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hey,

i have a rather big question (which is probably going to turn around and bite me, but you get that)

the friend who crashed my car tried to fix thigns on the cheap and bought a non xenon head light for my car. my old xenon still works great but the cover was smashed.

I dont want to connect the new headlight up since its non Xenon and the light differences will be completely out of wack (and i need to change the plugs to connect it)

now, is it possible to remove covers on lights and switch them over? or i it better to buy a conversion kit or just bite the bullet and save for another xenon light...

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Yeah you can stick the light in the oven for a few minutes @ ~100degC and the glue will melt. You should be able to pry off the lens and transfer it to your broken housing (assuming it's just the lens).

Not sure if the lens are physically different (Xenon vs. Halogen headlights).

yeah he fixed it all, but didnt listen to me about differences with the lights. eventually going to need a new bonnet and bumper. but i dont mind that, the bumper was a bit cracked when i got it.

But yeah, the lights im peeved about

haha i know i'll need them, prefer to get both done since the working xenons have cracked brackets so they wobble a bit.

But got to get the steering rack/pump fixed first.

how much are you looking at selling them for?

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