Messed up the taillight smoke cover
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fucked up the taillight smoke cover
hey every1,
i was doing my DIY 99spec taillight conversion 2night, and i was reassembling them, xcept my oven @ 260 degrees caused the top cover to cave in since i left it on the rack... anyone know if i can "pop it back out" or where the quickest place to get one would be?
i was doing my DIY 99spec taillight conversion 2night, and i was reassembling them, xcept my oven @ 260 degrees caused the top cover to cave in since i left it on the rack... anyone know if i can "pop it back out" or where the quickest place to get one would be?
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ah **** that sucks Zack.
Usually you can't, regardless it probably not going to look too hott if you could get it close. That's why you're not really supposed to put them in the oven! Heat gun, Heat gun, Heat gun.
Usually you can't, regardless it probably not going to look too hott if you could get it close. That's why you're not really supposed to put them in the oven! Heat gun, Heat gun, Heat gun.
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I think your tail light "frittata" is overcooked for good.
Malloy is the place for new parts at the best price: 1-888-533-3400. Ray is THE man to talk to.
Next time, check that oven temp with another known accurate thermometer first! (That's the professional advice of my wife, a Personal Chef to the rich and famous and FD3S owners)
Bon appetitties!
Malloy is the place for new parts at the best price: 1-888-533-3400. Ray is THE man to talk to.
Next time, check that oven temp with another known accurate thermometer first! (That's the professional advice of my wife, a Personal Chef to the rich and famous and FD3S owners)
Bon appetitties!
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Originally posted by mmonaco
Look at hoppy store as in model car and planes. They are extremely common cause those guys use Monocoating, which requires a heat gun!
Look at hoppy store as in model car and planes. They are extremely common cause those guys use Monocoating, which requires a heat gun!
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well the only thing that got screwed over was the left sides' outer covering. Everything else is kool, so im prolley gonna get a new cover from malloy unless it costs me an arm and a leg
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they do cost an arm and a leg. i wanted to order the red lens inside once and it was $60 or something. anyways you can probably get the cover looking decent by heating the sagged areas with a heat gun and pushing them out. get it as even as possible with the rest and then sand the whole thing down until its real even. start with 220 grit and work through 320 600 and 1200 then polish.
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