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Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
BAKING FTW
i did mine at 250 and let em sit for 3 mins and it worked fine for me. no cracking and the seal is much better then dremeling..................................................FTW
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ive heard a lot better things from baking rather than cutting. i dont trust myself cutting without practicing on a set first
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Originally posted by Black 98 CSVT:
ive heard a lot better things from baking rather than cutting. i dont trust myself cutting without practicing on a set first
i didnt do mine so i wouldnt know..lol
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I used a heat gun, worked awesome.
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hmmm, ive never heard of it working with a heat gun. ive heard stories but no successful ones. the thing is, you cant adjust the heat on those can you?
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Originally posted by Ã?Å?ber Evil Mushu!:
Originally posted by Black 98 CSVT:
yeah... i wanted just to be sure that what im doing is alright. baking at 325 farenheit for 3 minutes? just want to be sure. i dont wanna do it just to screw them all up and buy another set of new headlights
NO BAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do not CUT!!!!!
Ive cut close to 7 sets now, and baked one. Ill tell you now. BAKIGN FMTFW.
Cutting leaves you with sealing problems, baking will not!
As long as you have newer headlights with the black silicon glue (black overflow instead of yellow uv glue) you are ok.
heat for 4 ish minutes at a time at 295* slowly prying in places. Be sure you are not warping the U channel that holds the glass.
trust me, ive done two projecter sets by cutting headlights, and ive cut 5 other sets open for R&D purposes. Baking is the best/safest way to get these open and re-sealed.
Once I seal up the set im doing now, ill be baking for sure, no spidering, no melting, just perfect headlight opening!
Alex
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Originally posted by Black 98 CSVT:
hmmm, ive never heard of it working with a heat gun. ive heard stories but no successful ones. the thing is, you cant adjust the heat on those can you?
Um...hold it farther away from the housing! 
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so i bought some crappy oem headlights from the junkyard for $15 each and baked them open. pretty easy and looks amazing. now for my good headlights...
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Ya! Bake 'em! 
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