Headlight has been removed! Now how to open it?
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Headlight has been removed! Now how to open it?
I have the c300 headlight housing take out of the car now. My question is...is there a writeup on how to open up the headlight? I see that there are some screws holding the housing to the lens/reflector...if I bake them open, will the housing just come apart? The housing is plastic, what is a safe temperature to bake it at?
yes, I searched lol
yes, I searched lol
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That is a simple resquest. in the oven on a cookie sheet on aluminum foil with the temp set at warm or 150 -200 degrees whichever is the lowest setting and only for a few moments. You want the adhesive to become warm and soft not hot and gooey. Remember to take off any rubber gaskets first surrounding the headlamp. Be careful with the adjusters as it is very easy to make them go out of wack if it is a HID system. Best wishes and happy Memorial Day from a US person stuck inside Canada for the weekend!!!
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https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...t-housing.html
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Let me also add that if I understand the process correctly, whichever method you used to take the housing apart, and after painting, you have to use the same method to soften the adhesive so that it will seal properly prior to putting it back together.
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Easy,
1) Take off the 4 metal clips first
2) Preheat oven 250 degrees
3) Place headlight on cookie sheet with aluminum foil and make sure when you place it in the over that you set the cookie sheet on the lowest rack slot in the oven and keep the headlight in the most center part of the oven for 10 min
4) After 10 min, pull out of oven and pull clear lens out and away from headlight assy
5) Once your inside there will be some torx screws to take out to pull the chrome assy apart
6) When done with painting repeat above steps in reverse order
1) Take off the 4 metal clips first
2) Preheat oven 250 degrees
3) Place headlight on cookie sheet with aluminum foil and make sure when you place it in the over that you set the cookie sheet on the lowest rack slot in the oven and keep the headlight in the most center part of the oven for 10 min
4) After 10 min, pull out of oven and pull clear lens out and away from headlight assy
5) Once your inside there will be some torx screws to take out to pull the chrome assy apart
6) When done with painting repeat above steps in reverse order
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Awesome man! Thanks for the step by step process break down! I took a picture of these screws, will these come off with the lens when I bake them? Also, do you take out the oem projector when you bake them? Or just leave them in?
Do I need to worry about these screws? Holding refelector to the lens? There are also screws holding the black plastic to the reflector
Do I need to worry about these screws? Holding refelector to the lens? There are also screws holding the black plastic to the reflector
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I hope you're taking better pictures than ^that^ for the DIY you're writing up
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So easy after the headlight is open! Used a heatgun and went all the way around the housing with patience lol
I have better pictures coming! These are good for now! I will upload the step by step instructions tomorrow!
Projectors: Morimoto mini H1 projectors with mini gatling gun shrouds! As you can see, they match the original projector thats in the benz, as well fill in the oem halogen slot correctly! Threaded in the rear to make for a flat mounting surface! Projector is from theretrofitsource.com! Ask for Matt, but all the customer service reps are awesome!
I have better pictures coming! These are good for now! I will upload the step by step instructions tomorrow!
Projectors: Morimoto mini H1 projectors with mini gatling gun shrouds! As you can see, they match the original projector thats in the benz, as well fill in the oem halogen slot correctly! Threaded in the rear to make for a flat mounting surface! Projector is from theretrofitsource.com! Ask for Matt, but all the customer service reps are awesome!
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Great work and have been thinking about doing headlight retrofit for a while. I assume you are using it for low beam with an additional H1 HID kit.
Looking forward to your instructions.
Looking forward to your instructions.
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Projectors: Morimoto mini H1 projectors with mini gatling gun shrouds! As you can see, they match the original projector thats in the benz, as well fill in the oem halogen slot correctly! Threaded in the rear to make for a flat mounting surface! Projector is from theretrofitsource.com! Ask for Matt, but all the customer service reps are awesome!
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Good job. Getting them open is actually the easy part. Sealing them properly so no condensation gets in will be the difficult part. Looking forward to seeing this project come to completion
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To the OP, by any chance do you know what size the OEM projector lenses are? Me and a friend of mine are considering doing a lens swap for a cleaner light output.