remove and reinstall tail light lenses

[rsporsche]

Hi Scott, I have the passenger side and you can have it but it's got a chip. Let me know if you want it and when my heat knife arrives I'll get it going. It does not look cracked from the inside but it depends how bad yours is- Price- about 4 bucks for shipping mail.

Peter

hey Peter,

thanks, i need to find one without a chip. i have a NOS driver side. i am changing over to red lenses because i think it looks better with the black coupe. already following Stan's new lens discussion

scott

 

[rsporsche]

I bought the heat knife at Harbor Freight and it works like crap. After 15 minutes I might have removed two sides of the reverse lens, can't tell. In this case it follows the basic rule that you have a 50/50 chance of getting something that will work and last from this place. It's not very hot.

check this out ... a bit more expensive. the hot knife tip is short ... but it has great reviews. thoughts?
http://www.amazon.com/Portasol-010589330-Super-125-Watt-Heat/dp/B003H6NN2Q/ref=pd_sxp_grid_i_1_1

 

[remydedez]

hello everyone,

i remove my broken lens with electric hotknife, everything is ready to glue but we don't have liquid fusion glue in FRANCE so do you think we could use hot gun glue or epoxy glue ? thanks

 

[TomHom]

Hi everyone,
I'm using a special strong cutter made by Excelite. It's rather bursting than cutting these overlapping hard edges.
I use ceramic filled compound with good gap filling (e.g. Located EA3450 or 4090 from Henkel) to put the lenses back in place
Regards
Thomas

 

[Stan]

Hi everyone,
I'm using a special strong cutter made by Excelite. It's rather bursting than cutting these overlapping hard edges.
I use ceramic filled compound with good gap filling (e.g. Located EA3450 or 4090 from Henkel) to put the lenses back in placeView attachment 168735View attachment 168736
Regards
Thomas

Good info all around. Many look for a good product to install lenses.

 

[TomHom]

Sorry, the brand type is Loctite if course,
Thomad

 

[Stan]

Sorry, the brand type is Loctite if course,
Thomad

@remydedez , check out this product!

 

[dave v. in nc]

Hi everyone,
I'm using a special strong cutter made by Excelite. It's rather bursting than cutting these overlapping hard edges.
I use ceramic filled compound with good gap filling (e.g. Located EA3450 or 4090 from Henkel) to put the lenses back in placeView attachment 168735View attachment 168736
Regards
Thomas

By chance a picture of the compound?

 

[HB Chris]

LOCTITE® EA 3450

LOCTITE EA 3450, Epoxy, Bonding

www.henkel-adhesives.com

 

[dave v. in nc]

Anyone in US find this domestically? I saw a couple on ebay from Italy and Latvia with either huge lead times or $$hipping...One domestic company (Radco?) and their website said yes, their customer sevice said no. Nothing on Amazon but the usual epoxy...None at Lowes, Ace, etc Help appreciated.

 

[HB Chris]

I would just buy a Clear Loctite Epoxy.

 

[TomHom]

Here in Germany it's available on ebay, amazon and various online shops
Loctite 3450 Epoxidklebstoff - Metall 25ml https://amzn.eu/d/cjWrrzN
Henkel 4090 LOCTITE Zwei Komponenten Cyanacrylat und Epoxy Gel, 50 g https://amzn.eu/d/bzBFVRx
Thomas