Can someone post BrianV's website on clearing tails...i think im going to try and do this today and wanted to take a look at it...thanks all...

saber

 

http://www.performanceix.com/how-to/...axima_tail.asp

 

Let me know how it goes. I am looking into getting this done myself and wanted to know how difficult it was or if you hit any problems.

Thanks

SuDZ

 

ok this project might be on hold...it looks a little more difficult then i expected...i really don't want to screw up my tails and have no lights to put back on...im going to hold off on this one and just maybe by them from custommaxima.com when i get some dough...

sabe

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~davidl7/index.htm
http://maximanorth.homestead.com/fil...rearlights.htm
http://www.vsdev.com/brian/taillights.html
http://www.custommaxima.com/Taillights.html

Just FYI,

Jack

 

clearing the tails is SOOOO EASY!!!! so easy.. I have done it 4 times now and have no messed up yet.. i have only done it for one person on the board.. but he was so satisfied.. the only HARD part is cutting the plastic light cover in the shape of the blinker.. but mainly because i was so **** about it..

1. take apart tail light from iside(4 8mm bolts and take all bulbs and electrical out)
2. remove the tail light from the car (simply PUSH from the inside of the car outward and have a knife ready to cut the "black goo" away and make sure you dont get that on anything)
3. grab a chair of some sort and your headgun (go to town.. heat around all the edges for about 10-15 minutes off and on.. DONT OVERHEAT.. move the heat gun around and let it cool down here and there)
4. simply take a screwdriver and your hands and pry the tail light apart.. its so easy, take your time and use lots of heat to get that silicon nice and melted.
5. take out the plastic.. cut your piece to match.. pop it in, heat up silicon and put it back together.

EASY I SWEAR.

 

Just fixing it up for ya, you combined to links..

http://home.earthlink.net/~davidl7/index.htm
http://maximanorth.homestead.com/files/faq_mods_rti.htm
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~cchiu1/rearlights.htm
http://www.vsdev.com/brian/taillights.html
http://www.custommaxima.com/Taillights.html

 

I got my tails cleared and like a day and a half later one of them cracked after I washed my car.. any ideas on what I can do?

 

Are the 1156 Amber bulbs hard to find?

 

This is VERY easy.....its definetly not as hard as everyone thinks.....and besides...if your planning on buying them, cuz your afraid of breaking them..if you break them..OH WELL you were going to buy them anyways....so no big deal.!

 

H*LL No! Dont give up. I thought it was very hard at first too. You just have to try. Take a friend thats very patient and wont tell you to give up. I was going to quit, thanks God my friend told me it takes a lot of patience. And I did it. No cracks, nothing. "TIP" take it really slow with the heat gun. Heat an extra time rather then breaking the lens. Dont pull hard on it. Good luck.

 

What kind of plastic is the best kind to use. Is it really the stuff you can buy from home depot? Is it the cheap stuff or the contractor grade light cover?

 

Yup, just go to home depot....a big sheet is only a few dollars.....

 

Yeah, thebigsadler is rt on however, I actually stuck mine in the oven at ^200 degrees for about 10 mins which heated it up real nice then just used a hairdryer sparingly on the seam. I pried apart using an oven mit(pulling on the black inner part, while pushing the lens to the counter with a putty knife(wrapped with a rag). Be real careful to have the lens firmly sandwiched between the knife and the counter and it comes apart real easy. Lay a rag on the counter first. I heated the trunk-side of the tail with a hairdryer before pushing it out - makes it a lot easier. And don't cut away the black stuff - you'll want it there to reattach later.
E me with any questions and good luck.

 

just take your time.