In detail: do-it-yourself headlight repair priors from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.
We will show you how to quickly and easily disassemble the headlight with your own hands and replace the glass in it in the Lada Priora car. The reason for this repair is that the headlight is sweating, most likely water is coming from somewhere. Ideally, a building hair dryer is needed for this work, but since we do everything at home, we will manage with improvised means.
The headlight must be wrapped in some kind of HB cloth; in the video, ordinary underpants act in this role and put it in an oven preheated to 170 degrees for 15 minutes. We first take out the staples and glue the glass with masking tape so as not to scratch it. We take out the headlight from the oven with gloves, as it is very hot. Then, using an ordinary flat screwdriver, we begin to dismantle the glass. As you can see in the video, it can be removed quite easily. Then we put the same glass on the sealant.
Video how to disassemble the headlight and replace the glass in the Lada Priora:
Backup video analysis of the Lada Priora headlight unit, glass replacement:
One of the significant drawbacks of Lada Priora is the ill-conceived design of the headlights, they are non-separable, therefore, in order to replace the glass in the headlamp or a light bulb, you either have to buy a new headlight, or twist out and disassemble the old one. “It’s not the first for our brother to get out”, as they say, there have been more difficult cases. However, despite this question how to disassemble a headlight on a Priora, is a big problem. The fact is that this requires a lot of time and effort, as well as a certain amount of experience. Headlights from two manufacturers are installed on the Prioru: "Kirzhach" and "BOSCH". The former is much more difficult to disassemble, but still possible. Today, I will tell you how to do it correctly so that you do not have to buy new headlights.
Video (click to play).
The headlamp unit consists of two parts, which are fastened together with a very strong sealant or glue. In order to disassemble the headlight Priora a household hairdryer is needed, with its help the glued joint is heated, after which the sealant melts and becomes liquid, which makes it possible to separate the two parts of the headlight unit.
2. Take a hair dryer, heat it up to a temperature of 250 ° and warm up the joint as in the photo. Warm up the sealant evenly around the entire circumference of the headlight until it starts to melt.
Note: Some "craftsmen" when disassembling the headlight Priora It is recommended to cut off the plastic bead that runs along the entire edge of the headlight. This undoubtedly simplifies the process, however, as practice shows, this is not absolutely necessary, it can only be slightly bent. If the joint is well warmed up, then you can “open” the headlamp without damaging the headlamp housing.
3. When the joint of the headlamp unit is warmed up, carefully separate the front part, while continuing to warm up. On BOSCH headlights, you also need to get four fixing brackets.
4. Having disassembled the headlamp, it is necessary to clean the surface from sealant and other extraneous components. To do this, I recommend using a clerical knife and fine-grained sandpaper.
5. Upon completion of the repair work (replacement of the headlight glass, replacement of the light bulb, reflector, etc.), the assembly is carried out, it is carried out in the reverse order.
6. Apply sealant to the joint and align the two parts of the headlamp assembly.
7. Then fix the headlamp in this position to cure the sealant. For the best effect, I recommend wrapping the headlamp with cling film, and then with tape, this will create a “press” effect, from which the gluing will be more effective. If you just wrap it with tape, you have problems with its removal, then you will have to wash the glue from the tape, which will remain on the surface of the headlight.In the case of the film, it is easy to cut along with the tape.
On this instructions on how to disassemble the headlamp unit Lada Priora - finished. Hope you succeed!
Dismantling the Priora headlight may be required in case of revision or tuning (paint masks, install lenses, etc.), or for repair (use new glass, or glue the old one well so that the headlight does not sweat). Let's consider the process of removing glass from a headlight in detail.
The process for disassembling a Priora headlight can vary greatly, and it depends on the manufacturer of the optics. Removing the glass from a Bosch headlight is much easier than from a Kirzhach headlight.
General procedure for disassembling the headlight:
Remove the bulbs from the headlight;
Heat the sealant from hard to soft, like chewing gum;
Separate the headlamp housing and glass using a utility knife.
In the case of Bosch, a household hair dryer will suffice for heating. It will be very difficult to melt the sealant on Kirzhach headlights, so here are some tips:
1. To bring the sealant to the desired state, use an industrial hair dryer (set the temperature to about 200..250 degrees). The melting point of the sealant is very close to the melting point of plastic, be careful not to damage the headlight housing!
2. To evenly heat the glue, the headlamp can be wrapped in a cloth and placed in the oven for 15 minutes at a temperature of about 170 degrees. More details on this in the video: