93-97 Formula/Trans Am Tail lights

[blindeyed]

This is probably a shot in the dark question, but has anyone come across a way to repair the delamination issues with these light housings? Here's a few pictures I took below.

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In case you're wondering... I bought them off ebay, but the douchebag I bought them from didnt mention that one had some delamination and the other one fogged. I've already bought another set since then, so the ones I've got now are fine. I just figured I'd toy with these and see if I can fix them. I just can't figure out how to fix that delamination.. looks like the lens is laminated to the plastic mold. Here's a few more pics for anyone interested as to what these look like taken apart. They're very interesting, and now I finally see how those guys turn these things into ghetto altezza's.

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Ghetto Altezza's
Ghetto Altezza's on a T/A

[poormillionaire2]

Never heard or seen that happen before, but it almost looks like the 'delamination' is a result of lots of heat. It looks like if you held a hair dryer to it for a while, it would yield the same effect. If that is the case, you can't reverse that. Maybe some black paint or nail polish...

[blindeyed]

Originally Posted by poormillionaire2

Never heard or seen that happen before, but it almost looks like the 'delamination' is a result of lots of heat. It looks like if you held a hair dryer to it for a while, it would yield the same effect. If that is the case, you can't reverse that. Maybe some black paint or nail polish...

Yeah, it's weird how it does that. These tail lights are apparently prone to delamination occuring. There's really no touch up, like paint, that i can do to it. Because the delamination is under the outer plastic cover, it's on the inside between the plastic lines. I want to try to get a decent amount of money out of these so I figured I would try to fix them up as good as I can.

EDIT: btw, you can see how badly delaminated the lights are on the picture of that T/A with the ghetto altezza's.

[blindeyed]

So.. anyone else with any other ideas?

[bag91]

Originally Posted by blindxeyed

So.. anyone else with any other ideas?

Not to take this another direction, but since you have them apart why dont you tint em black......it be flippin sweet!!!!

[blindeyed]

Yeah that was gonna be my backup plan if I couldn't repair them. Figured it would hide the delamination, and be better than those snap on blackouts.

This guy tinted his, it looks pretty good.