400SE REAR LIGHTS
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Evening All
Unbelievably coming up to the 10th anniversary of owning the Wedge - longest I have kept any car!
Celebrating with a long over due respray - and the strip down has started. This will no doubt generate a load of questions that I would appreciate folks thoughts and guidance with. To try and avoid any confusion I will post them individually as they come up by topic.
Starter for 10:
Rear light clusters on first inspection don't feel like they are budging any where.
Would they have been bonded in from new?
Preparing for the worst (ever the optamist!) - does anyone have access to replacments - new or secondhand?
Thanks in advance
EWAN
Unbelievably coming up to the 10th anniversary of owning the Wedge - longest I have kept any car!
Celebrating with a long over due respray - and the strip down has started. This will no doubt generate a load of questions that I would appreciate folks thoughts and guidance with. To try and avoid any confusion I will post them individually as they come up by topic.
Starter for 10:
Rear light clusters on first inspection don't feel like they are budging any where.
Would they have been bonded in from new?
Preparing for the worst (ever the optamist!) - does anyone have access to replacments - new or secondhand?
Thanks in advance
EWAN
Hi Ewan
It looks like they have sikaflex or similar so you would probably need to carefully score it...The edges of the light lenses are fragile or at least brittle..Not sure about replacements...bout time someone started making the lenses!
At the moment they are like hens teeth...
Ziga
It looks like they have sikaflex or similar so you would probably need to carefully score it...The edges of the light lenses are fragile or at least brittle..Not sure about replacements...bout time someone started making the lenses!
At the moment they are like hens teeth...
Ziga
colin mee said:
A pair sold on ebay for 150 the other week.colin
They came from a company in Argentina via Ebay a couple of years ago, not sure if they are still selling them may be worth keeping an eye on Ebay. Shame it wasn't the front side / indicators you wanted still got a pair of them.Regards
Nick
Edited by Nick Brough on Tuesday 1st May 03:00
Like Zig says they are held in with a sealant - usually silicone.
You should be able to simply run a knife around an they will come out.
However if they are being stubborn then just cut the sealant out to a couple of mm, cover up the lights, and respray, then replace the sealant afterwards.
The Argentinian replacements are rumoured to be low quality anyway, and they are getting rarer, I don't see them coming up in France any more.
You should be able to simply run a knife around an they will come out.
However if they are being stubborn then just cut the sealant out to a couple of mm, cover up the lights, and respray, then replace the sealant afterwards.
The Argentinian replacements are rumoured to be low quality anyway, and they are getting rarer, I don't see them coming up in France any more.
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