taking apart fog lights?

1. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

   #1 12th April 2011, 21:28

   im trying to take apart my fog lights so i can spray the reflectors inside them. they've been cooking in the oven now for ages and the glue just isnt melting, like when doing the headlights earlier. How do people spray the insides of fogs?
2. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

   #2 12th April 2011, 22:02

   lol ive just managed to cook a pizza quicker
3. lilbenchy9192 Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2010 Swindon Posts: 943 Renault clio dynamique tomtom 1.2

   #3 12th April 2011, 22:03

   some of them are sealed using a silicon glue or somin not the heat stuff so it wont melt. the only way to get them apart is to sit there with a knife or somin and cut the glue out then use tiger seal or somin to reseal them.
   
   and thats a really horrible job
4. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

   #4 12th April 2011, 22:12

   ok cheers. ive come up with another cunning plan tho, ill upload pics lol
5. lilbenchy9192 Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2010 Swindon Posts: 943 Renault clio dynamique tomtom 1.2

   #5 13th April 2011, 10:06

   lol sounds interesting mate
6. tomsmarty Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 Somerset Posts: 1746 Seat Leon Cupra R, Fourtrak offroader

   #6 13th April 2011, 11:59

   I put my fogs in the oven for around 10 minutes, then ran a knife around the edge to thin the glue. Then just prised them apart with the knife Then sprayed the inserts, back in the oven the melt the glue and stuck them back together
   
   What was your plan?
7. AL3X_ Established Member Joined: May 2010 Posts: 1434

   #7 13th April 2011, 12:17

   I found one of my headlights was sealed with the glue that comes apart when you heat it, the other one wasn't...I had to really prize it apart, ended up cleaning and cutting all the old glue off and putting it back together with Tiger seal.
   
   For the fog lights, the glue also didn't melt when heated, although it did make it easier to prise apart with a knife once heated, again I cut it all out and put them back with tiger seal.
   It is possible to use an abrasive polish such as T-cut to remove the chrome from the inside of the fog lights back to gloss black underneath, its fiddly but does work mate.
8. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

   #8 13th April 2011, 17:53

   i masked up the inside of the glass lol took about 10 mins per light
   
   
   
   
9. tomsmarty Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 Somerset Posts: 1746 Seat Leon Cupra R, Fourtrak offroader

   #9 13th April 2011, 19:29

   Did you actually manage to get a good covering on the inserts? Bet that took ages to spray lol
10. DanTvts Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Torbay Posts: 1285 Mauritius Vts, 206 Gti 180

    #10 13th April 2011, 20:07

    Have you got any pics of them finished? be interested to see how they turned out.
11. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #11 13th April 2011, 22:15

    this is the only pic i have
    i sanded the surface lightly so turned out fine. i couldnt get a covering on the the edge nearest the wheel as you can sort of see in the pic, but thats only a little corner. obviously would be much more easier/better coverage if taken apart but i couldnt
    
    
12. DanTvts Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Torbay Posts: 1285 Mauritius Vts, 206 Gti 180

    #12 14th April 2011, 00:05

    Yeah it would have been ideal to take them apart, tbh i think you've done pretty well there!
13. lilbenchy9192 Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2010 Swindon Posts: 943 Renault clio dynamique tomtom 1.2

    #13 14th April 2011, 20:07

    not bad though for what u had to deal with buddy
14. chris84 Established Member Joined: Jul 2009 durham Posts: 1218 02 black vts with nitrous!!

    #14 14th April 2011, 21:43

    I also couldnt get mine apart so i just sanded the insides with a fine paper to get them down to black. Looks ok, you cant really tell tbh.
15. lilbenchy9192 Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2010 Swindon Posts: 943 Renault clio dynamique tomtom 1.2

    #15 14th April 2011, 23:07

    i was lazy so i sprayed the glass (they dont work they were put in by previous owner)
    
16. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #16 17th April 2011, 17:32

    was considering that aswell tbh but prefer the insides sprayed
17. Tom5190 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2007 Someones Bumhole Posts: 5721 Mk2 16v Desire

    #17 17th April 2011, 19:00

    To make fogs black you dont need to spray them, its black plastic. You just need to remove the fog light then fill it with some srong oven cleaner. it strips the silver lining off, then jsut wash them out and dry them.
18. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

    #18 17th April 2011, 19:06

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tom5190 To make fogs black you dont need to spray them, its black plastic. You just need to remove the fog light then fill it with some srong oven cleaner. it strips the silver lining off, then jsut wash them out and dry them.

    +1 to this fairy power spray also works good.
19. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #19 17th April 2011, 20:24

    if only you told me sooner lol
20. Pricklep Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 31279 Citroen Saxo VTS, S60 D5

    #20 10th May 2012, 13:17

    
    
    Easy job then. wkd. Mine are hazy etc so il have to pull mine apart.
    
    What heat setting? *not gas pls.
21. user_52446 Established Member Joined: May 2011 Norwich Posts: 1430 Forteee & Furiooooo

    #21 10th May 2012, 13:24

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by LSOfreak

    Your car always looks so clean and tidy..I love it