some people paint them at tear down was thinkin maybe id do that, how do you think it would look on my truck in my signature?

 

i just took the headlights from my 350z apart to paint some of the chrome crap in it and i put them in the oven for 12 mins at 200

 

Do you need to re apply the sillicone? if so where do you get it?

 

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