ok so i tried to do the all red tails the other day and totally ****** one of them!!!!!!! does anyone know if you can open these with a heat gun or something it looks kinda like you can or if there is another way to fix this i really dont want to have to buy another one! heres a pic...

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...20752753IUgWEg

 

how did that happen?you sprayed it from the inside right
?

 

yeah i sprayed it through the hole in the back and it started to pool up in one spot so i was shaking it a little to get it to spread and it all leaked out onto the lense!!

 

Ouch, that's gotta hurt. Did you take the tail lights off the car? When I did mine I just left them in and sprayed in short bursts.

As far as if they can be opened, yes they can, but I can't tell you how to do it properly. Not too sure if that can be fixed or not.

 

yeah i bought a pair off a member on here so that i would have an extra set and would not have lights on my car if i did mess them up but this is really stressing me out!!! i have a product that will remove the paint and not damage the plastic but i need to get the light open to do that!

 

Damn that sucks man..... I don't have any suggestions for you as far as fixing that but I can tell you that unfortunately you can't get the tails open by heating them, cutting them is the only way of getting them apart...

 

where would i cut it so that you wont be able to see that i cut them?

 

I am not sure man, all I know is that many have tried to get the tails open to try to put LEDs in there, many ruined the tail completely in trying to cut it, only one member that I know (Playero) of has successfully opened the 5th gen tail cutting it with a dremel around the back edges, but I don't think he ever got it back together.... Sorry bud...

 

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i already emailed you i dont want to buy a new pair... i just want you to tell me how you open them up.

 

how much do u charge?

EDIT:thought he meant helping open,not selling a new one....

 

he told me $200 and there not oem there some aftermarket light...

 

You cannot open the OEM light. If you look at mine you will see where I cracked mine on the bottom left light. The very first guy to do the red tail light before me was 'emax95' and he went through something like 3 sets. One day he came up with the paint idea and it worked. We all used the VANS paint and left the lights on the car. Using very short bursts it works well.

Sorry to hear you messed up the light, but my advice is to bite the bullet and get a new set. Even better if you can go through a junk yard to get another one.

I have a place I use to get my parts and they are great....

1-800-533-4091
Speak with anyone there.
Very courteous and nice.

 

What company am I calling if im calling that number?

 

so this offically sucks!! how much do you think that company would charge for a new passenger light?

 

Sorry man! I feel responsible! If you hadn't seen my tails at the meet maybe this wouldn't have happened!

 

i ruined a tail light by spraying too much, i had a lot more paint come through than that, i bought a used light from ebay only 50 bucks... did it again, went very slow, used short bursts, and let the paint dry inbetween.. thats the best advice i could give....i can still c a lil orange around the edges and in some angles you can tell its not completely red, but its good enough for me....

 

im still going to attempt to find a way to open this light up and if i i mess it up i wont feel that bad b/c its messed already but if i can fix it that would be sick!!!

 

eek! sorry to hear about the lights man.. check some junkyards

 

I use only OEM parts for my projects. "So they are OEM but with custom touch"

 

why would u spend all this money to get lights when u can get them so much cheaper and customize it yourself if you really wanted to? i just dont see the point in spending 200 on tail lights

 

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about $50 shipped...

 

ok so i spent sometime this afternoon trying to open this light with a heat gun and like you all said it didnt work... and now im wicked frustrated with this ****!!! there has to be a way to open these lights has anyone cut them open before if so where did you cut? i just want to fix this i dont feel like spending 50 or 60 $$$ on a new tail light when this one still works.

 

so suck it up for now until u can afford to buy a new tail light. there is no way u are opening it

 

Just tint the rest of your tail light and you won't even see the screwups you made. Writeup here:
http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/looslip/tailtint.html

 

where can i find that paint thats really not a bad idea i think that i would want to do that it would def cover up the mistake!