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Write-Up: Yellow capsules in Hella Comet 550's

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What we have here is a yellow capsule retrofit for a friend of mine. We found these at a junkyard in very good condition and he got them for only 20 bucks. For those who don't know, these were found on many european exotics back in the day (70's and 80's) on such cars as Ferrari's and Maserati's. They haven't changed much and simply look very cool.

This is our specimen


Opening them can be done carefully with a knife, no heat needed


The knife MUST be position in this exact way to put pressure on the metal housing and not the glass. You pry at the seam by lifting the knife towards the center of the lens


After carefully making many passes around the light, you will hear the silicone "pop" and start to tear away eventually allowing you to pull the lens off


Problem with these is that Hella screwed up and used a gassing silicone


It left a smokey residue on the front lens


I scrubbed it with a coarse metal wire brush and acetone


And then finally soap and water to leave it nice and clean


Then you scrape off all the remaining silicone around the edge of the light


And from the housing


Now comes the removal of the bulb shield


It's clipped down from behind


These clips are curled back up


and straightened


Then the shield just falls out


Here you can see the shape


Problem is, it's too big for the capsules


So the front portion must be removed, which is done by bending the bends back and forth until they snap


You are left with two identical pieces


The curve of the shield is bent inward to pinch the capsule tight


So that it sits snug


And won't do anywhere


The whole thing is put back into the housing through the original holes


The tabs are bent slightly to hold it in place then I put some pressure from underneath to get as much of the tab through as possible


This allowed me to bend the tab at max so the whole thing would not wobble


Resealing the lights was done with normal clear RTV silicone, nothing fancy


Has a nice yellow glow under light


But it isn't too obvious


The color of this is a little off, it is a true yellow


The final output is a thin, wide beam









Pics will follow of them mounted probably after the weekend.
 
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