To open up my headlights with a heat gun instead of an oven?
My step dads kind of a douche and wont let me use ours cuse he said if i do it the plastic releases gases that can exficiate (no idea how to spell that) me

So can i use a heat gun?

 

I don't think the heat gun will work very well because you won't really be able to evenly heat it all the way around.

 

u can but u have to be careful not to warp the lens.

Also u cant use a heat gun when its cold. It will cause the plastic to crack.

 

Put the lamp in a foil lined box and blow air into the box with the heat gun like an oven - just watch the air temp - carboard will ignite at some point over 454F. If the box is made from foil covered sheet insulation it will work great.

 

i've used a hair dryer before on my civic headlights and it worked fine (it was also summertime and the car sat in the sun for a few hours) but this seems like it would be the best thing to do.

 

is it bad to heat it in the oven?

 

Asphyxiate.

I don't think you will asphyxiate unless you somehow manage to climb into the oven with your headlights.

 

lol alrighty well hes letting me use the oven now so here we go to start the retrofit!
btw im doing 200 degrees for 10 minutes is that good?

 

Check this DIY - it's for halos, but same applies for baking open the lights.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=176590

From the beginning of the post:
This install requires that you bake your headlights, so if you're not comfortable with subjecting your headlights to 225 degrees for 15 minutes then I dont suggest this mod.

 

If it is a convection oven it is a LOT better. I heated preformed plexiglass in one at 360F and it straightened out perfectly, back to a flat sheet. Don't go that high on the headlight!

 

That's the method I used. Great write up right there.

 

i honestly would just use the method in the write up....
GL

 

i used a hair dryer all you have to do is have a friend pry apart while you apply heat once it starts to open then just keep working your way down starting from the blinker to the parking light it took me about 10 mins

 

i got to use my oven and got it all apart so retrofit thread coming as soon as i have time to get pics