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 Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:38 am |
 
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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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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Last edited by macca1411 on Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:46 am; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:44 am |
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Joined: Apr 12, 2013
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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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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:44 am |
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Joined: Jul 25, 2013
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Location: Doncaster South Yorkshire
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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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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:52 am |
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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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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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:29 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Moscow
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Some Lexus style lights split. But not all IIRC.
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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:35 pm |
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Joined: Mar 16, 2013
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Location: Nottingham
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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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