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[astravxr]

I have removed the lenses from the headlights due to crap getting in and water. Used a hair dryer and came off fine, the black paint around the sides are still ok. Can I clean the inside of the lense and polish the outside? Also what is best to seal these back on? Cheers

[jackturbostage4]

Go into threads tutorial it's on there

[jackturbostage4]

Turboluca has a thread

[astravxr]

Ah cheers I didn't realise. Ill take a look

[astravxr]

Had a look, nothing on what to use to seal them back up

[smiley]

I did mine recently in the same way they were oem; strong doublesided tape suitable for outside weather. Then silicone around the edge to prevent leaking. As done recently, not sure of they could fall off in the near future. (did not use tigerseal , as maybe need to split them again in future)

[astravxr]

Lenses off, the black bits were ok but touched it up a bit with touch up paint (perfect match)



Cleaned up lenses



Cleaned inside headlights



Never again!! Wouldn't recommend it unless really needed to. Taking the lenses off is really simple to do and no damage at all if taking care, 5 minutes each side with a hair dryer and knife. Putting lenses back on trying to get them in the right place so they sit right in the clam is a nightmare, took ages to get it right. I used double sided tape like smiley and black silicone around the edge. It does look like they will stay on i just hope they dont leak

Edited by astravxr, 07 March 2013 - 09:43 PM.

[Hark]

Surely the lenses only fit back one way?? You've got me worried now as I'm halfway through this.

[Bargi]

Surely the lenses only fit back one way??

You've got me worried now as I'm halfway through this.

Think he means just getting the headlights in the clam. I've just sealed and fitted mine this morning and its always a bit of a wiggle to get my passenger side in for some reason. Guess VXs weren't built with the best of tolerences .

[smiley]

Surely the lenses only fit back one way??

You've got me worried now as I'm halfway through this.

You should worry. It's a mm job on the underside of the light. (especially on the passengerside when vx220).

It had me stumped for 3 years why i had very bad alignment.
Previous owner had them split and sprayed NA to tubby. Allignment on clam at left was shite, right slightly shite.
I bought another complete set of light, that had also been sprayed black. Alignment was also shite on left, and slightly shite on right.
Started to think i had a very poorly repaired clam, as shirley it can't be those lights......

Shirley was wrong..... it was the headlights.
Got my hands on another pair of stock NA lights..... fits like a glove on both sides. WTF

The underside of the lense needs to allign with the underside of the headlight EXACTLY right.





As you see, it's for the trained eye only.
Even with this information i got it wrong last time i did that F*ing left one.
Very frustrating.

Edited by smiley, 08 March 2013 - 09:09 AM.

[Bargi]

Ahhh! Why you no tell me before!

Edited by Bargi, 08 March 2013 - 11:24 AM.

[smiley]

Split them again Bargi.
Good excuse to put in the fairy light
http://www.vx220.org...first-chav-mod/

[astravxr]

Yeah its a nightmare to get them perfect. I used double sided foam tape and tried guessing loads of times trying to get the lense even all the way round... Took the headlight to the car and the lense would be touching the clam and about to scrape if i pushed in anymore so i took the lense off, put the headlights in as normal them put the lense on when the headlights were in position... Even then its still hard as you got to have the headlights in perfect

[LY_Scott]

I really don't understand what you lot are on about when I did it they only really sat happy one way. I sealed them there and they mounted fine.

[astravxr]

And if you've got hid's for low and high beam then its such a fanny on when taking headlight in and out every 5 minutes :/

[astravxr]

you must of got lucky

[LY_Scott]

Looks like it!

[Steelic]

Yeah its a nightmare to get them perfect. I used double sided foam tape and tried guessing loads of times trying to get the lense even all the way round... Took the headlight to the car and the lense would be touching the clam and about to scrape if i pushed in anymore so i took the lense off, put the headlights in as normal them put the lense on when the headlights were in position... Even then its still hard as you got to have the headlights in perfect

So did you put the headlights in the car and line up the lenses with double sided tape, carefully remove lights then seal/bond with sealant/adhesive and reinstall for the perfect fit?

[astravxr]

Yep. Thing is though everytime you put headlights back in it always sits very very slightly every time so I'd make sure you got the headlight in the place your happy with before sticking that lense on. The only time I will faff on with these again is if they leak

[astravxr]

Sits very very slightly different I mean... Shitty phone