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| webbo_23 |
 Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| i ended up melting mine haha.....ive got some fly eye kit for mine and did it that way....looks good imo |
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| tomd0801754 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:29 pm Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| Some Lexus style lights split. But not all IIRC. |
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| macca1411 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:52 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| TomRobbo94 wrote: |
| do you know if it would work for the rear lights? |
Depends what type of rear light. Pointless masking standard phase 2s. If you had chrome lexus style then you may be able to do them. Depends how they are constructed I suppose. |
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| Ryry238 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| TomRobbo94 wrote: |
| OOOOH your talking about resealing it? |
No, warm the lights up then its easier to take the lenses off..
Looks really well this I might give it a go |
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| TomRobbo94 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh right im with you now ha
do you know if it would work for the rear lights? |
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| macca1411 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:38 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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I'm talking about taking it apart. The glue on mine was solid, almost like window putty. A bit of heat softens it enough for you to pull the lens and rear section of the unit apart.
Putting back together is easy. Just some mastic in the groove of the back section and put the lens in place. Squeeze together and heat the tabs up so you can bend them back into place. Because it looked messy on the edge of the lens, I put black insulation tape over the join and up to where the clear plastic bends round (it's all hidden by bodywork anyway). Bit more heat shrunk the tape and made the adhesive stickier and hopefully that will be an extra barrier to keep the moisture out if I missed with the mastic anywhere. |
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| TomRobbo94 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:28 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| OOOOH your talking about resealing it? |
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| macca1411 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:18 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| Heat the plastic tabs gently and lift off the lens lug. Then just heat along the join to soften the glue. The oven method is to put the entire assembly into an oven and you can soften the tabs and glue at the same time. No idea what temp you'll need to set the oven on, felt there was more heat control with the gun. Last thing you want is the Mrs to go put the beef in the oven on Sunday only to find a big lump of molten plastic in the bottom of it. |
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| TomRobbo94 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| Whats the heat gun method? |
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| Paddy1795 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:12 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| macca1411 wrote: |
I did mine last weekend. Used the heat gun method. Found with the second one after heating and lifting the tabs, started at the indicator corner and just heated both sides gently while easing apart. The biggest ball ache was removing the old sealant to get a good clean surface fr the new stuff to stick to.
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Nice one! They look good! |
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| macca1411 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:07 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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I did mine last weekend. Used the heat gun method. Found with the second one after heating and lifting the tabs, started at the indicator corner and just heated both sides gently while easing apart. The biggest ball ache was removing the old sealant to get a good clean surface fr the new stuff to stick to.
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| TomRobbo94 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:57 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| Same difference lol |
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| Paddy1795 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:39 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| TomRobbo94 wrote: |
| hmmm might put mastic round the seal when i do it to reseal it as such |
Yeah that sounds a good idea, I was thinking about just sealing it up with some sort of epoxy haha. |
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| TomRobbo94 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:35 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| hmmm might put mastic round the seal when i do it to reseal it as such |
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| Paddy1795 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:32 am Post subject: Re: Light Masking |
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| TomRobbo94 wrote: |
Same defo a job to be done this weekend with this weather  |
Agreed! Only problem I've heard about masking them is that because you've broken the seal around the light then they can start to let water in :/ Mine do that anyway though so it doesn't matter haha! |
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