How to replicate HELLA's smoked ellipsoid technique:

[Hick]

LULz

[khalild]

Heat these slowly, that isn't pyrex glass on your headlights. Just thick behind regular glass. 20 year old thick behind glass lol. I heated them to 100 for 5 min, 175 for 5 more, then 200, 250, 300, 350. Boom, lenses came right off. If your oven warms too fast then you are fizzeled, keep that in mind.

[craiggroves91]

What do i do if my adjusting posts are all rusted to hell?

[castros]

Nice write up.

[khalild]

What do i do if my adjusting posts are all rusted to hell?

get new ones from the stealer if you are a perfectionist. if not then it won't matter much as you will probably only adjust your beams once.

[craiggroves91]

get new ones from the stealer if you are a perfectionist. if not then it won't matter much as you will probably only adjust your beams once.

They wont twist because all of the rust on the treads

[E30FTW]

Take them off and soak them in PB Blaster overnight if you can. May very well loosen them up enough to align and leave alone.

[golde30]

No. I was the founder of this forum, hosted it out of my pocket for years, eventually passed it off due to lack of patience and free time, and then got E-stabbed in the back.

[craiggroves91]

Shoot have fog in one light, its crazy how moisture hinder the output of light so much. Looks like i gotta pop it open and reseal it!
Should i use automotive goop? or what?!

[e30pwr]

note to self, blue atv makes the outside lip just inside the ring blue too, black and blue headlights ftw?

[jaywood]

Bump. Will this work with my stock '90 325 headlights?

[td325ic]

It'll work with US ellipsoids, though you having a '90 that means your car came with sealed beams stock. I wouldn't waste your time doing this to sealed beams. Just buy either some US ellipsoids or some Hella euro ellipsoids and go from there.

[straight6pwr]

It'll work with US ellipsoids, though you having a '90 that means your car came with sealed beams stock. I wouldn't waste your time doing this to sealed beams. Just buy either some US ellipsoids or some Hella euro ellipsoids and go from there.

its impossible to do this to sealed beams, they are 100% glass on the outside.

[Varinn]

Is there anyone around selling the crosshairs pre-cut? Most of the threads I've managed to find are from 08 and 09, would rather just buy some than have to struggle with cutting it myself.

[ejnight]

Is there anyone around selling the crosshairs pre-cut? Most of the threads I've managed to find are from 08 and 09, would rather just buy some than have to struggle with cutting it myself.

+1 if not I can make a run if there are buyers.