how do I bake spec d lights?
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how do I bake spec d lights?
I have a pair of dual halo spec d headlights and I really like them, however, the housing is all black but the projector section is chrome. I have a black and white truck theme and no chrome and was wondering if it was easy to open them up to paint them and then reseal them and how I would go about doing that. I am not familiar with this process but heard of it being done. The front of the headlights is plastic not glass. Any directions or help would be appreciated.
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I never did my f150, but I did my f250. Put the housing in the oven at around 200 for a 5 to 7 minutes, take them out and start pulling them apart, I used a butter knife to pry, it will take a few times in and out of the oven before you get it apart. Then I used auto silicon to seal them back together, used zip ties to hold the housing together tight while the silicon dried.
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I never did my f150, but I did my f250. Put the housing in the oven at around 200 for a 5 to 7 minutes, take them out and start pulling them apart, I used a butter knife to pry, it will take a few times in and out of the oven before you get it apart. Then I used auto silicon to seal them back together, used zip ties to hold the housing together tight while the silicon dried.
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I hear ya, shoving your lights in an oven is kinda stressful, but it definitely worth it for the end result. Overall, its a pretty easy project, just takes alot of time, took me the better part of the weekend to open, paint and reseal. I never put a cloth, I did kind of double up tinfoil for a pad to protect the bottom, but most guys say you don't need to. Do you mean moisture after you reseal them? I did mine close to a year ago, made it through one nasty winter and they are still clear. I will try and find the video I used to make my plan of acton when I did mine.
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I hear ya, shoving your lights in an oven is kinda stressful, but it definitely worth it for the end result. Overall, its a pretty easy project, just takes alot of time, took me the better part of the weekend to open, paint and reseal. I never put a cloth, I did kind of double up tinfoil for a pad to protect the bottom, but most guys say you don't need to. Do you mean moisture after you reseal them? I did mine close to a year ago, made it through one nasty winter and they are still clear. I will try and find the video I used to make my plan of acton when I did mine.
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