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deucethemoose · 08-09-2012, 02:57 PM

That shit is in the plastic now. This is what happened with my rear license plate light covers. Previous owner painted them red and I used paint remover to take it off. It ruined the lens plastic.

Hope you're down with buying a new tail light. Sorry bro.

sdshores08 · 08-09-2012, 03:11 PM

That's a bummer. On the plus side, the new one won't have any condensation issues, haha. And that's awesome he helped you out for free

ArKiTeCkT · 08-09-2012, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by deucethemoose

That shit is in the plastic now. This is what happened with my rear license plate light covers. Previous owner painted them red and I used paint remover to take it off. It ruined the lens plastic.
Hope you're down with buying a new tail light. Sorry bro.

I purchased a new tail light from my dealer....They were kinda shocked that im purchasing a tail light and I just got the car for less than a week. Now I have nothing to drive cuz the car is garaged right now till the tail lights arrive.

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Originally Posted by sdshores08

That's a bummer. On the plus side, the new one won't have any condensation issues, haha. And that's awesome he helped you out for free

I never had condensation issues with the previous one....hopefully I dont have any issues with these ones... Hamza's a cool guy, definitely recommend him if you have any issues with your car, he knows his stuff.

David-Fermani.com · 08-09-2012, 06:05 PM

W E T - S A N D - T H E M

Hix · 08-09-2012, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamza7

work in a very small area

And make sure there is no ventilation at all. You don't want the fumes to get away from you!

Aznek · 08-09-2012, 09:58 PM

Hoping someone does this to their BRZ headlights... so I can buy em!

ArKiTeCkT · 08-09-2012, 11:31 PM

Jidonsu · 08-09-2012, 11:34 PM

Seriously. Wet sand it.

Hamza7 · 08-10-2012, 06:10 PM

I did wet sand them for the owner. That how the other one came out perfectly but the first one was a lot of work. He didn't want to spend the time to do it but I guess he can do it in small portions and get the original one's perfect.

FRSCoupe · 08-11-2012, 02:58 AM

paint remover / lacquer thinner will melt and craze plastic.. learnt from building model kits as a child

David-Fermani.com · 08-11-2012, 12:26 PM

If you ended up sanding them>>

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Originally Posted by Hamza7

I did wet sand them for the owner. That how the other one came out perfectly but the first one was a lot of work. He didn't want to spend the time to do it but I guess he can do it in small portions and get the original one's perfect.

Then why did you offer different advice at 1st stating that it was "the right way"??

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Originally Posted by Hamza7

Don't worry it'll come off I promise you, just do it the right way now. Order yourself some plastic razor blades and stoner's tarminator, if you have a heat gun that will help too.

Spray the tarminator on the lens, wait 5 minutes for it to dwell, heat up a bit with the heat gun (keep it a safe distance away, work in a very small area)

Use the plastic razor blades so scrap the crap off the lens. I am wondering, this is the adhesive stuff left behind right?

Hamza7 · 08-11-2012, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by David-Fermani.com

If you ended up sanding them>>

Then why did you offer different advice at 1st stating that it was "the right way"??

Your right David

I misunderstood what happened, I thought is was adhesive residue that OP had difficulty removing which is why I suggested what I did in my first reply to this thread. After I assessed the lights in person. I realized they needed to be wet sanded

digital_assassin · 08-11-2012, 01:35 PM

skatery1989 · 08-11-2012, 03:27 PM

My buddy's lights did that. We used rubbing compound then waxed them turned out like new

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