I usually don't ask question I just figure it out I seem to be ok with that lol but just wondering if anyone has done this and have any tips .... There not to ez to find in good shape and would hate to break them
The reson is there is a lot of dirt in mine and they look like
I'm assuming the lenses are just glued in the housing like a mustang .... On a hot day it's ez to pop a mustang lense off
All of mine have pulled apart rather easily. I do take time to be careful and patient as not to crack the lenses. There's 3 pieces. The outer lens, the inner lens, and the housing. The inner lens will also have to be snapped out, but it's easy stuff. I'm starting a resto on 4 lights myself. I'll install two and sell two on Ebay for some funds for the Sport.
Yea that was my plan to get a extra set but all the ones I've come across are junk lol
Thanks for the reply
Yeah, they are glued/bonded together like a Stang's lights. A lot of 'em have fell apart. I'm with Vinnie...mine need taken apart (again!) washed, painted, and sealed back together with some good adhesive to keep the dust out. I love the '87-8 tails...I just wish they didn't get so dang dusty inside, but living on a gravel road means dust.
Yea mine are super dirty on the inside it takes away how good they look
Dirt
Yea the oven thing would work but the sun on a hot day should to
Like I said on a hot day in the yard I can just pull the lenses off of a fox mustang
Just seal it up good with silicone between the filtering lens and outer lens, then the reflector to the outer lens. You shouldn't have many problems with sufficient silicone on both. Taking it back apart though - well I still can't get one of my pairs apart. The thing's sealed up too good, even with a razor cutting the silicone away. I was hoping to use my reflectors in a project and just ditch the outer lenses, which have gotten cracked.
Yea I plan on sealing it back up good .... Way to much dirt in there
i must've been doing this when you were not looking........... the below is in my signature/diy link also just incase this thread gets burried
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headlamp rework and remirror the insides, clear coat the outter lense
http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?34549-Re-mirror-headlamp-interior&highlight=
results of my headlamp modification
http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?35224-After-my-headlamp-modification&highlight=
It's not just dirt, the inner lens is usually faded, too, and they're a bitch to polish.
i really wish i knew what ford used to do those,, i think they chrome the inside,, but it must be sprayed on somehow...
wishing there was an aftermarket spray on chrome that resulted in a mirror finish.
i think my polymer mirror tape worked very well as it is basically chrome on plastic tape.
problem is laying it on arched concave surfaces as you can see in my pics of the link i attached.
thank goodness the interior of the light has 4 flat surfaces, autozone plastic mirrors solved those ares.
It's not perfectly reflective. Think of it as a bright silver. I've had pristine examples of these tails apart, and they're not ever "mirror' reflective.
cleaned one up today came out ok
the one i still need to do
(http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y445/sawuoff909/002_zpsef0c22ae.jpg) (http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/sawuoff909/media/002_zpsef0c22ae.jpg.html)
the one i just did .....py cell pics
(http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y445/sawuoff909/001_zpsc15ae0ce.jpg) (http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/sawuoff909/media/001_zpsc15ae0ce.jpg.html)
i can not wait to put them on the car and get a daylight pic
and no its not a se in the pic its a reflection lol
What are you guys using to "glue" the lamps half's back together? Clear/Black RTV? Strip Butyl rubber sealant like factory?
i just used clear rtv
Those center lenses still look UV damaged. Is the backup light yellow?
That is the part that takes FOREVER to restore. Also some get such bad deterioration on the center lens that the orange becomes a swirl of browns and oranges.
I've been using black rtv. Epoxy was my first instinct, but I might want to get back in there someday, and then I thought of clear rtv, but decided that black would look less out of place if someone were to notice. By far the hardest part is using rubbing compound to polish the filter lens, a far second is getting all the dum-dum out of the sealing channel. Remember to re-tention the steel clips so they bite in once you reseal and close the housings.
i fail on before and after pics but im sure you all know how bad they get
i think they came out good
(http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y445/sawuoff909/006_zpscb33f3b1.jpg) (http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/sawuoff909/media/006_zpscb33f3b1.jpg.html)