what area are you in? I need some DD install help (specifically someone to do it :D )

Also, regarding bashing Umnitza. They tried to make me pay for a replacement ring that came broken upon the argument that "it was over a month ago and should have been handled."

Even though I had proof that I had been trying repeatedly to get it replaced since the day I recieved it....not to put all of the blame on them, it was also due to some completely false information provided by the company I bought them from (I can tell you they're very popular on the forums) such as, "they'll be there any day now"

Anyway, Umnitza's response to my rant was, "we handle hundreds of e-mails a day...sometimes they just slip through the cracks." So therefore, I have to pay for their mistakes.

They have agreed to replace it after the fore-mentioned 3rd party vendor sent another e-mail, but I have to wait for Umnitza....that is if they ever get any more in stock (been out of stock for the past 2 weeks now).........still waiting on a replacement......

Other than this seemingly isolated response (which was BS in the first place). They've been great.

 

I'm up in Portland, OR... so not too much help there....

 

did u put a wet towel under it?

 

NO!

That'd get moisture EVERYWHERE.... and that's a bad thing... you want a nice clean electric oven, preheated to 200 degrees with the LOWER element... I just folded up a towel and put that on a cookie sheet and placed the headlamp on the towel... (I wanted to avoid direct heat exposure from below... just heat the lamp up uniformly from around.) I also put it in really quickly and waited until the element turned off before sticking the next light housing in, to avoid too much time the element was on keeping the temperature up while my assembly was in there... (If that makes sense)

I did everything possible to avoid contact of the lense to direct heat.

and no, the towel was just fine... just don't put it in there while it's preheating and you should be fine...

I watched my housing every second it was in there as well, just to make sure nothing weird happened.

 

I have a gas oven........

Could that have been the problem?

Oh...does anyone know how much a new headlight is and where I could get one? I'd really appreciate it.

 

no idea on the price of hte headlight but check out www.mcgeorgeparts.com i think thats the website. they have the best price i have seen for the headlight, i think its like $137 or somethin like that (so yea i do have an idea lol )

 

oh yea they might even have free shippin and thats always a bonus.

 

I'd bet it the combo of the gas oven and not enough dampening between the burner and the lense that contributed to the melting... I'd say for sure that you'd only want to do this in a standard electric on that has been properly preheated.

 

WDS do you think putting the towel in the oven under the light is the best way? would aluminum foil work too? also what did you mean by element? just curious cus im gonna do it as soon as they get in (hopefully thursday its my next day off and my only one in a long time lol)

 

I don't think aluminum foil would have the same effect....

The heater element in the bottom the the oven what I'm talking about... the little "Tube" that turns red??? LoL...

As long as the towl is on the cookie sheet on the middle rack, and added to a preheated oven at ONLY 200 degrees... I don't think you'll have a problem... I watched mine closely to be sure and had an extingisher just in case....

 

baking is a lazy way of doing it, when we did the headlights on my frineds car, we used a heat gun, and it took along time, but in my opinion, its more acccurate, and you are putting the heat directly on the area, not heating up the whole assembly. both ways work, but this is not the first time ive heard of this happening.

 

thanks lol by element i wasnt sure if you were talkin about somethin else you put in the oven. i got a little confused. but yea im gonna try your towel method when i do them this week. thanks again for your info. your the man lol so helpful and knowledgeable lol

 

Sparks has one for 141.

 

omg, some people.... if melting your headlight and snapping a halo ring is your worst day... then you havent expierience much. just be thankful that you have a car to fu*k around with, when my car got hit, i didnt b*tch about it, i took it like a MAN and was thankful that even though it got hit, nothing major happened

 

Come on, it's an obvious exaggeration.

 

^ Yeah, I agree.....

I'd tick me off though.... Everytime I take a risk on an install, I always research how much it'll cost to fix it...

Tapping into my fuel line might cost me 60 some bucks for a new one and a couple days down waiting for the part to come in.... hope I don't screw it up.

 

yea good luck with that

 

Your oven's thermostat might be broken and not properly regulating the heat giving you higher than indicated temps. The safest way to go is to put an oven themometer in the oven. The metal ones built for that purpose. Then you will be 100% sure that you are not overheating the headlight housing. 200 degrees shouldn't be enough to melt your headlight housing.
It will be a very good idea to closely watch the heating process so that you can detect the first signs of trouble if any which will give you a chance to abort the mission!
Good luck on your next try!

Chombi
05 FM tC

 

also was it a convection oven? i hear that helps keep the heat uniform......if not it just send the heat straight up......