Headlight maintainance rangi style

[Guest Andrew]

Well my headlights fill up with water, its bloody annoying - so periodically I have to empty them.

In case you were wondering how to remove the headlights from a pre-facelift euro spec e30 (the jappas have sealed beam lights). These are the non-sealed e30 lights.

Remove that bit of grill trim - 3 clips 2 screws.

Remove the chrome (or black in my case) trim around the headlight)

Heat up the plastic clips with the hair dryer - as they expand pull the light off the clip - do this with all three.

Empty out the water heh and proceed with the advanced drying technique

[Gus 5]

did you save my pet goldfish that i put in there? you flushed him didnt you!

[Guest Andrew]

amazing the bulbs could handle being under water - check out the corrosion - the main dipped beam light couldn't handle it.. as you can see its quite new.

[Guest Andrew]

sorry gus - Nemo is now free.. in the sewage system

[Gus 5]

noooooo.....nneeemmmmooooo.. damn i love that movie

[dave 2]

damn i love that movie

sweet, now i dont have to worry about what to buy you for your next birthday!!

[Grant 4]

Good effort, can you seal the headlight now (silicon??)

Cheers

[Gus 5]

how bout you worry bout my one 2 years ago...im still waiting for my brazier filled with export!

[Guest Andrew]

Good effort, can you seal the headlight now (silicon??)

Cheers

It actually appears to be leaking from behind -

true to form the headlight relay just managed to blow - so now headlights - but now I have that fixed but only 3 lights work. I wasn't really expecting the bulbs to work once I took em out and put them back in.

[Killa B 0]

Just wondering, would the sealed units fit into your car ? there's a guy that advertises in the t&e every week, selling e30 parts and various other bits and pieces from bmw's, usualy seem pretty cheep to, he is in the bays aswell, it's a 478 number i think, he may have some? B.

[OLLIE 26]

failing that theres always the hella catalogue for brand new sealed beam for e30's, hit me up if interested

[bumpstop325 0]

fill it up with tui instead.

has it worked yet?