cut open the headlights...let the fun begin!
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My Ride: 04 525i, 04 Dinan M3
Why hello there sir, lol.
No, not with permasealed headlights. The glue can soften, but it's basically at the temperature where it will melt the surrounding plastic. There was a "fool" over at M5board that did this awhile back. He used a heat gun and opened it up.
It was really funny because in one post he was saying "I don't know why you guys said this wasn't possible"... and then an hour or something like that later, he wrote "Oh my god, I fucked up my headlights, the surrounding plastic melted..." blah blah blah. And he ended up having to buy new headlights.
I did not feel bad
And even for the headlights that bake open, 400F is way overboard. That temperature will melt plastic for sure.
Please try and let us know.
No, not with permasealed headlights. The glue can soften, but it's basically at the temperature where it will melt the surrounding plastic. There was a "fool" over at M5board that did this awhile back. He used a heat gun and opened it up.
It was really funny because in one post he was saying "I don't know why you guys said this wasn't possible"... and then an hour or something like that later, he wrote "Oh my god, I fucked up my headlights, the surrounding plastic melted..." blah blah blah. And he ended up having to buy new headlights.
I did not feel bad
And even for the headlights that bake open, 400F is way overboard. That temperature will melt plastic for sure.
Please try and let us know.
It was easy as hell to open my maxima headlights in the oven when I had that car. But you have to cut open the lights on our cars
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From: Fort Worth, TX
My Ride: 2006 550i W/ Sport Package
I just purchased an extra set of headlights and I seen a couple of DIY on the v2/v4 but can someone confirm exactly where is the best spot to cut open the headlights? Because its kind of hard to see in the pictures I seen and I don't want the line from where I cut them to be visible when looking at the car once installed...Thanks and I'm gonna try an put together another DIY just to add to lol
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From: NYC
My Ride: 2008 535i
bump. I'm curious about this.
the only company i know that (successfully) mods e60 lights are call Republic Werkz.
I dont know where there are located or what not but I know they have an instagram page.
the only company i know that (successfully) mods e60 lights are call Republic Werkz.
I dont know where there are located or what not but I know they have an instagram page.
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