how do you get the lens off the tail lights??

[92festie]

i wanna smoke my lens but cant get em off the actual casing??

btw i took the 4 screws out and looks like there is adhesive on it

[Pu241]

Don't do it!
These are acrylic and the thermal decomposition and partial oxidative by products are toxic.
It could well coat your lungs with low molecular weight oxidized polymer and pass lower molecular weight toxins directly into your blood stream.

[92festie]

really!?! wow didnt know that thanks ALOT your a lifesaver.......literally

[Pu241]

Yeah, I know!


However, if you want to give your lens a smoked look try this:

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5712&highlight=niteshades

[brickdog2000]

I heard of using VHT or even tinting the lenes with tint. VHT you can find by googleing it. It takes some time and I thought about doing but I have yet to try.

[Pu241]

DJ did a thread on removing the lens, I just can't find it.
He used a heat gun and tried hot water to soften the adhesive, I think.
Still looking for the thread.
Got to be 3-4, or more years ago.

[drddan]

i wanna smoke my lens.....

dont pass it this way! haha!

The VHT paint works excellent. Packrat427 used it on his and looks great and has held up for a couple years now.
No dissassembly needed

[92festie]

DJ did a thread on removing the lens, I just can't find it.
He used a heat gun and tried hot water to soften the adhesive, I think.
Still looking for the thread.
Got to be 3-4, or more years ago.

idk if it would be the same thread your talking about but i was reading and he said something about boiling them. the thread was dated back to 06

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5712&highlight=niteshades

dont pass it this way! haha!

The VHT paint works excellent. Packrat427 used it on his and looks great and has held up for a couple years now.
No dissassembly needed

yea i just did em wioth the vht and they look awsome!! ill get pics up if i can figure out how to post em on here!!

[hofficergrover]

I smoked my lights didn't even take them apart.
Hears what they look like before and after.

Just buy a can of night shade from advance auto parts like 13 bucks. I did my corner lights and bumper ones with it as well looks great.

[92festie]

yea thats what i did and they look sick

[hofficergrover]

Yeah how many coats did you do i did 2. 3 look to dark for them.

[92festie]

like 1 lol and they turned out hella dark

[bravekozak]

sonic weld

A lot of plastic parts for automotive applications are bonded together by ultrasonic plastic welding machines. This is the case for taillights.

[hofficergrover]

ok i did 2 light coats and looks good.

[Pu241]

A lot of plastic parts for automotive applications are bonded together by ultrasonic plastic welding machines. This is the case for taillights.

That is true, and I hate to hear them when they're running.
But the rear tail lights on the festiva are held together with some sort of adhesive. Given that DJ was able to separate the lens from the reflector assembly using boiling water I'm betting it's some sort of hot melt adhesive.