How i find this tail light?

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How i find this tail light?

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Hi everyone, how i find this tail light? or this is DIY?

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Re: How i find this tail light?

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Talking about the tail lights or that aesthetic piece that runs across the tail gate? The tail lights may be OEM over in japan but I'm not sure. I know you can remove the amber colored turn signal lenses from the tail lights by baking them at 150 degrees for about 10 mins to melt the glue that holds the lens on and use pliers to rip out the amber lens. I did it on my wagon and it's pretty easy to do. Just keep an eye on the tail lights while they're in the oven because they warp easily and my oven only went down to 200 degrees and my first set got warped and I had to get a new set at the junkyard.
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Re: How i find this tail light?

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You can always use a heat gun.
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Re: How i find this tail light?

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I have a broken used tail light in my garage to do a test...

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Re: How i find this tail light?

Post by Apex3 »

Do you really have to bake them? I have a sedan so I don't know if it's the same, but I just got in there with pliers.
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Re: How i find this tail light?

Post by kimokalihi »

Yes you do or as Steve mentioned a heat gun would probably do the trick although it would be easier I think in the oven. More even heating and less chance of user error.

The sedan ones do not require any heating. I did a write-up on the simple procedure of the sedan lens removal a while back.
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Re: How i find this tail light?

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i baked mine in the oven :)
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