mzmtg

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I removed the glass and painted the useless edges of the reflector black. Just bake the the light at about 200 degrees for 25 minutes or so and then you can get the glass off.

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nizmolee

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Like that creativity work there. How did you manage to take out the headlights? I been having a hard time taking mine out.. help please?

sinewave

Cool, post a pic when you get them back on the car. What are you going to use to glue them back together?

mzmtg

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I'll take some good pics later. To get it back together, i just baked it again and pressed th epieces together.

sinewave

I am going to have to give that a try. I got a rock through a headlight last year so I put some epoxy in the hole to keep the water out. It worked fine except that some of the epoxy ran down the inside of the lens. It really looks crappy, especially since the epoxy has turned yellow.

I30CeFiRo

So does that mean that instead of using a heat gun for a long time, you can just put your tail lights into an oven to loosen up the glue too??

mzmtg

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Ok, they are both done and put back in now. They look really cool, I think I'll be able to tell better in the light tomorrow. I'll get osme pics up ASAP as well as some more detailed instructions.

mzmtg

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I posted instructions here:

https://maxima.org/forums/showthread...threadid=22767

I30CeFiRo

So does this mean you can do the same thing with your taillights?

Albertt

The basis for the materials chosen for the headlamps is due to the extreme temperature they are subjected to. The lenses are made of an acrylic and the housings of a plastic/ceramic composite. Baking these parts in an oven for less than 30 minutes does not damage these parts. Plus, they are non-thermoset plastics which mean they cannot be re-formed with heat...and can withstand higher temperatures. On the other hand, taillamps are not subjected to high heat...1157 and 1156 bulbs put out no more than 30 watts total...not enough to heat the taillamps much. If you bake these in the oven, they'll probably catch on fire after about 3 minutes. Stick with the heat gun for the taillamps.

I30CeFiRo

Thanks for the reply Albertt