How to replicate HELLA's smoked ellipsoid technique:

[kingston]

Crap. Anyone got a high beam lense from a set of Euro Hellas? Just broke mine :(

[Kershaw]

get a lens from a 5 or 7 series at the junkyard

[Gruelius]

i got one i can ship if its hard to find the part.

anyone have trouble breaking the plastic housing whne levering the thing out? my glue wouldnt seperate at 350 degrees F too easily

[fullyflaredd]

Anyone in socal want to help me out and take apart the lenses for me? I can pay a reasonable fee lol, I'm just way too worried that I'll break the lenses. I tried using a heat gun and I'm melting the surrounding plastic the lens is embedded in, but the lens is still pretty much stuck in there.

[straight6pwr]

Anyone in socal want to help me out and take apart the lenses for me? I can pay a reasonable fee lol, I'm just way too worried that I'll break the lenses. I tried using a heat gun and I'm melting the surrounding plastic the lens is embedded in, but the lens is still pretty much stuck in there.

who said to use a heat gun? its an oven or nothing. i've taken apart maybe 7 or so sets of headlight lenses, and sometimes you are going to break them. you just have to be patient. if they dont loosen the first bake, turn the heat up a little and let them sit for longer. some of the sets had so much sealant they wouldnt budge. some, the glass was already falling off.

[fullyflaredd]

who said to use a heat gun? its an oven or nothing. i've taken apart maybe 7 or so sets of headlight lenses, and sometimes you are going to break them. you just have to be patient. if they dont loosen the first bake, turn the heat up a little and let them sit for longer. some of the sets had so much sealant they wouldnt budge. some, the glass was already falling off.

Alright thanks. I've read a bunch of DIY's and some prefer the heat gun method, not sure why.

I'm going to see if I can get them off after putting it in an oven. If not, then screw it I guess. I'd rather not break my lenses.

[ohthejosh]

I want to do this but my US ellips have a broken adjuster and was wondering if anyone knows where I can get the part numbers for the headlight assembly.

Also I was looking at Compressions crosshair FS thread and looks like he is out of the selling business and wondering how big of a demand there is to get these crosshair templates on the market again?

[///M42 sport]

why not boil them? suspend them in water and boil. thats what i did. wet heat less chance of breaking glass

[jink0619]

good work op! i can apprecaite this...

[straight6pwr]

why not boil them? suspend them in water and boil. thats what i did. wet heat less chance of breaking glass

if any of that boiling water gets into the headlight, it peels the reflective coating off.

[Van Westervelt]

We have separation. Just pulled my BOSCH e34 lights apart to do work. Metal highs.

Worked up from 180-250 over 30 minutes to avoid any shock then 15 at high temp. First one was super sticky, and I left the other one in while I did the first. 5 min longer, and it practically fell off once I got under its edge.

[benyen soljax]

Is there anyone who has any laser cut or water jet cut inserts for the high beams?

[PKblu]

Is there anyone who has any laser cut or water jet cut inserts for the high beams?

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=292326

[xcx4x]

does anyone have the template still? the one in the link is down.

i found this one:

http://s57.photobucket.com/user/td325ic/media/temp%20pics/Hellasmokedtemplate1.gif.html

but i dont know what resolution to print onto 8.5x11 sheet of paper.


edit:

So im assuming the actual image itself is what needs to be printed. i opened up microsoft word and set the margins to 0. then i proceeded to expand the image until it fit the document. it actually ended up being pretty close to 8.5x11in in resolution.

anyone have input or alternative file i can download?

[henryki]

I know ECS tuning sells some headlights for around $200 that are smoked and come with the crosshairs. dont know the quality or how well they work tho..