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[matty]

anyone taken a light apart and sprayed the inners black?

[MikeDundee]

anyone taken a light apart and sprayed the inners black?

Not that I know of, but you can buy them off e-bay, or at least used to be able to, but not sure they're legal in the UK. There was a thread somewhere about it

[mathewst]

From what I saw on ebay those black headlights were only for prefacelift models

[i260]

Looks like turbomega's are blacked out!

[miniator]

looks good that but id be afraid of having steamed up lights afterwards!

[Andy B]

....... id be afraid of having steamed up lights afterwards!

Why?  :-?

[Ghost]

would the light not be crap then due to the lack of reflector? :-/

[Andy B]

would the light not be crap then due to the lack of reflector? :-/

The reflector hasn't been painted. 

[miniator]

....... id be afraid of having steamed up lights afterwards!

Why?  :-?

in case you dont get a good seal again after splitting the lights. a pet hate of mine is steam/moisture in lights!

a few people on a local forum have done it, set the light into an oven at a low temperature to soften the glue and then prize (sp) the lense off...or a heat gun has also been used

[markey mark]

i have black lights in mine bought of ebay but came left hand drive only so converted mine to xenons  8-) 8-)

[SJKOO01]

anyone taken a light apart and sprayed the inners black?

I beliave it can be done DIY, but it's a bitch to do without breaking the light units.
There's the rubberry tacky black seal which isn't easy to separate the lens from back of the unit.

Did something simaliar with Astra Mk4 headlight - Worth it if you have the time and patiences of a saint !!. 

[miniator]

anyone taken a light apart and sprayed the inners black?

I beliave it can be done DIY, but it's a bitch to do without breaking the light units.
There's the rubberry tacky black seal which isn't easy to separate the lens from back of the unit.

Did something simaliar with Astra Mk4 headlight - Worth it if you have the time and patiences of a saint !!. 

read my above post....its simple to split the lights without breaking them

[Andy B]

anyone taken a light apart and sprayed the inners black?

I beliave it can be done DIY, but it's a bitch to do without breaking the light units.
There's the rubberry tacky black seal which isn't easy to separate the lens from back of the unit.

Did something simaliar with Astra Mk4 headlight - Worth it if you have the time and patiences of a saint !!. 

read my above post....its simple to split the lights without breaking them

IIRC I used a Stanley knife to gently cut through the glue/sikaflex. They opened up quire easily. 

[matty]

might buy a spare set and give it a go!

[amba]

Just spent about 1 hour pulling the lenses off a set I bought .They come off ok if you heat it up with a hair dryer and then start at a corner with 2 fairly blunt 1 inch chisels and a couple of stanley knife blades to keep cutting the black gunge.
Yes patience is required but fairly simple job....I now have the existing ones to remove from my xenons,as they are past it,then I will have nice clean new lights.
Does anyone know what the sealer is that is used ? as will run a bead around both when I refit them just to be sure of a decent seal again.