OPENING VW Perma-sealed Headlights w/o Oven! | MK6 Golf R

[@tonyd506]

Will be following your procedure on my mk7 Golf's cracked headlight. Thanks for the tips!

[@FAZEDTom]

No problem! I definitely recommend using an oven if you can, this took forever!

[@jockesgarage6049]

I have a golf mk7 to. Horrible plastic quality

[@johonass]

Have you done it yet?

[@Dadadu16]

Have you done it?

[@tonyd506]

@@Dadadu16 Yes. Was a pain in the a$$

[@hugogarcia7060]

168 / 5.000 Ugh, how complex it is to take off the plastic, friend, I want to do it too but I don't think I can achieve it, you are a warrior! Thank you for sharing from Mexico, greetings friend.

[@samzamir4907]

Just wanted to be clear, is this the way it supposed to be done or an example of how not to do it. I'm not exactly sure. Either way... informative. And entertaining.

[@NFBaseball25]

It's actually pretty easy without the permatrator honestly. Once you get the first corner pulled apart all you have to do is give a little pull as you work your fingers down and the entire lens should start separating. And as for taking the permaseal out it's best to use pliers, get a piece of the permaseal pulled up and then wrap that pliers around it and spin them around the perimeter and it should get long stretches of the permaseal out at a time.

[@Frazzo420]

Dominic Gualano I have a video of me doing this on my lights. Lol

[@NFBaseball25]

@@Frazzo420 same lmao

[@Frazzo420]

Dominic Gualano I think me and you have been talking on messenger about me doing my lights. Lol

[@FAZEDTom]

thanks! I'll use these tips next time. I had only opened tail lights and DRLs prior to this!

[@NFBaseball25]

@@Frazzo420 must have been my brother Anthony lol, mk6 page?

[@gianojajagger271]

Hello where did you buy your mk6 headlights

[@johonass]

Respect for braving it 👌🏻

[@bryan_turner]

I look forward to see or hear if round two goes better now that you know about those little clips. Also I'd probably have a few trim removal tools to wedge into the gaps so you can keep working along without it closing up.

[@FAZEDTom]

Good call on the trim removal tools! I'll try that next time and post a quick update on how it goes

[@DjBann]

So in other words, you can take these headlight apart. Some people were saying that you need to cut them open. Well guess it's time to buy some new lenses and replace them. I've done a retrofit project when I had my mk4 GLI, it was quite a fun process.

[@FAZEDTom]

Hey yes. It’s much easier to bake them apart. I think it’s pretty fun, just a long process

[@kennyq45]

Hey man, great job sticking it out until you got the lens off. Other than baking are there any other tips you could pass along to make this job easier? Thanks!

[@FAZEDTom]

Hey thanks man! I would call up all your family and friends trying to find a big enough oven 😂 it just took very long with the heat gun and the headlight housing took a beating. I'm gonna open more headlights soon so I'll make a video on baking them. Besides patience, the biggest thing I can recommend is having pry tools that are gentle (like an interior pry tool set) so that your housings stay in better shape than mine did; the screwdrivers are rough because they're metal and, most importantly, narrow.

[@kennyq45]

@@FAZEDTom thanks for the tip! Looking forward to your update video and more content. Subscribed!

[@FAZEDTom]

@@kennyq45 thanks Kenny! Let me know how it goes with the headlights 👍🏻

[@ntdnr1JeanClaud]

I have the OEM Xenon MK6 headlight with the modules. When baking, do you think it could harm the connectors? Because when you remove the modules there are a few connectors there. Also, did you like the cheap lenses?

[@johndorian1753]

You put oven at 100-110 Celsius for 10 minutes, put some wood on bottom to not make contact with oven. For my halogen lights one had permaseal another one had butil seal. Second one i literally opened it in 2 minutes after oven, the permaseal one was pain in the ass. All depends what kind of seal you got on yours, if after oven the seal is like very soft you are in luck, if its hard as in beginning than you will need seal remover like here. Connectors wont bake, halogen and xenon put a lot of stress on those more above 100 degree. I recommend if you want to do a retrofit use LED lens they are way safer and they cost around 100-150 euro.

[@FAZEDTom]

I removed the modules from the bottom of the headlight. Kept the rest of the headlight intact and the heat didn’t damage them, put them in oven around 220F. And no the cheap lenses sucked lol had to trim extraneous tabs and they still didn’t fit great

[@nickbadgio]

Did you ever make a part 2?

[@BIGJOHN80679107]

Did I miss it or did you never make the follow-up video?

[@FAZEDTom]

Not yet, ended up having catastrophic engine issues so this got shifted to the end of my priority list lol. I'm actually gonna do this very soon though, just got my car running again but the videos are a bit behind

[@omarshahzad891]

Hello, May I ask, what are you planning to do with the turn signals? I wish to install spot-beam LED projectors as high beam.

[@FAZEDTom]

That’s a cool idea! Check my re-introduction video to see what I did with my turn signals

[@Vorulon]

So...sort of a fire hazard method. I haven't tried it yet. But saw others do it. You take a box big enough to hold the headlight in. Make a hole in it. And stick the heat gun inside. Sort of handmade oven.

[@FAZEDTom]

Hey man I like that idea. I think cardboard burns at like 400+ F so that should work great. I might give that a shot actually, thanks man

[@Blackhurst123456789]

@FAZED i'm about ready to try this out on my mk6 but was wondering which lenses you bought and how you felt about the quality of the replacement lenses?

[@FAZEDTom]

Hey I bought some on ebay, I didn't actually install them yet. I'm revisiting this project very very soon. Feel free to message me on IG or FB and I can send you the link to the lenses

[@Blackhurst123456789]

@@FAZEDTom Sounds good i'll keep watching to see if you make any progress. Good luck and hope it all goes well and thanks for any information you can provide!

[@rhysdwyer7712]

I've just pulled apart my lens came apart just fine alot easier than I expected, comapred to your lights, I've brought ebay lenses from ebay tried to fit them but they have a few tabs on the inside that the oem ones don't have, do your lenses have these extra tabs that get in the way?

[@mattsword2840]

@@rhysdwyer7712 I’m in the process of replacing my lenses right now and I’m wondering the same thing. What did you end up doing?

[@nathanielphan]

also you need to remove the 4 staples

[@mrcarexpert20]

Anybody know if golf mk6 and golf R have the same headlights glasses? Thanks

[@FAZEDTom]

Yes all the mk6 golfs have the same lenses

[@Frazzo420]

Hey. Find me on Facebook. I just did my golf r headlights. And I’m somewhat local in CT. I have pics and tips if you want. The chrome on the lights come right off with oven cleaner and there is shiny black paint just like the euro headlights. So no need to paint only need to remove chrome. My name is Jonathan Frascatore.

[@FAZEDTom]

What's up man! I just sent you a friend request. I'm new with this stuff so I'd very much appreciate tips. The oven cleaner tip itself sounds extremely helpful. I'll talk to you on messenger.

[@xXimXaXnoobXx]

Holy thread revival but I know the side markers (chrome interior) of 3rd gen 4Runners people will fill them with a mix of oven cleaner/acetone and water and shake them until the chrome is off. Think that would work? Or did you have to scrub it off with oven cleaner?

[@daleyopel]

Where did you buy the lens

[@FAZEDTom]

They were eBay lenses for like $60. I had to use a dremel to cut off extraneous tabs and the fitment still wasn’t great

[@half_r_mk5]

Oh man I cringed watching it. I was thinking of doing it on my MK5 but after seeing this, I think I'll pass 😬

[@FAZEDTom]

Lol from what I've heard, it's so much easier if you're able to bake them. My headlights won't fit in my oven, otherwise I'd try it on low heat!

[@godwinonoh5329]

Hey guys. Permaseal doesn't react to heat like butyl sealants. That's why they call it cold glue. The purpose of introducing heat to the headlight is to soften the edge of the housing so you can get enough room to insert your prying tools and also to unhook the clips holding the lens in place. There are specific tools like hooks that are meant to be inserted into the channel where you pull to cut through the permaseal like butter

[@novakinb]

Not gonna lie this video was depressing lol. Looks basically impossible to remove it without cracking the lense!!!

[@FAZEDTom]

lol what's up Brandon. I think with some more heat and patience, I could do it without cracking the lens. I don't think it'd be easy by any means. My lenses were already a bit scratched so I wasn't concerned about cracking them haha.

[@novakinb]

@@FAZEDTom what intercooler are you running? I can't decide between IE or CTS Turbo. Both are rated well.