How to remove lens cover fixed with Sikaflex

[jpp]

This worked on an Elise.

Break off as much of the lens cover as possible from the centre of the cover, taking care to protect your eyes from splintering polycarbonate. Ensure that you leave sufficient leverage to enable you to prise the edges from the Sikaflex, especially on the sections nearest to the indicators, and nearest the top of the wing.

Once the cover is removed, take a thin strip of wood/lollypop stick and sharpen the end to a chisel point so that you can scrape away the Sikaflex without scratching the paintwork. Once you've chiselled as much away as possible, rub in ethanol or methylated spirits with a cloth. After a good rubbing, go back to the wooden chisel and start all over again. Keep doing this until all of the Sikaflex has been removed.

Depending on how much Sikaflex was put on in the first instance and the sharpness of the wooden chisel, this takes about an hour.

[Alfa Pete]

Alternatively go to a local windscreen place and ask your friendly fitter if you can borrow his tools.
Screens are bonded in with polyurethane (which is what Sikaflex is).These guys remove a screen in about ten minutes so a lens cover should be a cinch.