I want to open my 08 taillights to paint the inside, I know that one has to cut the 05-07 tails to get to the inside, is the same true for the new tails?

 

i want to know how to open it too cause all these bugs flew in there and is ____in me off

 

whattt?? how did bugs get inside a sealed taillight?

yea.. you can't bake them... cut away man.

 

bugs?! lol thats a first

 

i as well want to know about bugs entry into the tail light. i saw an ant in my cousins corolla reverse light once.. that was hella funny and random. haha.

but yeah have fun with the dremel if you decide to cut them. lol

 

Why cant you bake them? you can bake head lights...

 

cause the tail lights werent made to take that much heat like the head lights do. they might melt or something ruther, at least to my best understanding. the headlights are made to withstand the high heat because of the headlamps in them, where as the tails arent as bright and dont give off as much heat.

 

Gotcha... Makes sense to me! I think it would be awesome to paint the 08s though

 

yeah what I want to do is smoke out just the red portion to keep the chrome rings, however I don't think I'm up for cutting especially since the outer lens is clear and thus it would be east to see the seam where I had to reseal the cut :-(

 

actually it's how the headlights vs. the taillights are sealed..

the headlights you can bake because the gray seal around it can melt, thus bake.. seal melts into goo.. and you can take it apart..

taillights? the plastic is welded together... totally different..

 

Yup. Cutting the tail lights open isn't exactly a pleasant experience.