Re: Cleaning Headlight Lenses? (archive)

I own a 1997 750il and I recently noticed that my headlight lenses look dirty and faded on the inside.Can anyone give me detailed instructions on how to remove the headlight lenses and how to clean them?Thanks in advance.
Matt B.

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I posted this about a year ago regarding my 95.
To replace you must remove the 2 nuts on top and remove two tork head screws that are located in the front of the headlight under the lower molding.( Look carefully after you remove the molding they are there towards the rear) To remove the molding it slides towards the the center of the car with a screwdriver, it is not fastened by anything. The entire light assembly can be removed. There is a plastic clip that holds the lower light assembly to the body molding. Slide the expander clip towards car center to loosen the clip. A press clip holds the parking light lense in. Pull forward. Remove parking light bulb by unclipping. Remove the four spring clips and the lenses can be removed. You may want to order the gaskets for the lenses or carefully remove with razor blade if you want to reuse. (I did) They become heated on by the light heat. You can also remove all of the internal lenses and clean. Reverse procedure. Procedure takes approx. 30 min.

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