Recommendation for removing a stubborn lens?

Any tips before I break finger/thumbnails, lens, helmet?!
Thanks in advance

Some squadt's have glued in lenses ( almost all older ones )

patrick40 wrote:Some squadt's have glued in lenses ( almost all older ones )

Thanks for the prompt response Patrick. I have one lens out and the other I can't get behind so prying is proving difficult. There doesn't seem to be any glue residue on the removed lens/socket so perhaps this fella is newer than the older glued in models. BTW, it's GID Halloween Chipp... I don't care much for the fluro-yellow lenses with the underside-painted black.

Heat up the helmet with a blow dryer and gently bend the sides of the helmet where the lenses are and push from inside the helmet till it pops out. I've removed skelsuit Chipps lenses with a little effort and no damage.

I use 3m double sided tape tabs and they seem to work every time, even with the older glued lenses

CankleBreaker wrote:Heat up the helmet with a blow dryer and gently bend the sides of the helmet where the lenses are and push from inside the helmet till it pops out. I've removed skelsuit Chipps lenses with a little effort and no damage.

Thanks Charlie, I will break out the hair dryer when I find out where it lives

lukky wrote:I use 3m double sided tape tabs and they seem to work every time, even with the older glued lenses

Good call... I think I have some of those somewhere

Admin wrote:

Thanks for the tip Ferg However, I might be the only guy on CAD who doesn't own a nerf gun

p01ntm4n77 wrote:

Admin wrote:

Thanks for the tip Ferg However, I might be the only guy on CAD who doesn't own a nerf gun

I can't take credit for this method..someone here came up with it..sorry, can't remember who.. but it works like a charm.

yes those work awesome for sure

but if its in there as tuff as you say (glued) definitely use some heat

keep that hair dryer close by for neck joints if youre removing the head too
ive been lazy once and i guess it was kinda cold, oh snap

I got one and it kicks ass

Reks36 wrote:I got one and it kicks ass

+1