Possible Taillight Whiteout Method?
December-30th-2002 | 06:37 PM
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Possible Taillight Whiteout Method?
Anyone have a known method to clear out the 97 model of the Protege? Saw a picture on here of a purple Protege with its tail lights cleared out. Maybe someone used Photoshop to get our hopes up. 
December-31st-2002 | 01:02 AM
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Originally posted by zoominD
some guys on another forum I visit were talking about whiting out their tails by putting them in the oven at 300-500dagrees for a few minutes. anyone heard of this ?
some guys on another forum I visit were talking about whiting out their tails by putting them in the oven at 300-500dagrees for a few minutes. anyone heard of this ?
December-31st-2002 | 01:49 AM
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Originally posted by titocruzsd
they were probably talking about how to take the tailight apart, and THEN bleaching it or something. i don't see how just popping the tails in the oven would magically turn them clear.
they were probably talking about how to take the tailight apart, and THEN bleaching it or something. i don't see how just popping the tails in the oven would magically turn them clear.
December-31st-2002 | 04:29 AM
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December-31st-2002 | 03:17 PM
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Clearing lenses
Well fellas, I went and picked up a spare driver side tail light. My brother-in-law and myself spent about an hour taking apart the damn thing.(Very thick glue, and lots of it.) The lens is now sitting in a bucket filled with bleach. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.
December-31st-2002 | 04:40 PM
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Re: Clearing lenses
Originally posted by Amose
Well fellas, I went and picked up a spare driver side tail light. My brother-in-law and myself spent about an hour taking apart the damn thing.(Very thick glue, and lots of it.) The lens is now sitting in a bucket filled with bleach. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.
Well fellas, I went and picked up a spare driver side tail light. My brother-in-law and myself spent about an hour taking apart the damn thing.(Very thick glue, and lots of it.) The lens is now sitting in a bucket filled with bleach. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.
Let us know right away!
January-1st-2003 | 06:07 PM
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Results
Well, they've been sitting in a bucket filled with Clorox Bleach for the past 24 hours and nothing has changed to the lights. Unfortunately this method of clearing tail lights doesn't work on the second gen tails. Sorry folks. If anyone hears anything about another method please let me know, as I now have an extra taillight to experiment with.
January-5th-2003 | 03:58 AM
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Originally posted by K Dawg ONE
I guess we'll all just have to keep racking our brains to figure out a way
I guess we'll all just have to keep racking our brains to figure out a way
Do y'all think it will make a difference if you heat it up in the oven first? Just an out of the blue thought. It may sound stupid. Hmmm...Are there any kinds of acid that can strip color?
January-5th-2003 | 04:56 PM
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From: Warren, MI
Yeah i recall that thread, went no where! this one is actually going somewhere.
Hey didyou take the lights apart before bleaching? If not that might make a difference, acids might not be a good idea, could simply destroy the lights.
Hey didyou take the lights apart before bleaching? If not that might make a difference, acids might not be a good idea, could simply destroy the lights.
January-7th-2003 | 05:02 AM
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Originally posted by TheMAN
didn't we just have a thread about this over a month ago?
didn't we just have a thread about this over a month ago?