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Old 05-29-2007 | 09:30 PM
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Is it possible to remove the clear lens of the headlight without destroying the rest the housing? I looked at my f4i yesterday and was trying to figure out how to do this?
 
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Old 05-29-2007 | 11:56 PM
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If you are meaning to take the headlight housing and split it in two, I have heard that putting the whole housing in the oven for a while will make the glue that bonds the assembly together hot enough to where it can be pulled apart. This guy that lived a couple houses down from me did that on his Eclipse. I dont remember the temp or how he got them back together but it worked just fine.
 
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Old 05-30-2007 | 02:21 AM
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I've got a buddy that does HID retro fits and he does the exaclty what Motoxxx43 described. He sets the oven to 200 then shuts it off. Waits 5 minutes and throws the housing in for 10 minutes (oven still off). After the ten minutes the glue should be soft enough for you to pull the lens off. If it's not, just leave it in the oven a bit longer. Seen this process donewith headlight housings for 4runners, couple of GMC SUVs and a honda civic. He normally uses the projectors and ballasts from BMWs and Audis. I'm sure if your creative enough you could retro fit one to a bike.

If your interested check these links out. If you do it right, it'll cost you money and time.

http://www.600rr.net/vb/showthread.php?t=29317

http://www.hidplanet.com/oem.html

 
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Old 05-31-2007 | 02:20 AM
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Well This is def my new project!!!!!!!! THANKS LUNG!!
 
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Old 06-01-2007 | 04:17 PM
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Thanks a bunch, but now I gotta know if I can by just the lens for the headlight?
 
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Old 06-03-2007 | 09:34 PM
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Let me know how it goes. I'm going to see if I can work something like that out on my 1000RR this winter.
 
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Old 06-05-2007 | 12:00 PM
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wow, nice tip
 
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