How to: Bake your Taillights

ZX2_racer · Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:18 pm

Alright guys here ya go.

After removing your tail lights, make sure to take the bulbs out of the housing. They are simply 1/4 turn locks. After doing so, Heat up your oven to 125-150 degrees, and bake for about 5-7 minutes. (I baked mine at 175 for 10, and they warped

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Take a Flat head screw driver to the top corner (Pointiest and tap it lightly, to break through the glue. After that, it's fairly easy to run the screwdriver down the sides and break the glue. I was able to do it in just one bake.

Heres how warped I got mine. I will now need a new 00-04 passenger tail light. whoops.

And the other side, done like a pro.

Monkey Gein · Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:36 pm

nice, sux you warped one, but now we and you know how to do it... thanks for the write up.

ZX2_racer · Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:38 pm

I need a passenger Tail light now. Let me know if you have one!

Patalrob · Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:43 pm

Nice work!

Try and check U-Pull I think you can get a set of tail lights for about $20. I think...

ZX2_racer · Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:06 pm

Yea, I might head down there Tomo, they have 2 i think.

Patalrob · Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:08 pm

mnfocusS wrote:Yea, I might head down there Tomo, they have 2 i think.

Cars??? LMK what good parts they have left I could use a hood and a driver fender for the SVT.

ZX2_racer · Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:13 pm

ok, will check. If i remember...haha

Stilz · Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:59 pm

i got one. (tail light) its been sitting for a while, let me know.

CleanZX3 · Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:16 am

Tinting from the inside?

Monkey Gein · Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:22 am

u-pull won't have a focus. only 10 years and older. i got one but i need to keep it, and its black
why not rebake it

Redlineracer12 · Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:29 am

Monkey Gein wrote:u-pull won't have a focus. only 10 years and older.

U pull in East Bethel lists one 2000 (blue) and one 2002 (green and was just received 12/15)...

ZX2_racer · Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:47 am

^

Stillz, is it a passenger? How much would you want for it?

Monkey, I tried to re-bake a re-form, but when the plastic started to get mallable(sp?) it flattened and some other things started to deform also. The lense could still be used, but I'd like one that didn't look like it's been deformed.

Monkey Gein · Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:50 pm

hummm, that's weird, EB meust be better. the u-pull in rosemount only does 10 years and older, everything else goes to AAA which is right there and owned by the same dude i guess.

sux you can't reform

Stilz · Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:16 pm

i have both stock tails off my svt. they're obviously used. 20 for one 30 for both. just let me know.

Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:33 pm

Painting the housings black? That seems like a good idea while their open...

Would be even cooler on a set of Altezzas to see how it would look.