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Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the headlight housing on a baking sheet and put it in the oven for about 10-15 minutes. Seems like most people don't have problems with 15 minutes, but some needed as much as 20. Just do no more than 15 to be safe, try to pry it apart, and if the sealer isn't melty enough yet, plop 'er back in for a few.
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Originally Posted by K0nArtist
Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the headlight housing on a baking sheet and put it in the oven for about 10-15 minutes. Seems like most people don't have problems with 15 minutes, but some needed as much as 20. Just do no more than 15 to be safe, try to pry it apart, and if the sealer isn't melty enough yet, plop 'er back in for a few.
Carefull... any more than 20 minutes and they won't be moist, but dry and crumbly
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[QUOTE=IvoryPearl07G]sweet thanks. have you done this? alot of parts inside or just a couple of peices. it all sounds simple enough. what about resealing them?
sorry for the hijack goldenaug, but it will keep your thread/question at the top of the forum [/QUOTE
it is alright IVORY. thanks for help guys, i asked a shop this weekend and they said baking wasnt needed unless it was for real paint.
AS for Ivory, ive done my headlights and a few others. when taking it apart, there are actually a few screws that you need to remove from the headlight.
After that preheat the oven to 185 and put it in there for no more than 10 mins.
20 mins is a bit to much and people have actually warped the plastic or messed up the projector itself. when i did it for 10 mins, it actually came apart pretty easily. Try and find some NISSAN factory silicon to put it back together. and removing all the old silicon would help, but that is a real BIZZATCH. C clamps or any other of those kinds of clamps are great for holding the whole thing together.
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- some people use a high gloss black but i dont really like how that looks in the headlight housing, Flat black made by KRYLON is pretty good stuff. usually 4-7 coats of primer before hand work real great.
Wear latex gloves and try not to touch anything inside, a finger print or dust inside will always be there and doesnt look to great.
Good luck and if you have any questions PM me.
sorry for the hijack goldenaug, but it will keep your thread/question at the top of the forum [/QUOTE
it is alright IVORY. thanks for help guys, i asked a shop this weekend and they said baking wasnt needed unless it was for real paint.
AS for Ivory, ive done my headlights and a few others. when taking it apart, there are actually a few screws that you need to remove from the headlight.
After that preheat the oven to 185 and put it in there for no more than 10 mins.
20 mins is a bit to much and people have actually warped the plastic or messed up the projector itself. when i did it for 10 mins, it actually came apart pretty easily. Try and find some NISSAN factory silicon to put it back together. and removing all the old silicon would help, but that is a real BIZZATCH. C clamps or any other of those kinds of clamps are great for holding the whole thing together.
PAINT
- some people use a high gloss black but i dont really like how that looks in the headlight housing, Flat black made by KRYLON is pretty good stuff. usually 4-7 coats of primer before hand work real great.
Wear latex gloves and try not to touch anything inside, a finger print or dust inside will always be there and doesnt look to great.
Good luck and if you have any questions PM me.
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