Hey all! I need to get into my headlight cluster in my TH Magna.

Any ideas or anything on how to open it up?

Here's sumthin I quoted off a website about making Angel Eyes:


Taking Apart My Projector Headlight
Next, it was time for me to put them into my HID projector headlight unit. First, I had to open apart my headlight unit. This is done by heating it in a cooking oven for about 10-15 minutes at 275°F or until the glue loosen. It may take a longer or shorter time to soften the glue on different headlamp units. Remove any attachments, like your bulb or wire harness, that may not be able to withstand the heat. Be very careful when separating your projector unit because the glue will stick to anything it can get a hold of. Think of hot melted cheese on a slice of pizza when you pull it apart. Use a butter knife or a flat-head screw driver to pry the headlight apart. Once you've pried it open, you can use your hands to do the rest of the job.

Here's my recommendation: As you pull apart the front cover from the headlight unit, separate/trim the cheesy web-like glue using your hand. Don't worry, the glue is not that hot, but the headlight unit is. Remember, pull a little and then trim a little, and repeat this step. Take your time and do it SLOWLY. You have about 20~30 minutes before the glue harden. Plenty of time. As you trim, the glue will retract, and you can reuse the glue later when re-attaching the headlight back together. I have done this process about 4 times already with the same headlight, and the glue is still good and I have no problem with rain fogging up the headlight.

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with angel eyes glued to black frame.

My aftermarket projector headlight is divided into 3 components, a reflective housing, an internal black frame, and a clear front cover. I glued my angel rings to the black frame, using clear silicon adhesive or Krazy/Super glue. I applied only a very small amount of glue to the un-scratch/un-cut part of the ring. The inner black frame acts as a barrier and helps protect my angel eyes from the heat coming from the reflective housing.


Putting the Headlight Back Together
Next, it was time for me to re-attach the front cover back onto the headlight unit, using the same glue. Just reheat them in the oven until the glue soften again. Very important, I only had to heat the reflective housing and the front cover. You don't need to reheat the black internal frame. Doing so may deform your angel rings. Actually, the rings didn't get deformed when I first did it. The silicon glue helps maintain the ring in its shape.

Once the glue is soften again, I took out the reflective housing and the clear front cover. I put the black frame with the angel rings back onto the reflective housing. Then I ran the wire from the angel ring through the water drainage opening of the housing. Now, I put the clear front cover back onto the headlight housing. Remember to apply pressure to get an air-tight hold. I used clamps to make a tight seal. You can also use a wide-mouth plier for this procedure.
You can see the whole article here (http://www.geocities.com/crx_auto/angel_eyes.htm)

Also, I reckon you should have a talk with "heathyoung" as I'd imagine he'd need to hack into his headlights to complete his HID Project...

You rang :)

The headlights are pretty easy to take apart - you need to remove clips that hold the glass to the plastic around the seal peripheracy, then preheat the oven to around 180 degrees celcius - once the oven cycles (ie switches off) turn it OFF(!), wait until the element is no longer glowing and place the headlight in the hot oven. Take care not to let any of the plastic touch any metal parts (especially the

Wait about 10-15 minutes, remove from oven with oven mits (it gets very hot), and place a flat spatula (like a metal paint scraper) on the join, and carefully pry apart - the glue (butyl mastic) will go like stringy cheese - cut it with a razor blade, you will probably end up with some on the plastic surrounding the reflectors, it may be removed by dissolving with mineral turpentine.

Once you are ready to reseal the headlight place the lens in the seal track, and place lens down into the preheated oven as before - leave for 10-15 minutes, the sealant will melt, and the lens will fall into place.

Remove from the oven and refit the metal clips...

Cheers
Heath Young

Question: why do you need to open the cluster?