who has taken apart xenon lights before?

[doublezero30]

im trying to take out my xenon projectors, have the ballasts and the little bolts off. but there is this stupid metal retaining clip at the bottem which i cant figure out for my life. anyone know the trick? i tryed cutting it but no dice, the things solid.

[rxrep]

Pic? Not sure what you're reffering to based on description.

[05Audi1.8T]

dude i couldnt get it out either, i struggled for a good hour so i left. i was doing the clear corner mod at the time so instead i just turnedmy adjusters all the way in and slid the orange reflector underneath, it was pretty easy. had to break one of um with some needle nose pliers but no biggy. good luck

[doublezero30]

^im not clearing the corners, i want to put them in my ebay ecodes. ill get a pic right now...

pics:

[A4 Moda]

You should ask RXREP.

He's taken apart all of his headlights successfully.

GL

[dfwhockey17]

so you can swap the projector lense/housing from a xenon light into a halogen headlight to make it xenon and work properly, i.e. correct lighting characteristics?

[doublezero30]

^im going to find that out but i dont see why it wouldnt work.

[doublezero30]

anyone? bueller? bueller?

[diagnosticator]

You need to use a pair of needle nose plyers, and grab one side of the clip and move it toward the other side, (see diagram.) and twist the clip sideways to disengage the end of the clip from the hole.

[diagnosticator]

^im going to find that out but i dont see why it wouldnt work.

The swap is legit, works fine. Just be sure the projectors are spaced in the mounting using the short semiclear plastic tubing spacers, they can fall out easily.

[doublezero30]

sweet, ive got tomorrow off so im going to finish this swap. ill post pics of the beam pattern and everything for those interested.

[Das General]

You squeeze it in on the sides and pull it out.

[dfwhockey17]

sweet, ive got tomorrow off so im going to finish this swap. ill post pics of the beam pattern and everything for those interested.

definitely post some pics! hope all works out well for you.

[doublezero30]

ok got the clip out, now the issue is getting past the adjustment knob.

nevermind, i got it.