A little help needed please ... 99\'spec lights

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SleepyDude

#15
May 08, 2009, 05:45:56 PM
I\'m trying to do my lights now but cannot for the life of me get the lenses off trying the kettle water trick and warm oven but no joy??? Little help guys LOL

SmbFD3S

#16
May 08, 2009, 05:53:51 PM
you have undone the screws first haven\'t you lol :)
 
It will take time to heat the sealant evenly, all i can say is that when i did mine, middle shelf of the pre-heated oven on gas mark 1 to 2 ish leave it in there for a couple of mins and check and keep doing it.
 
The thing with the oven is it heats it up evenly and the whole thing remains warm so you can just pull the lens off. When i did mine the glue was runny when it did come off.... and was reasonably warm to the touch (40 degrees ish) just dont overdo it, the more you check the less chance of going wrong, you will know instinctively if it\'s getting too hot...
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SleepyDude

#17
May 08, 2009, 06:00:55 PM
Yea skrews off LOL and had in the oven a while taking it in and out to avoid melting, got so warm it was getting hot to hold and NO movement at all in the glue????

They are old lights I brought second hand but dam this is impossible??? Did you have to lever it off? Or just through pulling?

SleepyDude

#18
May 08, 2009, 06:02:23 PM
Yea skrews off LOL and had in the oven a while taking it in and out to avoid melting, got so warm it was getting hot to hold and NO movement at all in the glue????

They are old lights I brought second hand but dam this is impossible??? Did you have to lever it off? Or just through pulling?

SleepyDude

#19
May 08, 2009, 06:04:02 PM
Sorry iPhone double posted LOL

SleepyDude

#20
May 08, 2009, 06:48:34 PM
Finally one off, the glue really does stick like sh*t LOL

SmbFD3S

#22
May 09, 2009, 12:13:31 AM
Quote from: SleepyDude;606188Finally one off, the glue really does stick like sh*t LOL

Sorry was building rex engine in the shed lol....
 
Yeah it really is quite strong stuff aint it... Glad you got one sorted anyway :)
\'92 UK RX7 FD
\'97 Kwak ZX6R currently at Stage 3
\'86 Honda CRM250R stroker
\'11 BMW 320d ED
 
 

Nik da Greek

#23
May 09, 2009, 12:44:17 AM
My 2ps worth is that 80mm circles will be too large and they\'ll blur into each other when they\'re on and viewed from any distance. I made that mistake with the first set I converted, and they looked shlt from anything over a few paces away, just wobbly-edged blobs. I made the second set with a good deal smaller circles and they look much better imho

SleepyDude

#24
May 09, 2009, 09:54:58 AM
Well both off now and I choose to do my circles at 76mm for the red and 70mm for the orange. Just have to wait and see how they look.

First coat is on the lences and stick a few more coats make sure it\'s thick enough. Then ill put them on and see how they came out.

Just gotta wait to get my car back from carl at Haywards :)
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