Since the taillights on my 323 were almost useless (30 years of dirt and water), and I didn't want to waste time looking for new ones, I decided to restore the original ones. Unfortunately I don't have proper before pictures, but they did come out very well and so I thought I'd share some pictures here.
To remove the lenses, I had the assembly in an oven just below 100 Celcius for about 15-20 minutes. After removing the lenses:
Taped up and ready for painting:
After painting:
After painting the assembly I loosely assembled everything just to check before sealing it:
Finally, sealing everything with RTV:
I couldn't get all the lenses back in completely, but since they were already coming out I decided to just leave them like that. At least the cars behind me will now see my taillights clearly. I started this late afternoon, and had both lights back in by late morning.
To remove the lenses, I had the assembly in an oven just below 100 Celcius for about 15-20 minutes. After removing the lenses:
Taped up and ready for painting:
After painting:
After painting the assembly I loosely assembled everything just to check before sealing it:
Finally, sealing everything with RTV:
I couldn't get all the lenses back in completely, but since they were already coming out I decided to just leave them like that. At least the cars behind me will now see my taillights clearly. I started this late afternoon, and had both lights back in by late morning.
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