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Old 11-17-2010, 09:05 AM
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Soo i was talking on the cell phone and BAM!!! i backed into a tree lol broke the tail light no or other damage want to advance to Melt cases how would i go about that?
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What.

Please use english, you want to plastic weld them together?
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What im looking for is a design to something like this.... I want to weld melt cases for my back taillights. if you can understand this diesel
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So you want a design for a protective plastic/metal case or cage for your tail lights?
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I want a melt casing for my taillights? how is that hard to understand? going to go to round taillights? lol idk how this is confusing
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I want a melt casing for my taillights? how is that hard to understand? going to go to round taillights? lol idk how this is confusing
Read what you wrote. Do you mean metal?
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no what he wants to do is melt the plastic back together thus "welding" the plastic. Honestly... don't know how this would work on the hard plastic of the lights. I have seen it done on much softer plastic and it worked decently. They have industrial grade glue that will do the same thing that you are trying to do.
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What's a melt casing?Who's on first?What?
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just buy new tail lights...there cheap.
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Originally Posted by Chucks96XJ
just buy new tail lights...there cheap.
As long as this is the grammar thread, "They're" lol

But yeah, buy new tail lights or make a METAL case. Or you could always try not talking on the phone.
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^^^yeah I'm gonna have to move you to the basement....
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Originally Posted by Diesel
What.

Please use english, you want to plastic weld them together?
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no what he wants to do is melt the plastic back together thus "welding" the plastic. Honestly... don't know how this would work on the hard plastic of the lights. I have seen it done on much softer plastic and it worked decently. They have industrial grade glue that will do the same thing that you are trying to do.
I think he would have just answered yes to my statement lol
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I really thought we were talking about melting or welding plastic tailights together for a minute.whew.....
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Originally Posted by clockwise
Soo i was talking on the cell phone....
Here's an instructional message for you.

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Originally Posted by Skunkape
I really thought we were talking about melting or welding plastic tailights together for a minute.whew.....
We were. Its called plastic welding.


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