you can open 02/03 tails!!!
#1
you can open 02/03 tails!!!
Ok so i messed up one of my tails pretty bad last week trying to do the all red tails but i didnt want to just suck it up and take the loss. So i borrowed my buddy’s heat gun and this afternoon went about trying to get this thing open. Well after about an hour or so of heating and prying with a screwdriver i got the lens off. The glue that they use to seal these is very stubborn but these lights can be opened. I did crack the lens on the passenger side in one place pretty bad but i think that it was because i was rushing a little... i did get the drivers side off with no problems though... i will take pics sometime tomorrow if anyone wants to see...
#9
i dont see how it would be such a problem to close them we open and close our headlights all the time and those are clear... but i guess that i will cross that bridge when i come to it...
#16
Originally Posted by nissan5788
Anyone tried baking their tail lights?
#18
I too have to try and either open my 02 lights because I have a fly in there. Don't know how it got there and I hope it wasn't put there as a joke when the car was assembled. I picked mine up used early last year and noticed it in the fall.
#19
Originally Posted by zachary1988
I too have to try and either open my 02 lights because I have a fly in there. Don't know how it got there and I hope it wasn't put there as a joke when the car was assembled. I picked mine up used early last year and noticed it in the fall.
#22
ok heres some pics of the passenger side light as you can see the i did crack the lense pretty bad but was able to get the housing out this light was the one i tested everything on so it looks pretty messed up. when i opened the light up it looked like there was no glue in them at all but that the two peices of plastic were actually melted together i could be wrong but thats what it looked like. i am still working on the drivers side and will post pics of that once i finish.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...20752753IUgWEg
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...20752753IUgWEg
#27
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.
#28
Originally Posted by skierxx5556
#29
Originally Posted by UGAd13
It looks like only the lens in front of the reverse bulb cracked. Is that a separate piece? If so, you might be able to find a lens that size and replace it, or buy a bigger one and dremmel it to size. Just a thought.
if anyone has an extra passenger side light or set of lights either in good condition or not that they want to sell i would be willing to buy it if the price was right.
#30
Originally Posted by skierxx5556
no the clear plastic lens that covers the light is all one peice so it cant be dremmeld out or anything and if you look a little closer at the pics you will notice that the whole side is chiped up and there is another smaller crack near the top.
#35
Sorry to hear about the lights , it's good to know that it actually works with a heating gun. I think it would look gorgeous with blue and clear on it but thats just with my color car. not sure how it would look on yours.
... then again blue is illegal and i would probably get pulled over like crazy.
... then again blue is illegal and i would probably get pulled over like crazy.
#36
just a thought...if you use some of the same clear aquarium silcone sealant that they tell you to use with the DDE kit, it may not be such a big problem to reseal them. dunno if the old glue would prove to be a problem though...
great job by the way \m/
great job by the way \m/
#37
Originally Posted by nyautostyle
Sorry to hear about the lights , it's good to know that it actually works with a heating gun. I think it would look gorgeous with blue and clear on it but thats just with my color car. not sure how it would look on yours.
... then again blue is illegal and i would probably get pulled over like crazy.
... then again blue is illegal and i would probably get pulled over like crazy.
#39
Originally Posted by nyautostyle
i dunno i think it might look hot. I dont like it when people paint the outside, it looks bad upclose
#40
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.