Instead of the usual tinting of taillights, i'm thinking of painting the reflectors in my lights black a la TL VRX. What's the best way to open them up/reseal them, would I put them in the oven like what has been reccomended for the headlights or are they held together differently?

I will be keeping an eye on this as Ive been thinking of doing the same on my KJ.

Be sure to post pictures mate.

I used a good hairdryer
and thin bladed screwdrivers in the grooves

you apply the heat in sections till the
lenze eases apart from the glue
takes a long time and lots of patience

Or stick them in an oven, does a better job of melting the glue and is much much quicker.

Thanks for the replies, what would be a reccomended temp for the oven so as not to melt the plastic?

really trial and error, google might be able to help.

I would also like to know as I have some plans for my Wagon lights, need to remove the lens before I can proceed though

Thanks for the replies, what would be a reccomended temp for the oven so as not to melt the plastic?

Start on the lowest setting first off! that would be my suggestion.

Make sure the plastic isnt touching the metal of the oven racks either - once these heat up they will start to melt little grooves into the light.... unless you wanted to go for the textured melted look?

Check FREQUENTLY - do NOT go off and read a magazine or make a coffee etc, keep you eye on it at all times.

if you find on the lowest setting, step it up a bit - but check more often so as not to melt the assemblies.

Please post pictures of the work too :)

my 2c

Yeh i tried this a few years back.. didnt work the way i wanted lol

I put them in the oven for 15 mins on about 80deg, i watched them like a hawk. When i pulled them out the frame of the lens warped and the glue was still too hard to remove

I woul say maybe pre-heat oven at about 120deg and put lights in for 20 second stints, and try not to touch the light too much as it may warp

i did this to my KE tail lights first get a heat gun go around the outter edge of the light about 1 to 2 inches away from the lense (dont hold in one place for to long or u will melt ur lense and it looks like S**T) keep going around till the glue is soft then just get a screw driver and carefully pull the lense off the backing...... reglueing them i used sikaflex it works a treat.. hope that helps

Guessing here that you could glue them back with the old glue being a heat type glue, this would mean that they could come apart agian if needed in the future

Thinking I might get a second set of lights to do this, that way if i screw it up (a likely thing with me) I still have some good lights.

yep... just tried doing this today. Watched a tutorial on youtube. It said to heat the lights in the oven for 8 mins on 200 deg. I did this for 5 mins... the glue barely softened and the whole bloody light warped in several places!!!

I suggest the heatgun and razor blade trick next time

yep... just tried doing this today. Watched a tutorial on youtube. It said to heat the lights in the oven for 8 mins on 200 deg. I did this for 5 mins... the glue barely softened and the whole bloody light warped in several places!!!

I suggest the heatgun and razor blade trick next time

200 degrees celsius or 200 degrees 200 degrees fahrenheit? lol

200 degrees celsius or 200 degrees 200 degrees fahrenheit? lol

ssshhhhhhh!! It was an american video so im assuming fahrenheit lol

only realising this now though...... thanks!!!!!:facepalm