Headlights

[Lozzer]

Hi all, how easy is it, or even possible to split the clear cover off the headlight assemblies on these? I've made a bit of a booboo I'm afraid

 

[Dall]

Hi Lozzer.
What's happened? The headlights on mine are body colour inside, so they have been split apart to enable this. They appear to have been solvent welded somehow after the painting process, that sort of tells me they were cut open somehow.

 

[Lozzer]

Hi Lozzer.
What's happened? The headlights on mine are body colour inside, so they have been split apart to enable this. They appear to have been solvent welded somehow after the painting process, that sort of tells me they were cut open somehow.

Hi Dall, yes on my recent tour in Europe I fitted headlight deflectors, one must have been in the wrong place because it has actually melted the plastic, maybe size of 5p, so I need new, if the cover can come apart then it doesn't matter which colour headlight I buy to replace. Thanks Loz

 

[Dall]

I had my headlight unit out last week as the adjuster ball had come out of the socket, and the rubber seal had dropped back into the nose. Having not approached this job before, I ended up going the long way round, I started trying to drop the airbox to get access to the front headlight fixing. I soon forgot that plan and went in through grille, much easier.
Anyways, got the unit out, found the ball went back into the socket and held it securely enough.... (meh... will need a to replace said ball at sometime) cleaned up the rubber gasket and stuck it to the headlight unit with some high integrity silicone gasket material, this made refitting easyas the rubber stayed exactly where it should.
Back to splitting the unit, reading elsewhere on other makes, either local heat, or low bake may soften the glue allowing it to be split Loz. I await someone with experience with of this particular headlamp unit to come forward.

 

[CatmanV2]

It can be done. The unit needs to be heated in an over (about 80C rings a bell) then you can cut through the seal with an x-acto or similar. Re-assemply is the reverse *including the heating to make sure it's bone dry*. Or the condensation will **** you off for evermore.

C

 

[Navcorr]

Written for a 4200 but "presumably" a similar construction?

https://www.maseratilife.com/forums/coupe-spyder-gs/16291-headlight-polishing-inside-out.html


Nb. This Catmanv2 fella gets about a bit.
Or is it a different person - anyone seen them in the same room together?
Is it like that Jackson pair - Michael & LaToya

 

[CatmanV2]

Promiscuous is the word I think you're looking for

C