Tail light restoration February 21, 2012, 09:30:21 PM once upon a time... I saw a thread on here for breaking down the rear tail lights without killing them. Outside of heating them up in the oven, I would like any tips on being successful with the project.I am polishing the lens on both sides, and filling/smoothing/painting the plastic housing gloss black. I would like to repaint behind the plastic where black once was before if flaked out/ washed out.So... the search bar did not work... tbird gods, givith a link!haha thanks guys Quote Selected
Tail light restoration Reply #1 – February 21, 2012, 09:52:11 PM Why not use the oven it works great? Just opened up several sets of headlights quickly and easily like that.The other option would be a heat gun... Quote Selected
Tail light restoration Reply #2 – February 21, 2012, 10:40:43 PM Tailights should come apart fairly easily you cant really mess them up other than break the reflectors, but it's all held together by this putty and with a little force they should come apart. Quote Selected
Tail light restoration Reply #3 – February 21, 2012, 11:11:08 PM you mean you have a set that didnt come apart on their own??? why cant I be so lucky? lol Quote Selected
Tail light restoration Reply #4 – February 22, 2012, 06:34:41 AM I baked the ebay ones I had for my explorer once, didnt work half bad. I just figured something 23 years old would have some finesse to itI've never seen a rear lens pop off, but have personally had my headlights fall off! Quote Selected
Tail light restoration Reply #5 – February 22, 2012, 07:37:58 PM My rear lights just pulled apart when I did mine about 2 years ago. Quote Selected
Tail light restoration Reply #6 – February 23, 2012, 07:25:58 PM Where can I get the little nuts that holds them together? Quote Selected
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