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Originally Posted by Lyons
Just noticed this. So the actual lens does come off? I thought it would have been glued and sealed tight?
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Yeah, 4 hex screws, but you can't get it out, you can turn it in different angles to gain more access to inside of the unit, maybe with a flat end attachment if you going for the hoover option.
You can get the lens out completely, but this will require bending out little metal chromed brackets which are the part of the chrome surrounding around the lens unit. It's just that chrome frame which stops you from taking the lens out completely.
I've done it on a halogen headlight which has almost nothing inside, with cornering bixenons there is so much stuff that even after unscrewing the lens you may struggle to turn it enough to gain access due to all the components inside.
What I would suggest is without taking the headlight off is cut a meter or half of a garden hose, or any flexible pipeline, tape it well with a ducktape on the end of the hoover handle so you wont loose suction and get the insode the headlight and hoover them out.
Pipeline ideally as thin as possible and dont keep the the hoover running for to long as flow will be very restricted and it may burn the engine, but this will not happen, its just a theory.
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