Cascade Crew

91camaro_rs · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:43 pm Post subject: headlight help

so a long time ago i had the whole H4 thing put in with the halos, and they were really cheap...really cheap, but anyway the heat from teh lights melted the halos LED's cause someone decided to seal it with hot glue instead of silicone, so i need to open up the lights to reseal them and fix the wiring, anyone know how to bake open headlights??

iansane · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:14 pm Post subject:

My buddy Steve used to have a '97 LegacyGT that we heated the headlights open and painted the inside nonreflective portions flat back and it looked really good. We just set the oven to ~225 and put them in with the lens up and let it sit for a couple of minutes. Not too long though. With a flathead screwdriver it pryed off fairly easily.

91camaro_rs · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:08 pm Post subject:

alright sweet, ill start off with just one that way if i mess up it will only be one

91camaro_rs · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject:

should i still attempt this if the back of the headlight is plastic??

iansane · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:37 am Post subject:

Is the lens glass? Lay a cookie sheet down and put the glass on the cookie sheet.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:45 am Post subject:

Cheap halos from ebay like what I have are plastic. All plastic

91camaro_rs · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:47 am Post subject:

mine are cheap ebay ones too, but it really feels like the lens is glass....should i still try to open em?

91camaro_rs · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject:

i got all 4 open today, so now i just gotta fix all the halo wiring and put em back together, then i should be good

91camaro_rs · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:08 am Post subject:

looks like 2 out of 4 led's burned out on each of the halos, so i gonna have to make completly new wiring for all of them

Al Hasse · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:31 am Post subject:

What type are they that they have LED halos? The ones I have each use a pair of 194 bulbs behind the main relector for the halo, I want to replace them with LEDs. They have glass lenses though, and I need to get a new pair as one has a cracked lens.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:34 pm Post subject:

Mine have LED's. When I first bought mine.... I had to send one of the 4 back 3 different times because one or more LED's were bad.

Cheap cheap cheap.

91camaro_rs · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject:

lol, 6 of my LED's went out and one of the h4 bulbs did... so i gotta get new light bulbs and new led's.

here are some pics of the only good halo i have, the other three totally need to be re-done

here is the housing:

LED ring turned on

most of it together without glass lens

all together(without thing that covers bulb):

this is what it used to look like when i had em in:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject:

Those look like what I got. The beam umbrella is different.

Don't waste your time. Buy some Hella or Pilot housings or something.

I closed my hood one time with the headlights on, and one bulb burst!

Al Hasse · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:53 pm Post subject:

Quite different than my Pilots.

With the halo on, keep in mind this isn't lit by LED, but a pair of #194 bulbs. They come with colored boots to fit over the bulbs (red, blue, green) Some 194 replacement LEDs would fit nicely in there though.

Construction - I took apart one with a broken lens

91camaro_rs · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject:

DBL_TKE · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject:

Is there anywhere that you can buy a rectangular CCFL ring? it would look much nicer than the LED or 194 lit bulbs and probably cause a lot less hassle.

Al Hasse · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject:

Check out this guy's home made rings. I'm sure the same technique could be used to make rectangular halos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKE3aqlwOvY&NR=1

91camaro_rs · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:39 am Post subject:

thats pretty cool, i think i might try the reflective tape thing on the halos i have now, if it doesnt work ill try to make my own, but i think i will just keep these and get em to work one way or another

townaj · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:54 pm Post subject:

anybody know where i can get some of those with the halos? they look pretty awesome imo.

Al Hasse · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject:

Here's a link to the Pilots that I have...

http://www.amazon.com/MUSTANG-DIAMOND-CONVERSION-HEADLIGHT-HEADLAMP/dp/B001EM2EXY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1256780702&sr=8-2