Possible Taillight Whiteout Method?
 

Anyone have a known method to clear out the 97 model of the Protege? Saw a picture on here of a purple Protege with its tail lights cleared out. Maybe someone used Photoshop to get our hopes up. ;)

We THINK you can bleach them...try it and let us know...lol...or get JDM like me...LOL!

some guys on another forum I visit were talking about whiting out their tails by putting them in the oven at 300-500dagrees for a few minutes. anyone heard of this ?

they were probably talking about how to take the tailight apart, and THEN bleaching it or something. i don't see how just popping the tails in the oven would magically turn them clear. :dunno:

Never underestimate the power of the KitchenAid! :laugh:

Clearing lenses
 

Well fellas, I went and picked up a spare driver side tail light. My brother-in-law and myself spent about an hour taking apart the damn thing.(Very thick glue, and lots of it.) The lens is now sitting in a bucket filled with bleach. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

Re: Clearing lenses
 

Way to take initiative!:bigthumb:
Let us know right away!

Re: Re: Clearing lenses
 

Yeah, thanks. I guess all of us was too scared to try it.:bigthumb:

Results
 

Well, they've been sitting in a bucket filled with Clorox Bleach for the past 24 hours and nothing has changed to the lights. Unfortunately this method of clearing tail lights doesn't work on the second gen tails. Sorry folks. If anyone hears anything about another method please let me know, as I now have an extra taillight to experiment with.

I guess we'll all just have to keep racking our brains to figure out a way :dunno:

I guess so.:( Do y'all think it will make a difference if you heat it up in the oven first? Just an out of the blue thought. It may sound stupid.

Hmmm...Are there any kinds of acid that can strip color?

didn't we just have a thread about this over a month ago? :rolleyes:

Yeah i recall that thread, went no where! this one is actually going somewhere.



Hey didyou take the lights apart before bleaching? If not that might make a difference, acids might not be a good idea, could simply destroy the lights.

Can't blame us for trying to get somewhere. We just want to know how the purple pro got his tailights white. I'm guessing it was just custom made.