High Beam Cleanout, Help On How To Clean Out The Brown Muck Inside Options

[CelicaST96]

I have a major problem with the high beams and I got them out but need to clean them out. I have H.I.D.'s ready to be put in the high beams but one of them is completely brown and the other starting to turn brown from water laying in for years. I don't know how to either take the glass part off the front or back part of it which is plastic. I know though that both need to be scrubbed clean to form the shine again and then re-sealed to make sure no water gets in it ever again.

I'd appreciate it if someone would help me out by telling me how to clean both out and then making sure they are tightly sealed so no water gets in.

Thank you,

Seth (CelicaST96)

[Ruroniarc]

There are a couple of guides around here. Basically you have to throw them in the oven, and then slowly pry the glass off. The glue that holds them together is a heat activated glue, that only comes off once you heat it up. Oven is your best bet.

[ajmorris1977]

no exactly the best answer for you but i think it will help, read this.....

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=66367

[jordisonjr]

If you really have a lot of water in it you can drill it from the bottom, thats what i had did. However if its really brown its not gunna help a whole lot. I had this too, but i had already bought another pair of OEM high beams, but i wanted to see if it would drain enough. So I pulled off all the plastic from the bottom and drilled a small hole in the bottom. All the stuff drained, I didn't re seal it or anything and drove around with a whole, so no more condensation would form, and it didn't fill up any more, and i drove it like that for about two weeks. My headlight was pretty brown though, so I ended up changing it anyways, but it worked for the time beeing.

[BonzaiCelica]

my right high beam started to get water in it. I just grabbed the air compressor blew the water out and it never came back.

[GriffGirl]

Pull your bumper, remove the offending headlight, remove bulb, rubber seals, etc, let housing get to room temp. Stick in oven at 200 degrees for about 15 min., then carefully pry lens off the housing. Scrub the hell out of the inside of the lens with a brillo pad (it's glass, you're not gonna scratch it w/brillo), soak in distilled vinegar, wash with dish soap.

Reheat housing at 200 to soften sealant stuff, and put the lens back on. For added seal you can use a bead of RTV silicone.

I've got a pair of high beam lenses that I'm not using, PM me if you wanna buy 'em.