MOUNT EM. NOW. TAKE PICS. NOW.


seriously, pretty cool man...

how long doyou let em dry before mounting?

 

Taking out the shiny part was hard too. Just gotta keep working with it and not get frustrated.

 

Thanks, I'll mount them tomorrow. Wanna make sure they're sealed.

 

how'd u get urs to seperate ... i couldnt do it

 

 

Nice work. looks very professional.

I think I'm gonna do mine this weekend. How long did you "bake" them and on what temp.?

Oh yea, any specific type of paint?

Thanks in advance. Jason

 

I worked on little sections at a time, sticking it back in the oven when it got too cool to work with. I started at the sharpest corner with an exacto heated by a flame. Once you get it to start separating it's a little easier, but I still had occasional hairline cracking of the clear plastic. Can't see the cracks now that it's re-sealed. The last one took about 7 times in the oven before I was done.

 

I kept the oven at about 225, keeping the tails in for no longer than 15 min. I roughed up the shiny part with a 320 grit sanding sponge, about 10 minutes of sanding per light. Hope it stands up to the heat and sun out here. Here's the paint, I used primer and paint- not sure if the primer was necessary....

 

i'm still debating smoking the outside lenses... can you take some pics of them on the car...

 

Well done!! very nice. The X-acto knife is the trick, rite? Well, another advice. Leave the chrome part intact and masking tape the red lense. Removing and replacing the chrome part is a *****! Good luck everybody!!! I'm sure the Evo VII tailights prices is going to drop like hell!! Just remember, I did it 1st! lol. please post more pic and experiences. It would be nice to learn more.

 

I give you alot of credit.. I'd have broken them, I just don't have the patience to do it.. More than willing to pay someone else to do it for me.. Want to do my headlights and tails, I have a tarmac evo.. would look SWEET..

 

Yep, you gave me the confidence to try it.

MalibuJack,
Man, I don't think I would want to be liable for doing this to anyone elses lights. If I had an accident and screwed up, I would hate to have to buy a new set, plus it takes forever...lots of labor.

 

I did that on my 2000 Celica GTS headlights and I was thinking of doing it on the evo but I didn't know if it would look right. Looks like I'm going to do it since they look nice on your guys cars.

 

Please post pics when you get them on the car. Mine is Apex silver and would love to do it to mine like th e MR tails.

 

Congrats~! beautifully done!!!! can you also post the tools that you used? do you think its worth trying on an evo vii lights? hmm....