 Fixing Highbeam |
 Mar 26, 2007 - 3:11 PM
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tomorrow im going to attempt to fix my leaking high beam since it blew out like 3 bulbs so far. and what im planning to do is submerge the high beam housing in water, find where bubbles are escaping then reseal that area. my question is will this work? and if so what kind of sealent would work? or is there a better to do it?
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Mar 26, 2007 - 3:14 PM
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QUOTE(Akira_g4 @ Mar 26, 2007 - 3:11 PM) [snapback]539991[/snapback] tomorrow im going to attempt to fix my leaking high beam since it blew out like 3 bulbs so far. and what im planning to do is submerge the high beam housing in water, find where bubbles are escaping then reseal that area. my question is will this work? and if so what kind of sealent would work? or is there a better to do it? Unless you remove the glass, you will never be able to get the moisture out if you do that. --------------------  Cuz Thats How Us Country Boyz Roll Growing up racing motocross, i learned one thing..."Always wear clean underwear, you never know when the Paramedics are gonna have to cut your pants off of you" |
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Mar 26, 2007 - 5:08 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 21, '05 From Wpg, MB. Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
Isn't there a hole where the bulb socket goes in?
I think his idea may work. |
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Mar 26, 2007 - 10:37 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 17, '03 From Bloomington, Indiana Currently Offline Reputation: 62 (98%) |
just take off the whole lens and reseal it all... I've done it and it works fine.... boiling water and submersion then just pry the lense off... it's not hard at all
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Mar 27, 2007 - 1:11 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '06 From Sunnyvale CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
damn im guessing i cant get around the whole boiling water/ oven technique. i was hopeing there was a way to fix it without using boiling water or the oven. oh well now i gotta find a way to get my mom to let me use her kitchen
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Mar 27, 2007 - 7:44 AM
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i havta do that soon too, but next week is spring break so ill prolly do it then.
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Mar 27, 2007 - 12:03 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '06 From Sunnyvale CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yea my spring break is this week and this it probably my one and only chance to fix this. well im going to go work on it in about a hour, ill try gettin pics going to
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Apr 4, 2007 - 1:32 AM
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QUOTE(Akira_g4 @ Mar 27, 2007 - 2:11 AM) [snapback]540194[/snapback] damn im guessing i cant get around the whole boiling water/ oven technique. i was hopeing there was a way to fix it without using boiling water or the oven. oh well now i gotta find a way to get my mom to let me use her kitchen yeah, do you have a heatgun? set it on a lower setting and slowly heat up the glued areas.... and then slowly pry away... I just do the boiling because it's more convenient for me because it allows me to multitask a lot better. When i'm home this weekend and have to remove the JDM high beam lense I will prolly use a heat gun just to be a bit safer QUOTE(mneal2_92788 @ Mar 27, 2007 - 8:44 AM) [snapback]540229[/snapback] i havta do that soon too, but next week is spring break so ill prolly do it then. I'll be home this weekend if you wanna meet up -------------------- |
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