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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 12:30 PM
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Default open up tail lights

i've done a search on this, but i cant find anything... i have altezza's, and i dont have the money to replace them right now, but i want to open them up and spray them to make them look a little nicer... can someone please tell me how to open them up before i flip out... thank you
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 09:51 PM
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Default toss em in the oven

set your oven at about 275°F. take your headlight and set it in and leave it bake for about 10-15 min. make sure you monitor it just incase it gets too hot in there and it ends up melting the housing or the glass. then take out the headlight and pry it open carefully. the glue thats holding the taillight housing and glass together gets melted and it will just come right off. thats how i did mine and it worked just fine. reverse the process to put them back together. but since your going to paint them im not sure if the paint will hold up to the heat...dont panic you can always use silicon to seal them back up!
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 09:52 PM
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ooopppppsss.... i meant tail light :doh:
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 10:13 PM
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Default and one more thing!!!!

while your doing all that bullshit you should try to do a taillight halo...heres mine..
1.before

2.new tails

3.halo rings

...........doing this was pretty pricy but i think it was worth it since i havent seen any one make this for their car. i know they sell altezza style tails but it only has one ring and it lights up red... well if you wanna try this out just check out this page...it helped me a lot.
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by DaNnYsEvEn
while your doing all that bullshit you should try to do a taillight halo...heres mine..
1.before

2.new tails

3.halo rings

...........doing this was pretty pricy but i think it was worth it since i havent seen any one make this for their car. i know they sell altezza style tails but it only has one ring and it lights up red... well if you wanna try this out just check out this page...it helped me a lot.
wow... dats coolz....
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 11:38 AM
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is it legal to have those light up green/blue?
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 10:59 PM
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That is so ricey yet cool at the same time. :thumbup:
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Old Jan 23, 2005 | 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Kishin
is it legal to have those light up green/blue?
Hell no.
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Old Jan 24, 2005 | 08:29 AM
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I think they're uglier then shit.
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Old Jan 24, 2005 | 08:51 AM
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Default Haters Haters Haterrs..

:deek: :joshers: :deek:
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