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Originally Posted by Capt. Obvious (Post 9910426)

I've opened/modified my fair share of headlights. Personally, I keep the temp a little lower, more along the lines of 215 degrees. Also, be sure to pre-heat the oven, the burner will torch the housings if you put them in there and then turn on the oven. Usually, 10 minutes or so should be long enough.

If you have a heat gun, keep that handy to keep things warm while you work the headlights apart as they will often cool pretty quickly.

Thank you

Ive opened my headlight to paint the inside trim.
I baked each head lamp preheated 220 for 20mins as the seal is very hard compared to other make head lamps.
Then with a friend applying heat with a heat gun, i had to heat, pry, heat, pry. It takes some patience but its all worth it in the end!
good luck!