WildBillH
TOI - California
During the summer after I noticed the headlights don’t just attract bugs but they cook and shred them. Cleaning the headlights was getting old.
I made a headlight cover out of Plexiglas just to see if I could and how it fit. The flat Plexiglas needs to be heated and curved slightly to fit. I’m sure the Plexiglas will eventually break (big bugs). I will make another one from Lexan with the template I made later. The hardest part was taking the headlight housing apart and putting it back together without breaking any of the posts.
1. Disconnect the wiring from the Headlights and the wire tie holding the wiring harness so it is out of the way.
2. Remove the three snap rings that adjust the headlights and the headlights will come off and you will not loose your headlight setting.
3. Carefully remove the screws holding the headlight housing to the hood.
4. I cut out the back of a cereal box and used it to create a template for the headlight cover.
5. The headlight cover will fit in a notch between the headlight housing and the hood.
6. transfer the cereal box template to the Lexan and cut it out. You can choose the weapon your most comfortable with for this task.
7. Use a propane torch to carefully heat the headlight cover and bend it to fit the headlight housing. I would heat it until my hand got warm and bend it by hand from the outside edges. After about 6 or 7 heating and fittings I got the cover to fit the way I wanted it.
8. I used some plastic windshield polish to polish up the headlight cover and masking tape to hold it in place while it put everything back together.
9. Be very careful to start the screws straight. Put it back together like you going to torque it down. Start all the screws and tighten them up a little at a time until it fits snug. Do not over tighten.
10. Remove masking tape.
Easy to take apart. 1 cold beverage to make and fit the cover. 4 cold beverages to put it back together.
I made a headlight cover out of Plexiglas just to see if I could and how it fit. The flat Plexiglas needs to be heated and curved slightly to fit. I’m sure the Plexiglas will eventually break (big bugs). I will make another one from Lexan with the template I made later. The hardest part was taking the headlight housing apart and putting it back together without breaking any of the posts.
1. Disconnect the wiring from the Headlights and the wire tie holding the wiring harness so it is out of the way.
2. Remove the three snap rings that adjust the headlights and the headlights will come off and you will not loose your headlight setting.
3. Carefully remove the screws holding the headlight housing to the hood.
4. I cut out the back of a cereal box and used it to create a template for the headlight cover.
5. The headlight cover will fit in a notch between the headlight housing and the hood.
6. transfer the cereal box template to the Lexan and cut it out. You can choose the weapon your most comfortable with for this task.
7. Use a propane torch to carefully heat the headlight cover and bend it to fit the headlight housing. I would heat it until my hand got warm and bend it by hand from the outside edges. After about 6 or 7 heating and fittings I got the cover to fit the way I wanted it.
8. I used some plastic windshield polish to polish up the headlight cover and masking tape to hold it in place while it put everything back together.
9. Be very careful to start the screws straight. Put it back together like you going to torque it down. Start all the screws and tighten them up a little at a time until it fits snug. Do not over tighten.
10. Remove masking tape.
Easy to take apart. 1 cold beverage to make and fit the cover. 4 cold beverages to put it back together.