dirt in myr tail light

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Monkey Gein
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what's the best way to clean the inside of a tail light. i think i have to take it apart and clean the chrome. but how...
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Best way would be to stick them in the oven for a while to loosen the sealant and pry them open. I don't have the temp for you but make sure you get them off of a diy because you could melt them. And.. make sure you seal them back up tightly to avoid other stuff from getting in
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one, howd the F you get dirt INside the housing?!?! :shock:
the best way to clean loose dirt is to pull all the plugs/sockets and blow out with shop air, make sure your lines are dry or youll induce oil.
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Monkey Gein
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my back up light fell out, i didn't have it in tight. i don't thing blowing it out will work. the backup lamp is the only bulb, and there was a tiny bit of water so there's a line in there too.
i did the oven thing on my headlights on the zx5. i really dont want to mess these up, they weren't that cheap.
the lens is on therfe like stock, has anyone taken the red lens off stock lights?
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^I'm about to for my Euro light build.

I'll do it mid next week and let you know how hard it was.
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The best way to avoid this is washing your car twice a week...
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