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Offline whileoceanasleeps

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joey mod fog lights
« on: 22 October 2012, 22:36 »
has anyone done this? just smashed a foglight trying to get the glass off doing the oven trick  :angry:

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Re: joey mod fog lights
« Reply #1 on: 22 October 2012, 22:39 »
I never put mine in the oven! Stupid idea.

I use a heat gun and heat the glass. Works a treat

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Re: joey mod fog lights
« Reply #2 on: 22 October 2012, 22:53 »
I will add that foglights do not come apart as easily as headlights, the last set of smoked Anniversay fogs i tried to split to replace the glasses were a f**king nightmare. :angry:

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Re: joey mod fog lights
« Reply #3 on: 23 October 2012, 00:38 »
oven worked with my headlights easy.. must be a different silicone or something on the fogs. did you use a heatgun too hai-wronghorse?

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Re: joey mod fog lights
« Reply #4 on: 23 October 2012, 00:45 »
Hot air gun..then oven...then screwdriver..then tears...

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Re: joey mod fog lights
« Reply #5 on: 23 October 2012, 00:51 »
dammit gonna have to head to ebay for a new one.. bit scared to try it again now ha