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by **Bangers** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:51 am

ive noticed moisture in my headlight from a stone chip, is it hard to remove the whole headlight assy to seal it properly
Cheers Mark

by **Bangers** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:27 pm

anyone,
bueller... bueller???

by **sinist4** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:37 pm

Bangers wrote:anyone,
bueller... bueller???

ummm u have to put the head light into an oven, thats all i no haha. Which softens the glue or something then you can take it apart.

by **senator** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:21 pm

if its a stone chip then it might be worth replacing it...... must have been a hard hit to crack the polycarbonate

by **Bangers** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:39 pm

its only a small crack at the top but i want to remove the whole assy from the car, is it a major job or just a few bolts that holds the unit in place

by **Rosso** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:20 pm

Taking the light off wont be the hard part, taking the lens off of the light assembly will be a prick, thats if its what your gonna do.

Best to have a hair dryer & a bit of patience to warm up the glue seal so its easier to take apart. Maybe the oven trick would be a better option

Id try sourcing a second hand headlight assembly, might be easier?

by **Bangers** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:00 pm

no worries, gona tackle it 2morow night hopefully not to hard a job
Mark

by **SUM12C** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:17 pm

Think you might need to remove the bumper to get the light off, I showed some pics when I took off my bumper this might help.

http://forum.liberty.asn.au/viewtopic.php?t=1271&highlight=bumper

by **Arith** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:23 pm

Great pics! But yes, I do believe you are right. There should be 2 screws covered up by the front bumper.

by **jp928** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:42 pm

Let it warm up until all the condensation is gone, then seal crack/hole with silicon or super glue if its a crack.

by **swingn** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:39 pm

If your car is still covered under warrenty I'd play dumb & take it back to Subaru & try to get them to replace it :wink:

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