Detango front headlamps bugeye
 

Thinking of detangoing my front headlamps on my WRX bugeye. Done a search and there's lots of talk of cooking your headlamps. But I don't think I want to go that far. Do I just need to remove the orange cover and replace the indicator bulbs with silvertec style ones?

Yep you just need to remove the orange cover - thats why you have to bake the light unit in the oven as to get to the cover you have to open the light unit which is sealed - i was gonna do this but bottled out :-(

Pussies :D Just wack the lights in the oven guys, honestly it is not difficult and you don't even need to baste them ;)

When I did mine I used a bit of extra sealant to make sure it was water tight when putting them back together. Best modification for £15

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I may have a pair for sale soon if you are interested and do not want to do it yourself. Let me know.

http://www.supertouring.co.uk/smacs/de-tango.jpg

I about to sell my detangoed lights inc the silvertec bulbs. If your interested pm me with an offer.

Can I have cooking times/temperatures please??!!

Really want to do this mod (looks sweet btw) but don't want to put in oven and come back to a melted mess!!

What additional selant did you use?

Lowest heat possible, 10 mins. Try another 5 if that does not work. Be careful not to touch anything inside the lamp when it is apart. Simply re-heat to join back together. I did not use sealant and not had condensation problems or anything.

Be aware it stinks out the kitchen, so choose a weekend when the wife is down the mother inlaws!

From what I can remember it was about 8-10 mins at about 90-100c, just make sure you check the light to see if it will come apart. If not chuck it back in again for a couple mor mins. My mate came round with the sealant so can't remember what kind it was, sorry.

Here is a good guide to doing the lights

ScoobyNet thread on de-tangoing

Done this yesterday to my bugeye, wasn't keen on baking them, so I just took the headlights off the car and managed to break the orange part in to small pieces through the hole where the indicator bulb goes. Easy job :)