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Old 08-07-2011, 09:54 PM
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Taking apart a Tail light
NO THERE IS NO WATER IN MY TAILLIGHT!!!!!!

I'm wanting to take off the top plastic on the tail light and sand blast the chrome on the inside and make it black. I tried the oven trick and maybe I didn it wrong? Im not sure, but it didn't work. Anyone have ANY ideas??
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Old 08-07-2011, 11:03 PM
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Easily could have found this answer, the rears are fused together. So you cant seperate it like the fronts unless you cut it I guess.
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Old 08-08-2011, 11:07 AM
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So the head lights you can just heat up and take apart?
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^yep

The headlight come apart but not the tail lights. For the tails you would need cut them open and then find a way to seal it.
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Old 08-08-2011, 08:23 PM
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How did the one forum member do the led conversion then?
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Well damn. We tried for one of the tail lights, now I gotta find a new one lol. Oh well. Gotta learn some how right?
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get a hot knife, cut them apart carefully. Its a pain
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