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Old 10-17-10, 10:22 AM
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does anyone know how to remove tail red-outs? i am probably going to upgrade to the 2011 light that has the white lens, but for now I need to remove the red-outs
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Just park it out in the sun to get in nice and warm. Or use a hair dryer to heat it up a bit to loosen the adhesive. Then peel slowly.

Then use adhesive remover (Goo Gone) to remove the gummy/sticky residue.

Are you gonna redout the 2011 tails? j/k
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just keep them on, most likely if you sell them the next person will red them out anyways, this way you will save both you and the buyer some time
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agree with Phresh. next owner might want the red outs on. but yah u can just peel it off easily
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You can peel them off and then remove an residual glue with nailpolish remover.
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Why do you want to remove them? But like they say, hair dryer and should be easy to peel off.
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hey hows it going guys. i always here red-outs but what does that mean?? anyone have a regular pic and a red-outs one.
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If they were anything like mine from Aerotect they just fell off on their own. Mine lasted weeks.

Just lift an edge and pull.
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Originally Posted by lues350
hey hows it going guys. i always here red-outs but what does that mean?? anyone have a regular pic and a red-outs one.
"red-outs" is a short term for applying red film/overlay on the yellow/amber parts of your tail lights to make it all red. That's why it's called red-out.

If you do a search for red-outs, I'm sure you'll find plenty of pics.
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