Question is will anyone buy them if they all have issues?

 

Good point.....i just snagged a good set off ebay so i guess i dont have much to loose by attempting this. any thoughts, suggestions, or opinions before hand? what should i use to reglue them together epoxy? and what would be the best way to go about cutting them apart? i know im probably going to want to loose the least amount of material possible... in other words how would you guys do it?

 

i would use a coping saw with a fine blade to cut plastic, you can always get a plastic blade for a mitre saw. Automotive Goop works miracles but i never tried the epoxy. once you have them apart repaint the inside of the bezels silver for better lighting (i imagine the old paint is faded?).

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Ok so it looks like each lens is a separate piece held together with some sort of glue, is there anything i could possibly put on this glue or whatever this stuff is to soften it up or anything without hurting the lens its self to help me get these apart without hacking the hell out of them? if i can get this to work ill have a damn nice set of tail lights!!!

 

I Was thinking about also maybe using a diamond tipped cutter on a dremel and just cut the seam where the glue is?

 

The plastic places use a fine wire heated to cut them apart. It's done electrically so the wire is like an element that simply slices the plastic. I'd use a hacksaw and cut through the bad lense, staying away from the lense you want to keep. Then once the bad lense was removed I'd put the good one on my belt sander and sand it flush to where I wanted it.
As for gluing them back together I wouldn't use epoxy, wrong product for plastic. Plastic places use a clear platic cement that comes in either runny for tight gaps, or a bit thicker for other gaps. If the adjoining edges are pefect the runny stuf is best, as you simply hold the two pieces together and use a syringe to apply a small amount to the joint and it runs in and melts it together.
If it's not perfect the clear thick sttuff will work better, but takes a few minutes to dry, where the runny is instant. Go see a plastic fab place and get the right glue.