JDM headlight assemblies

[Sk8erprelude]

I am looking for information on "how to" reseal Jdm 1 piece headlight assembly. Did search and came out with nothing. Did see it in here before the changes to forum.
Thanx

[Sk8erprelude]

Any links or ideas?

[Ricochet]

What do you mean by reseal? Are you talking about the silicone?

[Sk8erprelude]

Yup, it seems that they are leaking water and i like to reseal the seams (lens to the body assembly). They are the JDM black 1 piece headlites assem. I saw on this forum a "how to" separate them but now it is gone. Thanx

[Ricochet]

Preheat your oven to 250 degrees and set the housings in there for about 10 minutes each (without the bulbs of course). When you pull them out, take a screwdriver and pry the clear plastic off the rest of the housing.. the silicone will be melted like wet bubblegum. Once separated, scrape off the remaining silicone with a razor so when you put the new shit on it will make a better seal. If any gooey silicone gets on the rest of the housing anywhere, just spray a little WD40 on a paper towel and wipe it up.. it will come right off.

Make a nice thick bead around the entire housing, then press the big clear piece onto it firmly. After that, I ran another thin bead overtop the seam again just to make sure there would be no leaks. Oh and make sure you use clear silicone, looks a lot cleaner. Just remember that patience really comes into play on this, scraping that excess silicone off takes a lot of time and can be frustrating.

[Sk8erprelude]

Thank you for the info Ricochet. Any type of silicone you recommend (auto, house, etc.)?
Thanks again.

[Ricochet]

Pretty much any silicone will work but I nabbed this stuff because it was just laying around at my parent's house



My camera sucks, but I you can almost tell I did a really good job. If I would have used some kind of black or gray shit, you'd be able to see every little mess up.



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