I'm almost done with clearing the lights. I just need to make some adjustments on one of them. My question is, can i place the rubber seal for the high beams and all of the other bulb sockets that have rubber on them in the oven with the light?

Also, what can I use to cover the hole on the bottom for the ballast? I'm trying to bake the light while it's airtight because of previous problems. (Oil in the oven getting onto the lens)

 

The rubber would be fine but you are on the wrong path here. I have cleared numerous lights including my own (twice....thanks Rick for coming out with clear lenses ). YOU DON"T WANT TO BAKE THE LIGHT AIRTIGHT!!!
You don't have oil from the oven as you are at two low a temp and there is not enough oil. Most likely you arte following the recipe here which requires you put the lamp on a damp towel. This is great for breaking open the light but it does lead to some humidity. After clearing and getting the lamp back together for adhesion. Bake the lamp WITH ALL PORTS OPEN at about 100-150 degrees for an hour. Lamps will remain clear.....

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i am using the wet towel. I ended up baking the open parts inside my car (Yest it does get very hot in there.) One closed up fine, while the other didn't. So you think if I put the headlight that's partially closed in the oven nothing other than water should get inside right?

 

Don't use a wet towel. A brown paper back (Edit: Read baG) works just as well and doesn't add the humidity factor.


Trust me, I had to resand and repaint my headlight inner piece because the humidity completely screwed the paint.


Edited for spelling. Still early here, still asleep.

 

No wet towel.

 

I put the whole thing in the oven, no towel, no bag, no nothing and did at 225 degrees and only for like 5-6 mins... whats with this hour thing? mine came out fine and just used lots of house hold silicone after the seperation of the two pieces and after i baked the second time. extra is good. Mine came out perfect!

BEFORE...

AFTER... I colored the clear bulbs with an orange Sharpie, they are bright orange when blinking they came out perfect and cost me less than 5$ total. No clear lense (diffuser was used I just removed the whole piece.) Thats up to you though the clear lense does look nice.

 

i used a heat gun on a hot, dry day. works great

 

Don't know what you mean by "closed up fine". The HID gets hot. You can remove the other connectors and boots, turn on the HID and drive out any moisture in a headlamp. If the moisture comes back you have a sealing issue in the housing. You can use a thin film of 100% silicone to seal the housing after removing the assembly.

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