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Most modern lights are glued. We did headlight fixes on Corvettes all the time. The process is bake in the oven at lowest heat about 20 minutes. This softens the glue. Use gloves and work the lenses off with screwdrivers or plastic interior tools. The hard part is cleaning up the glue residue out of the glue track in the light housing. The lens releases usually pretty clean. But we were replacing the lenses because they wouldn't clean up anymore...too foggy.
Then, because I live in the land of fire, I tried these lenses below outside in the sun (107*F) for four hours and the lenses released just as easily as baking in the oven. They glue back in with rubberized construction glue.
This is the set I released with 4 hours of ambient hot air
Then lenses off and glue tracks cleaned up.
One Corvette guy made a business out of this, so if you want pretty sure instructions to remove light lenses from the housings, you can follow his DIY here:
You may also check with a local customization shop, the guys here separate/re-glue these all the time to 'black out' headlights and tail lights, etc without using film and for LED conversions of older cars with plastic headlights/tail lights. Lot of 'e - code' audis and the like.
If you don't want to do the oven method that B-Wings and Rico mentioned you can cut them out with a dremel or hot knife. A lot of folks use clear silicone to re-glue.
Not specifically Bentley, and these guys seem to be hacks, but you'll get the general idea.
sorry for long time reply..
due to bussiness so I'm slow on fixing my bentley....
here is the update... the tail light use special glue...
we even put it in Baking machine but no success to separate the Lens...
I will update soon... what will we do next
maybe cut it in the back?
sorry for long time reply..
due to bussiness so I'm slow on fixing my bentley....
here is the update... the tail light use special glue...
we even put it in Baking machine but no success to separate the Lens...
I will update soon... what will we do next
maybe cut it in the back?
@Rico.Adams yeah... the people I gave my taillight is professional here.. they said it can't be open by heating...
need to be cut.. which I ;m still scare...
just wonder how much is the brand new tail lamp...
@Rico.Adams yeah... the people I gave my taillight is professional here.. they said it can't be open by heating...
need to be cut.. which I ;m still scare...
just wonder how much is the brand new tail lamp...
I don't know how much new tail lights are but seconds are around £500 each ... What was you doing in the pictures you posted ...
they are putting the heating protection on the lens..
put it in special baking machine for headlight or regular taillight.. then the glue will be soften...then they can pry off the lens so I can take the circuit board out then doing a repair...
but.. the mission is impossible now.. So I'm thinking of cutting in the back to get the board out then doing a repair.
they are putting the heating protection on the lens..
put it in special baking machine for headlight or regular taillight.. then the glue will be soften...then they can pry off the lens so I can take the circuit board out then doing a repair...
but.. the mission is impossible now.. So I'm thinking of cutting in the back to get the board out then doing a repair.
Why is it impossible isn't the glue softening, instead of prizing the lens off which may crack its best to cut in between the lens & the housing.
Making a hole in the back isn't a great idea how you going to make it good & even if you do how you doing to detach the LED board ...
See the 2 youtube videos on cutting it open. The materials for the bentley tail lights are not unique or of any special materials or technology than any other led tail light.
You will just need to plan carefully summon the courage to make the cuts where your handiwork will be safely hidden from view. Take your time to inspect the tail light, use a sharpie to mark where you want to make the cuts and then get to it! Don't be scared!
Silicone or anything that properly seals the unit will work fine. If you use flex silicone to reattach, the advantage is that you can remove and replace easier internals in the future. (or re-do it, if you mess up the alignment, though that will be easy to avoid)
If you're looking to save some money, get a dremel with a cut of disc and get in there!
If you're thinking of buying new, you've got nothing to lose by giving this a shot before ordering, so go for it.
PS.. one thing I would DOUBLE check before cutting, is that the voltage going to the tail light is good and changes as it should with brakes pressed, lights on, etc, so that you're not incorrectly 'blaming' the tail light, when it could be a wiring problem.
Last edited by sam08861; Sep 25, 2019 at 04:50 PM.
