you can open 02/03 tails!!!
#41
Originally Posted by TheBigDu
Ugh...I have a fregan fly in my driver-side tail. What I want to know is how the hell it got in there in the first place.
same with me I have no idea how a damn fly got in my tails! Bad way to go . . .
#42
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Originally Posted by MyownNismo
I had taken apart mine. When you paint the amber piece seperate it comes out way better. You can't even tell it was amber. I have stock bulbs and it looks complete red when lit. 3 coats of transparent red.
#46
Originally Posted by MyownNismo
Yeah I cut mine apart.
#50
Originally Posted by MaximaPolak
Well, I know what I am doing all of Sunday
#52
ok so i have been working on the drivers side light for the last few hours and been taking it really easy. but i have found a little bit easier way of opening the light using this 3m product that i bought a walmart to remove the adhesive when i debaged my car its called 3m Adhesive and wax remover heres a pic of what it looks like
what you do i spray some in a coke cap and then with one of those small straws you use to stir coffee put some of it in the groove between the clear lense and the lip on the grey plastic
what you do i spray some in a coke cap and then with one of those small straws you use to stir coffee put some of it in the groove between the clear lense and the lip on the grey plastic
#54
well last night i started out using the heat gun but its an old one and it started shooting flames so i stoped using that not wanting to start a fire... then my buddy came up with the brillant idea to use this 3M stuff which seems to work pretty well i havent fully opened the light yet but i will take pics and let you guys know how it goes once i get it open...
#55
You know, now that i seen this post...i just remember that there is a maxima with LED tail lights where I live they are nothing i've seen before, something real custom it looks wicked! i will try getting the info to see who made the custom work.
PS: I know this is not the topic...
Playero
PS: I know this is not the topic...
Playero
#56
Originally Posted by Playero
You know, now that i seen this post...i just remember that there is a maxima with LED tail lights where I live they are nothing i've seen before, something real custom it looks wicked! i will try getting the info to see who made the custom work.
PS: I know this is not the topic...
Playero
PS: I know this is not the topic...
Playero
#57
Originally Posted by nyautostyle
details.. details.. i've been wanting to do this mod since the first time you guys were talking about months ago. I just didnt want to mess them up and have to replace them
#58
i just got a Dremmel today and was going to try to cut the light b/c having used the heat and adhesive remover i have gotten 2 small cracks in the lens and dont want anymore... so my question is for those who have cut these where did you cut them?
#59
Nice job Derek, hope you can figure these tails out. My roomate wants to do open a set and do LEDs but we really haven't had time to try to open them up.
BTW Playero what ever happened to your LED project?? I know you had a set opened up and had LEDs all wired. What happened??? I've had this thread bookmarked forever haha.
BTW Playero what ever happened to your LED project?? I know you had a set opened up and had LEDs all wired. What happened??? I've had this thread bookmarked forever haha.
#60
I had taken about 7 pics on where I cut. Give me your e-mail and I will send them. I don't want to sit a upload all of them. Basically there's a lip that goes all the way around the light. I cut around that and followed the part where you would see if you opened the trunk. I used tape in the pics to get the idea.
#61
Originally Posted by MyownNismo
I had taken about 7 pics on where I cut. Give me your e-mail and I will send them. I don't want to sit a upload all of them. Basically there's a lip that goes all the way around the light. I cut around that and followed the part where you would see if you opened the trunk. I used tape in the pics to get the idea.
I will host so everybody can see them.
#62
send the pics to skierxx5556@yahoo.com
#63
Originally Posted by scmaxima2k
Nice job Derek, hope you can figure these tails out. My roomate wants to do open a set and do LEDs but we really haven't had time to try to open them up.
BTW Playero what ever happened to your LED project?? I know you had a set opened up and had LEDs all wired. What happened??? I've had this thread bookmarked forever haha.
BTW Playero what ever happened to your LED project?? I know you had a set opened up and had LEDs all wired. What happened??? I've had this thread bookmarked forever haha.
uhm...i lost my focus with the summer and then i just had them in the laundry room for like ever...is too much work...and just to know that i was almost done... When i get the info from this guy that has custom tails I will let you guys know they are real nice!
Playero
#69
Originally Posted by nyautostyle
so wait what are we looking at? the tape?
#71
Originally Posted by MaximaPolak
So did anyone else try this????
I tried it and just cracked the corners of the lens and deformed the housing...what the hell.
I tried it and just cracked the corners of the lens and deformed the housing...what the hell.
#73
Originally Posted by skierxx5556
yeah it is really dificult to open them with heat i destroyed my passenger side light! the drivers side i started to open with the heat gun and got 3 small cracks then i decided to give the dremel a try and opened it by cutting it... i know thats not the way i said i did it in the begining but it really seemed like the only way to do it without cracking it...
Why did you tell me to:
Originally Posted by skierxx5556
if you do give this a try just take it easy the lens does crack pretty easily and dont heat the clear plastic it will cause it to bubble heat the grey plastic behind it, and then use a screwdriver (with the female side of some velcro on the tip) to gently pry the lense loose. if it doesnt want to loosen dont keep heating it take a break and let it cool for a little bit then reheat it... it will come loose easier this way... this is at least how i did it if anyone can think of a better way let me know b/c it totally destroyed one of the lights doing this.
#74
Originally Posted by MaximaPolak
I thought you opened them with the heat gun?
Why did you tell me to:
Why did you tell me to:
#75
Originally Posted by skierxx5556
... this is at least how i did it if anyone can think of a better way let me know b/c it totally destroyed one of the lights doing this.
he said he destroyed his tail lights. so its not totally his fault..
#76
Originally Posted by humble_max
polak, did you read this part?
he said he destroyed his tail lights. so its not totally his fault..
he said he destroyed his tail lights. so its not totally his fault..
I didn't see the part where he switched from the heating gun to the dremmel.
I thought he messed one up heating it, and then got the other one open with heating and no damage.
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