Thread: Halo headlights piece broke need help

Hey guys,

Got some halo dashz headlights used. They got damaged during shipping. The housing of the projector light is held on by 2 adjustable screws and a small plastic pivot piece. I have some pictures below of the issue.

So I baked my headlight in the oven at 300 degrees for 10 minutes and pulled it apart. Got the piece out, and its the only thing from me having level headlights. Anyone know where I can get this pivot piece from or remedy this?

Your help is appreciated!
Thanks









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why bake it i m jw ?

The lens is held on only by (what looks like grey RTV) or silicon. Putting it in the oven heats it all up so you can pry it apart.

I wouldnt use 300F to bake the head lights. They're sealed with butyl tape which will easily come off with 215F of heat(15-20mins). If you heat the lens too much the film that is on the out side will spider crack and you'll never beable to fix it. you can try wet sanding but wont come out as good as it originally was. I had these headlights for a few years before throwing them away.
The hardest part for most people when doing a retrofit is getting the lens off. Rockauto sells TYC (highly recommend for a retro fit) for $50 a piece. Seal these lights back up, return them, and do a projector retro fit.

If you really need to fix that headlight, buy some JB weld and epoxy the area. You wont beable to adjust it, but you'll beable to use them till you buy something better.
These cheap projectors don't come close when compared to Morimoto Mini H1 or any other projector retrofit.

While I appreciate and respect your opinion, im stuck with the lights. Personally, I like the style. I paid 250 for the headlights, hids, and ballasts.

300 degrees is what 90% of the people dissembling their lights cooked them @, between 5-10 min. Worked like a charm and no peeling/cracking.

JB welding that piece is out of the question. Im not going to do a shitty job and have a shitty projection of my hids because I wanted a quick fix. I've found similar pieces that may work but I need to do a little research and measuring before I get it. Hoping I get some advice on what this piece is called or where I may find a similar one.

Let's please not make this into a thread about what lights are better, or how I did it wrong.

P.S. - If I wanted, in the future I can swap out the projectors with better ones so I can keep the headlight style.

Thx

Why not return it and ask for a new one?

And try going to your local hardware store and show the piece to them. Maybe they have it. And even they have it, there's a high possibility they know what it is.


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jmlm13,

That was my plan. It's going to be a few days before I get to a hardware/parts store though. The reason I am not returning it is because these lights were purchased used from a user on this board. They got damaged during the shipping, so I'm trying to make the best out of it since I got a deal on the set. If I can replace/fix this part it was a simple 20 minute fix.

Ow. Okay. We thought you bought from a online store. Coz i have a similar headlights and it gave me lot of headache. The halos' life span is only like a week, so i had the store replace it. I think i had my set replaced more than 4 times, till i decided to not install the halo. Lol!

Well. Good luck with that. Hope you find the part.


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Originally Posted by jmlm13

Ow. Okay. We thought you bought from a online store. Coz i have a similar headlights and it gave me lot of headache. The halos' life span is only like a week, so i had the store replace it. I think i had my set replaced more than 4 times, till i decided to not install the halo. Lol!

Well. Good luck with that. Hope you find the part.

Thanks, what brand was yours? The halos are just a small 2 LED piece. If one goes out they're quick and easy to replace.

I dont know where you were looking to see "90% of the people" using 300F.
What temp to bake ebay headlights?
First google result. When I was researching this info back in the day, "90% of the people" said 200-250, just like everyone in that thread. Like I said, I use to own a set, and it doesn't take much heat at all to loosen butyl tape. If you dont want to heed my warnings, fine. Hopefully someone else looking back at this will.

I would still fight to return them. $250 isnt much of a deal (especially broken). The lights go around $200 new, and DDM tuning kits are like $30 new. (Unless you have a morimoto hid kit, or something. You never said.)

Anyways.
You can actually tap(thread) jb weld. You can try forcing the screw through, but it might be too hard/brittle for that. Best use a drill and tap.

I will look at the tapping/drilling option of the JB weld. Picked up a box today.

I just thought of this. Try covering a screw in grease (like WD-40 or PB blaster) then mold some JB weld around it. I bet you'll beable to unscrew it.
Experiment a bit.