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Old 08-31-11, 01:26 PM
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So I got a depo foglight with the yellow film from my friend since mine cracked, he only had one and my other one is clear, I've been trying all morning to bake them to take off the yellow film inside. I've done 250 for 7 minutes with no results and 300 for 4 minutes with no results! What will melt the glue! Help!
Old 08-31-11, 01:55 PM
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yellow film or yellow cap?
Old 08-31-11, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyN
yellow film or yellow cap?
It's a yellow film underneath the cap. Like a tube of yellow plastic.
Old 08-31-11, 02:15 PM
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so you're saying its film and a cap?
Old 08-31-11, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jnguyenGS
It's a yellow film underneath the cap. Like a tube of yellow plastic.
Is the yellow plastic film cap next to the Muffler bearing, cause it requires 450 Deg in the oven
Old 08-31-11, 04:43 PM
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Its the yellow plastic film next to the yellow cap beside the yellow filter insert in the film cap muffler...bearing?? lol
Old 08-31-11, 04:46 PM
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Doesn't sound like you're leaving them in there long enough. The fogs are supposedly the easiest to split open.
Old 08-31-11, 06:10 PM
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Just keep an eye on them. 7mins not nearly enough. takes 10 to get a decent melt for headlights. Crank the heat and check on them every few minutes to make sure they arent melting
Old 08-31-11, 06:23 PM
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throw them in the garbage and buy my fog thats up for sale.

comes with a free flux cap.
Old 08-31-11, 06:55 PM
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I have never had any luck with baking headlights or fog lights. I used a dremel and cut into it before with my last car and worked for me. If you have no luck with the oven just dremel into the fog light, and silicon it to make a seal.
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If you are talking about the oem yellow fogs and reffering to the yellow capsule inside, you can just break it. There are threads about this.
Old 08-31-11, 10:25 PM
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Lol I broke it with a screw driver. Thanks for all the info! Both my fogs are clear now! Putting in my 3000k hids tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by ThomasGS4
Doesn't sound like you're leaving them in there long enough. The fogs are supposedly the easiest to split open.
no they not....not by any means

Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
If you are talking about the oem yellow fogs and reffering to the yellow capsule inside, you can just break it. There are threads about this.
for once john got it right

many, many threads about this....
Old 09-01-11, 11:36 AM
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why dont u just trade someone?
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Preheat your oven to 250 F on BAKE and then TURN IT OFF place the fog light in on a dish and wait ten minutes keeping an eye on it then take out and use a flat screw driver to loosen the glue and if its still hard do it again but one time should be enough for something that small just remember to keep an eye on it


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