Does anyone here have experience doing this to Evo 8 headlights? I don't really trust myself to do it, so if someone out there has done it successfully shoot me a PM if you can help guide me in the right direction!

Thanks

 

The two best tools for this are a butter knife and a hair drier. I know it sounds super ghetto but the butter knife is the perfect tool for cleaning out the old sealer so you can start to think about how to pull them apart. Wear gloves because you dont want black sealer messing up your lights. When i mod lights for people i have a really really clean desk in a corned that ive vacuemed like 5 times. You dont want to get any junk inside your lights. The othere final tip i have is to completly romove all the old sealer and put in new sealer. Dont just reheat them and stick them back together you will have foggy ruined headlights.

 

i did mine just this last weekend not very hard to do. theres a few write ups on how to do it follow them. biggest part is if you bake them in the oven (needs to be electric) dont go over 16mins and use the temp at 225. then it basically pulls right part with a screw driver. my end results are in the "re-did my headlights" post here in the northwest section.

 

Please dont put them in the oven its asking for trouble. The job only needs a hair drier and then there is no risk of ruining the lens. Ive watched a friend do this to acura headlight and the thing melted and was garbage.

 

Any one in Socal that can do this? I will pay someone to do it for me pm me your coast.

 

mine came out pretty well just got to be mindful that way

 

Yeah if there's anyone on the Eastside, (Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue), who could tackle this in a day I'd be glad to give you some money.

 

why cheap out with a hair dryer and not go with a heat gun? I know they are more expensive (and can get much hotter) but the output is more directed and overall more consistent.

 

Harbor Freight heat gun: $10

 

^exactly

BTW Peanut, check with Shane (Evo8Monster, or something like that) as he did his too. Not sure if there is anyone that would do it for you for $$$, but I suppose it depends on how many $$$ you include.

 

Ive used the oven several times for friends cars. never had anything bad happen...i just kept checking on it every 5 minutes

 

Baked mine two separate times, no damage. 220 degrees, 15 minutes.

 

I did mine with a heat gun and it was much easier than I expected.

 

I baked mine for 10 mins @ 180. Was pretty easy and there was no damage to the lights.

I could swing by and help. Only took 2 hrs. I told Mo I'd help him too, but haven't heard back from him.

 

I'm in socal and I've done about 15 sets to date on VIII and IX, and 2 sets on X's. I do charge cash or trade for parts. If you just need help or tips and will come to me, I'll watch you to make sure you don't mess anything up for nothing. haha!

But seriously, it's not hard to do. DO NOT use the oven. Even if you don't mess anything up, the housings almost always get warped. Use a heatgun and there is no need to scrape off the old sealant. Just reheat it a bit before you slap it back together and it'll seal right up.