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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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Removing epoxy?

What is the best way of removing epoxy from the headlights?
Old Sep 25, 2007 | 11:43 PM
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 11:59 PM
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:00 AM
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Soldering iron would heat it up.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:04 AM
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And prob melt everything around it as well.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:18 AM
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or you can dremel it out.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:21 AM
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And poke a hole through my headlights.....
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:35 AM
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And poke a hole through my headlights.....
what else are you gonna do?
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:41 AM
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I'm not sure. Thats why I asked if there was another way besides those 2.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 01:12 AM
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I'm not sure. Thats why I asked if there was another way besides those 2.
Torch that ****?
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 06:52 AM
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are you saying you got epoxy ON the headlight? There's not much you can do besides wet sand it down and polish...And get a room you two.

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you'll have better luck in the detailing section
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 07:26 AM
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If you got it ON the lens, I would say the only way is to wet sand it and repolish like mentioned before.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 11:46 AM
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Not on the lens, on the housing holding the angel eyes.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:09 PM
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Time for new housing then, epoxy is permanent stuff. Even if the angel eyes come off, your housing will be damaged too.
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by n3985
Time for new housing then, epoxy is permanent stuff. Even if the angel eyes come off, your housing will be damaged too.
Well I'm going to try my best and not screw it up but if last resort, I will buy new housings.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by n3985
Time for new housing then, epoxy is permanent stuff. Even if the angel eyes come off, your housing will be damaged too.


I bought the same damn ebay angel eyes and one went out within a week of installation, and later the same ring came detached and is actually still flopping around inside my headlight (haven't had time to take them out). I'm just going to leave the epoxy, because it's clear and it will be a lot less evident than if I were to scrape the chrome off or something crazy while trying to remove the epoxy....New headlights are in order, but that's just too much money for me to be spending on something cosmetic so I doubt it'll ever happen.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 05:31 PM
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I might just try and take off the angel eyes and put a little epoxy onto the new CCFLs that I got. Later on that is.
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My suggestion is get your Dremel and a lot of sanding bits ready to remove the old rings. At least the old ones are LED, so you wont have to worry abut mercury leaking out like a broken CCFL ring.
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Originally Posted by n3985
My suggestion is get your Dremel and a lot of sanding bits ready to remove the old rings. At least the old ones are LED, so you wont have to worry abut mercury leaking out like a broken CCFL ring.
ha. very little mercury though, i have CCFL's in my computer.
Old Sep 30, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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what about goo gone..that may work
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