Removing the high beam headlight Options

[Robbie1902]

When i got my celica the driver side inside headlight had some water in it and the bulb is out. I replaced the bulb but i wanted to take the headlight out and clean it. Cant figure out how to take it apart, seems like you have to do alot more work just to get this out. Does anybody have some instructions on how this is done. Would be appreciated


Thanks

Rob

[pflau]

But why would you want to take it out and clean it??? Water tends to get inside the high bean headlight all the time. All you need to do is remove the bulb (how often do you really use high beam??) and the water would evaporate in a few days.

[dgbldr]

But why would you want to take it out and clean it??? Water tends to get inside the high bean headlight all the time. All you need to do is remove the bulb (how often do you really use high beam??) and the water would evaporate in a few days.

That's not a good thing, because the inside of that headlight will be dirty and if the water sat there for a while, you will have amber-brown stains from some internal parts rusting. You can tell a water-logged Celica headlight from a mile away by the amber-brown tint.

The headlight needs to be washed internally real well with detergent. If there are rust stains, fill it with hot water and a generous helping of the "rust stain removing" powder you can buy at the store. Let it sit and shake it well every few minutes, for about half hour. Rinse and repeat. Then drain it completely and let dry in the house for 2 days before putting back on car. Or use a hair drier.

I've done this when the bumper was off for other reasons, so no biggie. But if you don't want to take the bumper off, it's tough to do all this on the car. Possible, but tough.

Edit: And no, the water will NOT evaporate out of the headlight in just a few days. Not unless you leave the bulb on 24/7 to boil it off

This post has been edited by dgbldr: Nov 19, 2008 - 1:05 AM

[pflau]

Edit: And no, the water will NOT evaporate out of the headlight in just a few days. Not unless you leave the bulb on 24/7 to boil it off

I am speaking from experience. Lots of experience. And my headlights have no brown stain or anything. The thing about water is that it is very good at evaporating - that is why bottles have caps.