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04-07-2009, 10:57 PM
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how did you take off the cover without baking it?????
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04-08-2009, 02:08 AM
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yep - here it is. couldn't find it on my previous searches, but it is post 10/02 that don't work.
read this thread RPX5: http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...eadlights.html
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04-08-2009, 03:16 AM
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So from reading right through that thread: http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...eadlights.html it's very obvious that their was a change of glues from Nov 2002.
What I find most interesting is the fact that post # 48 which mentions trying N-methylpyrrolidone is dated way back in July 07, almost 2 years on now. Surely in the last 2 years somebody has either tried that product or something else to crack open the holy grail of prefacelift Nov 02 >> headlight lens. I mean isn't their new chemicals, solvents and the like being explored/experimented, manufactured and produced in laboratories for chemical companies etc ?? I'm actually one of the lucky ones with headlight casings manufactured in 04/02, so mine are going to open just fine when the time comes. I'm just curious with this issue and am interested to see it resolved.
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04-08-2009, 10:52 AM
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 I find it so funny that we're all looking at this as an "issue" and I'm stressing out because I can't crack my headlights open. Can you imagine that BMW and HELLA saw this glue change as an "upgrade"? We're all (with 11/02 and on) are pissed about it, and trying to find ways around it!  :I just found it ironic as I'm sitting at my desk drinking coffee and no longer sweating over the hot plastic, screwdriver in hand, prying like a gravedigger. BTW, the headlight assemblies are still spread across my kitchen counter, and I swear my girlfriend is plotting my death!  I'll clean it up later 
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05-21-2009, 08:41 PM
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Finally manned up to bake the headlights on my 03 (Build date 10/02)....to my luck one headlight had a build date 10/02 and the other 09/02.....I baked the 10/02 hoping for a miracle...maybe they switched the glue later in the week.......But no...the glue stayed harder then the headlight plastics! I'm stuck with the ugly amber
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05-21-2009, 11:48 PM
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Wow! I can't believe the OP managed to open the headlights attached to the X.
 Heat gun worked great for me.
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05-22-2009, 12:14 AM
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He he.. Good point.. That doesnt sound like a job that went too smooth... 
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