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Old 05-22-2002, 09:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I Cleared My Taillights!

After working on the right taillight for about a day, I ended up with a crack that was one inch and some small dents around the bottom and left side. After working on my first tail, I did the left side and it came out perfectly. I'm not going to install them onto my car. I'm going to sell them on EBay and see if anyone wants them. I'm going to buy another pair because I can make both sides perfect now. For those who want to clear their tail lights out, take your time. I used a heat gun and tried to rush through it, but after working on the right one, I learned a few things on how to work with the tails. HondaPrelude.Com has a good article on how to do it but there are some things that help. It says to insert nails along the bottom to make sure the plastic/epoxy doesn't stick. I found that this just adds dents to the black plastic. I just heat the black plastic on the bottom and then on the side that you don't see. Basically heat and pull with your hands. Every time you see the gray epoxy holding the light together, take your heat gun and aim it directly at the epoxy and it will cause the epoxy to stretch and break. Just heat the bottom near the corner and slowly heat and pry the corner apart. Basically do this until you have loosened/open the bottom and the side thats tucked under the trunk. The side that is visible is a little harder to do. After you have loosened the bottom/side, heat the top of the light and begin to pry. Pry and heat the epoxy that is between the red shell and the black plastic. As long you don't aim the heat gun at the red shell or black plastic for over 10 seconds, it is okay. Again, pull with your hands and melt the epoxy. After you open it, just pop the lens out and take a peice of light cover and cut it in the shape of the diffuser. You SHOULD use a Dremel to cut and shape it PERFECTLY, but I had to use a old plastic cutter and sand paper for a perfect fit. Take some clear glue and glue the new clear diffuser in. Clean off the extra epoxy off the red shell. On the black shell, take your heat gun and slowly melt the epoxy. If you see a bunch of epoxy bunched together, melt it and use a screw driver to make a long indentation for the red shell to fit back in. After you have created the indentations for the red shell to go back on, take the heat gun and melt all three sides of the epoxy on the black plastic. Fit the red shell and push it together tightly. If any of you guys live around San Jose, California, I'd be happy to help you guys clear them out. Good luck.
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Welcome to the "Cleared Taillight Turnsignal Club"... I bought my set off of Phatfarm, and they are damn good... Much better than stock.
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hey preludeguy you think you can clear mine and my brothers out...? Please.....
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Old 05-23-2002, 12:00 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I can. I sent you an email and PM.
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i did mine today too, and i used your tips. it wasnt as hard as i thought it might be. I actually just used a heat lamp to heat it, it worked really well!thanks for the info though!
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Guys, when you say clearing out your tail lights? What does it do, and isn't it illegal? Does anyone have a pic of the final product on the car so I can see what it looks like? My friends always are tellin me i should do this but i never understood what it was.
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Its like this. I'm in California, but I haven't heard of anyone getting pulled over for the clear out tails. There are stock cars out there with just red and white tails so I don't see why a cop would pull you over unless their as$holes. I'm sure as long as your turn signal bulbs are yellow, and reverse are white, they should be fine.
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wow thanks for info, would u be able to do this to my tail lights?? How long would it take and how much will you charge?
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Thats pretty bad a$$ I think I just may have to do that.
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That is the best man, better than clear, smoked, or better than those *** ass altezzas......
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