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.
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.