Help with removal of plastic wrap from inside Vland headlight casing!

[Doc2020]

Hi everyone,


I wonder if I can get your help and advice on this.


I bought a set of vland headlights for my GT86. Unfortunately one of them arrived with a piece of plastic wrap inside the casing. I've been offered a discount so I'm keen on keeping them.


What would be the easiest way to get the plastic wrap out of the light casing.


Please see the photo attached.

Many thanks.

[Yoshoobaroo]

Honestly I’d make them replace it. You’d have to bake and pry the light apart best case, worst case cut it open and glue it back together. It’s a ton of work.

[asdf]

Inside? You’d have to heat up the seals to pull the housing apart. You’d have to do it at your own risk but there is a diy on the site with associated steps: https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8788

[soundman98]

and many times, heating and prying on aftermarket housings results in spidering of the uv coating on the polycarbonate lens. which then requires stripping and re-doing...

[DaJo]

Like all mentioned above... Not worth cracking it open if you don't plan on modifying it, I would have exchanged it for another one...

[DarkPira7e]

Please send these back!

[Irace86.2.0]

I would send them back. The only way is if the discount or refund was like half the price, AND I could solve the plastic problem without opening them up. How would I try? Maybe heat from a hair dryer could heat the plastic enough to shrink it down to a size and density that it can be worked to the back of the headlight housing. The other option would be to try and blow/suck the plastic out of the headlight from the back opening using compressed air or a vacuum.