Ruined my headlight with oven fix

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Ye_Lunatic

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I am an idiot. I pre-heated the oven to 400 degrees, turned it off, let the light sit for 10 minutes. When it came out, the lens pryed halfway off before the glue cooled down again.

So, I baked for another 10 minutes. This time the lens came off, but it was soft and it warped from the screwdriver prying it.

I sanded down the lens and it came out clear. Then, I decided to try and polish the chrome in the housing with Windex. BIG MISTAKE!!! The relective chrome came right off, revealing the white plastic underneath.

In a panic, I ran to K-Mart and picked up Dupli-Color Chrome enamel. I got home and "re-chrome" the interior of the light. Crap. The paint comes out as a dull silver, not a reflective chrome like the original.

I decided I had enough and tried to put the lens back on. Well, since it was warped, it wouldn't fit. I had to saw the edged of the lens with a dremel cut-off wheel to make it fit. Then I had to apply large amounts of epoxy to seal it and fill in the gaps of the poor fit.

All in all, I have a clear lens, but a dull silver "reflective" backing. I put the light back on and it's still crap. A bit worse than the other one due to it's non-reflective backing.

Anyone know where I can get cheap, new headlights? I think I am going to install some driving lights either behind the grill or in the bumper. Any suggestions?

1994 Mark VIII
160k
 
RE: Ruined my headlight with oven fix

you could cut apart your light and mount a 3531? light from an early 90's camaro, cutlass, grand prix in there. That's what I did, it is definetly only a temporary fix but it works ok. I've been meaning to take a picture but have never gotten around to it.
 
RE: Ruined my headlight with oven fix

try torry at fordpartsnetwork.com. A new non-HID housing probably costs less than you think.
 
RE: Ruined my headlight with oven fix

That expensive? The '97-'98's are only about $220, and that includes an HID bulb.
 
RE: Ruined my headlight with oven fix

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That expensive? The '97-'98's are only about $220, and that includes an HID bulb.
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Not anymore.. its somewhere in the $250's.
 
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[div class="dcquote"][strong]Quote[/strong]That expensive? The '97-'98's are only about $220, and that includes an HID bulb.[/div]Not anymore.. its somewhere in the $250's.
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If one of my headlights just burned out, would that be my best plan of action? And just looking on the FPN site, im seeing $302 and $326...

Dave, do you have those part numbers?
 
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