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Old 02-10-2001, 05:15 PM
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Well I'm in the middle of removing the orange reflectors and it certainly hasn't been a picnic. The bumper and inner fender were easy enough and disconnecting the light was no problem. Trying to separate the lens from the housing is something I never want to try again. I thought about leaving one side orange and one clear for awhile but obviously that would be pretty stupid. If there is anyone out there who developed a way to heat the glue and pull off the housing, please let me know. When I was done with the driver's side and tried to put the housing back on it was pretty deformed. Despite constant heating and holding it doesn't look very good and I had to use a lot of silicon to make it water tight. This is not something I can recommend and I am not looking forward to doing the other one.
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Thanks for the advice. I was planning to do the same but now, you convince to leave like that. By the way, why is it deformed?
Old 02-10-2001, 09:28 PM
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You need to heat the glue and try to pull off the housing. You do a lot of pulling and pushing so when the glue dries the lips of the housing are pretty deformed and get hard.
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You need a "heat gun" not a blow dryer to heat. It has to be REALLY hot!
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