Saxo headlight smoking/spraying

23rd June 2011, 19:45

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OLD: IGNORE!
Hi so my 2nd post,,, getting used to this now but still finding hard to get around the site ect. Not sure again weather this is the right section.. So yesterday me and my brother got round to spraying the inside of my headlights but we had a problem. I followed the guide on here about how to get the glass removed, but I didnt leave it in for 10mins at 150 like it says I did it for 3 and it worked just fine.
We came to spraying them, sanded them down ect and applied the first layer of primer, while me and my brother waited for it to dry we were talking and heard this little click looked down at the plastic trim and it had broken,

So like n00bs probably we got to work on the 2nd one, got it done so quickly BUT it still started to break, the plastic started to crack, so applied one layer of black to each and like n00bs again we didnt super glue them becuase we were to afraid that it would break them even more because they super glue is strong stuff, basically right now it held together by sellotape (yes I no stupid idea) but only realised we had some proper black tape when we celled it back up. My worry at the moment is that they will break eventually due to bumping on the road or sellotape dry out. My question is
What is the plastic trim part called?
For anyone confused its this part...
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4...0143256531.jpg
As you can see they came out perfectly fine but its only a matter of time

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9606/...0143851531.jpg
and they look good on the car
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/915...0163446531.jpg
But yeah if anyone could send me a link to some on ebay or err any other website ect would be much appreciated, but yes they are held together with sellotape (i no it was dumb so please dont be mean)

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NEW:

Im going to bump this back top because it is the one thing thats really pissing me off!
Basically I got a pair of headlights on the cheap, got a pair posted for £10.99
Thought I would give it ago smoking them again, DID IT WORK? nope!
They did EXACTLY what my other ones did and crack
IS IT THE SPRAY? What sprays have other people used?
This time I got some pics to show you the cracking and what spray I use
I basically have now wasted 10 quid, not to bothered but its annoying, am I the only one?
The primer

The paint

The cracking

And yes even though the spray didnt touch this part the clip cracked off

So yeah their it is, any suggestions, think I will buy angel instead of keep wasting my money on this shit

23rd June 2011, 19:49

Is is possible the spray paint was to strong or could the oven thing have made them unstable? done it at night and left it till the next morning so they wernt hot.

Has anyone else had this problem, what would you recommend to hold it together when they break again? if they do? cheers

23rd June 2011, 21:00

maybe i am thick but that made very little sence to me at all. You didnt use glue because you thought it might brake them when there already broken?

if your talking about wanting new inserts then no you can't get them without buying new headlight's.

to fix the ones you have use somethig like a 2 part resin or a gel superglue gotta be worth a try better than sellotape.

23rd June 2011, 21:09

what side do you need? i have 1 in the shed !

23rd June 2011, 21:44

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Originally Posted by bedford126

maybe i am thick but that made very little sence to me at all. You didnt use glue because you thought it might brake them when there already broken?

if your talking about wanting new inserts then no you can't get them without buying new headlight's.

to fix the ones you have use somethig like a 2 part resin or a gel superglue gotta be worth a try better than sellotape.

Sorry mate was rather rushed, nah I was thinking that it would do more damage to them. I dunno im an amatuer at this kinda stuff but thanks anyway

23rd June 2011, 21:45

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Originally Posted by jonesy9

what side do you need? i have 1 in the shed !

I need both but for now one will do, how do I go about getting it from you? buying it i mean? ill pm you

23rd June 2011, 21:49

got to sy im not normally a fan but they do look good

23rd June 2011, 22:11

Happend to me aswel got fibre glass out and then filler however its worked :-)

24th June 2011, 01:03

People on here sell the inserts sometimes mate so could get some here, weird that the paint has caused them to snap :/

Out of interest have you put tint film on the glass as well?

24th June 2011, 22:57

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Originally Posted by AL3X_

People on here sell the inserts sometimes mate so could get some here, weird that the paint has caused them to snap :/

Out of interest have you put tint film on the glass as well?

Hey mate, nah I havnt tinted the glass just sprayed the plastic bit and yeah already had someone say about selling so probably buyigng it of him soon but its only one i need 2!! lol so ask around for me

if you would be ever so kind xD

and yeah its strange, i looked at it once it happened and my jaw litterally dropped lol

25th June 2011, 20:41

Ah they look a bit more tinted than mine, must be the pic or the fact its on a white car

And once you get to 100 posts and be3ing a member a month, or if you buy premium membership you can get access to the for sale section, but if I see any ill let the seller know your interested

25th June 2011, 20:41

Ah they look a bit more tinted than mine, must be the pic or the fact its on a white car

And once you get to 100 posts and be3ing a member a month, or if you buy premium membership you can get access to the for sale section, but if I see any ill let the seller know your interested

26th June 2011, 09:54

Can you not just super glue them or put strong electrial tape behind the inserts where they cannot be seen. Also how big exacly is the breakage?

7th July 2011, 23:10

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Originally Posted by Venns

Can you not just super glue them or put strong electrial tape behind the inserts where they cannot be seen. Also how big exacly is the breakage?

Hey yeah thats what I am going to do when the sellotape decides to give way, I shouild of done that first but I completly forgot and was panic

The break is really rather bad, it broke in several places and shattered, by broke I mean it actually feel off so thier was 2 parts!

8th July 2011, 02:32

Allways a good mod =)

1st December 2011, 16:29

Bump for an update

1st December 2011, 17:24

I used that exact same paint when I did mine last week and no cracking here, the one thing that sounds weird is that yours opened up after 3 mins, mine barely opened after 10 and the plastic was starting to get soft