Smoke inside headlight!!

[alxs210]

I put the grille back together the other day after I painted the front bumper plastic, turn the headlights on and I see smoking in the front, I ran over and I guess didn't put the hid bulb in right. It started melting the plastic around the opening. The bulbs fine but smoke or into the headlight so now it's all foggy!! I put some silica packets in there but it hasn't done anything. Anyone know how to get it out?

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[chauncey0337]

I would try some plastic safe cleaning solvent. Take the housing out, put some cleaner in there and shake it around, rinse out and let it dry. Just a suggestion but might work. If that doesn't work might have to buy new housings.

 

[DenaliAK]

If there is any way to take or bake it apart, you can probably polish them up with a number of headlight polishing products. You can also use Flitz Metal Polish...it works wonders on lenses. Other than that, I don't know how you'd clean them....you gotta get them apart somehow to fully access the inside of lenses.

 

[alxs210]

Ill try rinsing first. How would I bake it? It's a own headlight.

 

[chauncey0337]

Get a box of cake mix, dump it on your headlight, no need to stir, and bake at 350 degrees for 22 minutes, lol. Seriously, bake the housing at low temp, 300- 350(i think) for 10 mins. Check to see if housing comes apart, if not put back in and check every 5 mins. Baking it softens the adhesive putty?? that holds the headlight together. Or you can use a heat gun. Search one of the projector retro threads, guys do it all the time.

 

[gdddup]

turn your oven to its lowest setting, like 250. use 2 pieces of 2x4 or some thick wood to hold the headlights up. so the metal grates wont melt the headlights once they get hot. stick the headlights in for 10 15 minutes. use a flat head screwdriver, putty knife, or even a butter knife to pry/separate the lens from the housing. cut or pull the glue out of the way. dont let it get on anything its a ***** to get off.
to reassemble put lens and housing back together and reheat. remove and use clamps to hold the lights together while glue cools down
be easy when cleaning the housing the chrome on there is easy to rub off

 

[alxs210]

Thanks guys! Doing this today.

 

[puckhead]

Did you end up getting them apart? Gonna do some fogs I ordered the other day. They reflector fell off so I need to get in there and fix it.