[e90TiAg335i]

Originally Posted by B9M0W

how did you get the projectors out? I've been at it for over an hr and it doesn't seem to fudge they are loose right now but i can't find what is holding on to them. Does it pop out?

You have to pop out the adapter between the leveling motor and projector housing, it just snaps in, then slide it off of the motor. Then remove the motor from the back, remove the 4 screws holding the projector in and it barely fits out the back.

[B9M0W]

figure it out, thanks!

[mapleridge]

why are you removing the projectors?

[mastermayhm]

for anyone wondering....i used a blow dryer, heat gun and oven, non heated the permaseal enough to get it to melt at all and release. so I had to use a dremel the break it free, a dremel and a razor blade. was a mess and took a long ass time, but i had to do it my buddies headlight was messed up, in the end it is resealed and back together.

[SgtGoldy]

Good information. Thanks

[landomon]

Sorry for bumping an old thread but I can't make a new thread on this account so I figured I'd hijack this one.

I have a question for anyone that's opened up an e90 LCI headlight.

Has anyone else had problems with light shining through the top edge of the headlight? I opened mine up to fix a broken adjuster but when I put them back together it seems like the top shroud is sitting to low. Everything is screwed in and clipped together tight so I'm not sure where I went wrong.

[landomon]

Here are some photos showing the light leakage

[Xfloridiankicks]

It's almost 2019 and here we are once again...

My headlight as u can see is yellowing pretty bad from the top, if I take these apart is that part removable so I can paint and can I buy new lens for these

[atwal187]

Open the headlights 1) they are permanent sealed so it makes it much harder. 2) need a flat head, heat gun , and Dremel. 3) cut into the headlight with the Dremel and afterwards create enough gap to heat and pry open with the headlights. Took me about a few
Hours to open them up safely

[Flahko]

Once you open the headlights swap out the lens for a clear, makes a big difference.

[Doesha]

Originally Posted by atwal187

Open the headlights 1) they are permanent sealed so it makes it much harder. 2) need a flat head, heat gun , and Dremel. 3) cut into the headlight with the Dremel and afterwards create enough gap to heat and pry open with the headlights. Took me about a few
Hours to open them up safely

These aren't permasealed, lci you can make open Pre-LCI would be permasealed and you can't make open the permaseal. Heatflgun and bending the plastic just doesn't work at least for me. You have to cut them open. I just made a post about this.

[atwal187]

My 09 335d was perma seal and I had to cut into it in order to open it. All of them are like that asides e92/e93 those are the only easy ones

[Doesha]

Originally Posted by atwal187

My 09 335d was perma seal and I had to cut into it in order to open it. All of them are like that asides e92/e93 those are the only easy ones

Ok I will re clarify. If it has amber (unless euro style) it will most likely be permasealed. If it is a clear corner you should be able to bake open. I also cut mine open as heating up the plastic and bending it is going to cause more damage to the lenses. Especially mine (2006 330i) since the lenses are not replaceable.

[biz77]

All E90/E91 headlights are permasealed. E92/E93 are not.

[mmarco78]

Originally Posted by LuxAngelEyes

i would HIGHLY recommend NOT cutting the lens off. Once you do that there's no guarantee that you will ever get them water right again or even secure

The only save way to do it is heat up the black plastic, gently pry it up.
Do that all around the headlight first so you can see the end of the clear lens
Stick a screwdriver under the clear lens to separate the glue
Go all around the headlight separating the lens and it should be completely loose
do NOT force the lens free at all.
if you have Xenon headlights disconnect the angel eyes since they have a small tab holding them in place

Once open scrape off all the glue from the black housing
scrape off all the old glue from the lens
re-form the black housing with a heatgun and plyers

When your ready apply a thick bead of silicone adhesive to the housing and pop the lens back in.
Double check everywhere to make sure there's a 100% seal.
wait a day for it to dry and cross your fingers

sorry for reopening such an old post. I have a xenon headlight for my pre LCI E90 at home, and need to replace the lens. I don't like the idea of cutting the lens around the screws that hold the black surround and angel eyes to the lens itself. If I am careful enough, and unclick the angel eye CCFl from the back, is it possible to extract them with the lens itself, without breaking the light conducting material? Thank you a lot!