Editing Tail lights -Taking apart tinting sealing (section)

=Tinting=
Get yourself a litre bottle of Mineral Turpentine.
This does not affect the plastic at all!

With all screws and that useless strip of black plastic removed, soak the edges of the lens cover in turps.
Do this for half a day, putting more turps on the joins every hour or so.
This will make the joining goo very sticky and come away easier.

Get something thin and flat to pry the join away with.
I've found a putty scraper the best for this.
Work the flat edge and pry away the goo to separate the lense from the tail light body.
This step sounds simple but it is very difficult to do without chipping and cracking the plastic edges - use lots of turps!

Once it is separated, clean the goo off as best you can.
This will help the new sealer to stick.

Spray the INSIDE of the lense in HVT "Nite Shades" tinting paint.
It's recommended to spray it on the outside, but inside is better for looks.
The more you put on the darker it is.
The darker it is, the closer cops will look at your car!

Put some sort of sealer in the groove where the lens meets the rest of the rear light box.
I used "blue goo" which is a gasket sealer resistant to water (obviously), oils and other petrolium products.
It is also fairly flexible.
This is important as "super glue" will become brittle and crack when you go over your first decent bump.

Press the edges together as much as you can to get a good seal.
After a few hours I got some goo on my finger and ran it around the edge, wiping off the excess with a rag, to make sure that is was 100% sealed.

Leave over night to dry.

When replacing the lights, make sure all surfaces are free of any old adhesive.
Using Sikaflex (or similar) apply a layer to both surfaces, push the lights into position, and screw them back in place.