Tail light: Baking or Cutting????

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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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Tail light: Baking or Cutting????

Im planning to paint my tail lights at my shop with the super shiny gloss black. Im going to do it next week but I was wondering on how to open the tail lights. I had to bake my head lights but do I have to do the same for the tails? Iv'e tried searching but threads that showed some people painting their tails showed up. If baking it, shouldnt be a problem for me. If cutting, I will have someone else do it for me as I am not good at being steady (i tend to twitch a lot). Also if cutting, what kind of glue should i use to reseal?
 
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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no way to bake 'em.
HAVE to cut 'em.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 02:33 PM
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awww. what should i use to reseal? also, anyone the bay area wanna help me out cutting my tails for me ?
 
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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Yep, you gotta cut em open. You can use epoxy to reseal them. I used a loctite 5 min epoxy and its worked great for the better part of 2 years now.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 11:05 AM
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Someone should do a write up on these
 
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 11:58 AM
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they have to be cut..i wrote a write up..ill try an find the link..but IMO its better to get overlays,they also make lense paint
 

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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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https://g35driver.com/forums/interio...ot-lenses.html
pics arent there anymore but the write up is there dremel tool works best for cutting but the reseal is the hard part
 
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by MidnightG35X
Yep, you gotta cut em open. You can use epoxy to reseal them. I used a loctite 5 min epoxy and its worked great for the better part of 2 years now.
you can also use 3m plastic weld epoxy
 
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 12:19 PM
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IrockAg35 you suck for no pictures.
 
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