I tried it...I saw the sealant get gooey and wet...but no luck in seperation, one thing that kind of helped was removing the black somewhat square piece from the top of the assembly, it is small and seems pointless to remove but it exposes the top of the lense for two inches.

I gave up out of boredom, I'll try again tomorrow...I read 225 and 20 mins is a good number...really the longer the better for the heat to soften the sealant on the interior of the lense

 

Definitely cooler temp for a longer time will allow the heat to soak into where the sealant is. Like cooking a steak if a person wants it pink give it more heat and less time. More thoroughly cooked less heat longer time and the center gets cooked.

 

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm steakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

 

175 for a while 15 mins then bumped it up to 200 for 10 mins more since it cooled down after the 15 min warm up because I was working on it

 

I have mixed feelings about the taillights. They do look very good on the silver 8's, but overall I don't like these types of lights. I don't think it ruins the car, but I would like to see some type of more traditional light. Now on the new MX-5, IMO those lights look terrible.

 

im really surprised the aftermarket has not come with anything yet

 

not good tried 210 at 15 and couldn't get it loose but I could see the glue get soft and shiny

this project is a realpain

don't go hotter than 225 though as others have melted the lense

210 for 30 may be the ticket

 

yes I've just been busy latey...plus I want to get a new hobby knife to work on the seal

I'm putting on oil cooler screens I just got in the mail a minute ago, but I have to paint them first...hmmm Sunday I may try (hopefully earlier)

 

i have an extremely low tolerance for alteeza tail lights and its probably the ugliest thing you can do to your car, worse than a big aluminum wing in my opinion(and i'm completely serious, im not exaggerating at all)

i never thought of the rx8's tail lights as alteeza looking, stock cars with chrome housings don't come off with that cheap look that the cheapie made in china aftermarket lights do, and they look just fine in my opinion. i personally thing the rx8's tail lights are a work of art and i would say the best looking remedy would be a diassembly and strip and repaint of the chrome housing to flat black or a light tint and stealth bulb.

 

any updates? I just ruined my taillight by baking at 250 for 20 min

 

I thought you said 225 in the other thread?

250 equals melt down, I say 220 is max

I'm thinking 210 at 30 is the only way but really this whole thing is a PITA

did u use a test tailight or you only set?

 

That sucks.

Has anyone been able to get these apart?

I wonder if they used epoxy to glue the buggers together. That would explain the high heat resistance.

 

I completely agree with you Stealth. They don't seem really altezza to me becuase it has definition in it. I mean we have strakes in there and it doesn't really appear all chromish. Its simply that the lenses is not like those on ordinary cars.

 

indeed, sometimes i wish toyota never brought us the altezza so we wouldn't have this terrible fad. but aside from that the actual altezza's taillights are nothing special and i don't see how it sparked such a huge fad, but at least the trend is moving towards black/gunmetal housings which actually looks pretty good. we all have to agree though that the new miata's do come off as cheap and thats probably the only car that comes with "altezza style" lights from the factory that doesn't look right.

 

Sorry i meant 250 if i did say 225...

I got the number from the WRX forums. I seriously don't think it's possible to get them apart. Like I said in the other thread even after I melted them down I tried to seperate the lens from the housing and it would just bend or crack the lens and still wouldn't come apart.

 

hmmm wonder why the headlights were so easy I too have had one heck of a time

I read 220 for 15

I'm going to do a 215 for 30 soon, wish me luck, can't hurt to try

 

Bump! Any luck?

 

I sold one of my extra headlights to madizm since he melted his passenger's side

and have been to busy to work on the remaining one...I should probably sell it to one of you guys so you can continue on

 

bump. any luck anyone??

 

I bet it's because of the key hole in the passenger side lens......

 

I really hope no one makes anything aftermarket for the tail lights. Unless they take OEM, make the lens red, and add LED (like the TLs).