The Ultimate BMW Headlight Lens Replacement Guide

In this video I show you how to replace your headlight lenses on your BMW. I am working on an F30 328i in this video but the procedure would be pretty similar for any BMW made within the last 15 years or so.

I show you how to safely cut out your old lens and how to glue in fresh lenses.

The best part is this will likely cost you less than $75 to make your headlights look as good as new again.

If you are interested in purchasing the lenses I install in this video you can do so here (affiliate):

You can get the glue here (affiliate):

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[bmwiowner]

Vehicular DIY has the soul of a teacher and communicator. Great vids showing BMWs can be taken apart and put back together in endless ways.

[jimtheedcguy]

It's always good practice to spray a coat of uv protection on top of aftermarket headlights because most of the time it's just raw polycarbonate, and without the protection, they will yellow faster than the OEM headlight.

[willhikearizona]

Always with the timely videos, I need to replace my lenses. Nice work!!

[krisgriffin]

Quality. Don't need to do this yet but when I do I will be back to rewatch this a few times. Thanks 👊🏼

[MrKobedagreat]

I learned a trick doing this just use a cardboard box. Stick the heat gun in it or hair dryer an put the headlight in the box and close it for a few minutes. And then take it out and pry the lens off.

[ooozturk]

I had front end my car and crack the damn headlight cover. Went to the shop, took them like 3 hours to remove the headlight. Later, they send it to a specialist and i kid you not, they put my headlight in the freaken owen, i was schocked. I thought the guy will cook everthing in it but luckyly it did not happen and and he removed these covers in couple minutes without cutting it. Great video as always, keep up the good work !

[chadriddle]

Great video again! You kill the details and perfection always !

[charlesberry]

Very cool. Really enjoying seeing what you can do with a beater (we know it's not really a beater).

[igotaction]

Awesome video!!! Of course the link is all sold out!!!! Looks like it pays for vendors to send you stuff😉

[YamiKage.]

Life saver! I was ready to look for new lci headlight bc I cracked mine. Sure saved me a ton of 💰

[Czechbound]

The video editing and commentary is so efficient. Just the facts Ma'am. Perfect

[GeminiHammer]

you've got talent and patience mate great video

[AXZ]

I used the Sylvania headlight restoration kit on my E92 and the end result was 95% as good as a brand new headlight. I took my sweet time sanding (40 min per side, with 3 different sandpapers) but it paid off.

[MSGtJimator]

Great workmanship, you have some very nice tools as well. Really enjoyed watching it. I’m considering restoring my headlights on my E91.

[gregoryrappaport]

Absolutely stellar work, just not sure if I have the skill and patience to do this! Very impressive nonetheless 🙌🏼

[iamdevonl]

Despite having sold my BMW for a G8. Still come back to watch every video. Your videos make me miss the E90.

[KingdomAuto]

Nice to know that you can purchase jut the lenses as opposed to the entire headlamp assembly, that's great info!

I am curious to see if the alternative technique would work for these lights as well. I've retrofitted a number of headlights over the years and what I have always done to remove the lens is simply pop the whole assembly into the oven for 7-9 mins at 250 degrees F (after removing the screws of course).

That heats up the glue without damaging the lights at all, or the internals, and then you can literally just pry the lens right off; with most of the glue coming with it.

The one thing to take note of when using this method is just to avoid getting the glue on the lenses or the internals of the light, as it's very hard to remove. But if you're careful it can be done quite easily.

Then, to reassemble, simply do the same thing in reverse. Put the new glue in the lamp, press the lens against it, toss in the oven and then when it comes out, you can literally press it all together again nice and even.

Sounds like a good amount of work but it's just an alternate method of achieving the same result, and also you don't have to cut anything which means less dust!

Either way, great job, solid DIY and keep up the great work!

[irontrev]

Very nice work! I need to do this to my E90, happy you posted this project, thank you for this installment! Look forward to your videos each week!

[chialor]

Look. I don't even need to watch the video and I know it's going to be an informative video so I automatically like it lol. Clean cut content.

[Alpejohn]

That tool looks perfect for this job, i will definetly have it in hand when im rebuilding a pair of AHL for my E87!
Only thing i would have done different is to try and clean the projector lense as it seems a bit foggy, and maybe the reflector to. But its a very delicate job to disasemble the chrome parts without ruening the chrome.
Looks a thousend times better now tho! NIce work!