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WickedGen3 · 11-04-2002, 10:33 AM

i want to get rid of the amber turn signal from my gen 3 .. i was wondering if i can do it by myself instead of buying them on ebay or some website.. trying to save some $$$ just a college student... i'm going to do something like " SilverStreak" 's camry so if some one can tell me how to do this and what tools needed.. thanks :P

VZV21 · 11-04-2002, 12:41 PM

it's best to just buy them

Which year Gen 3 do you have?

Zeek321 · 11-04-2002, 03:11 PM

yes i got mine for only 21.00. thats not bad at all.. ill spend that much on food, and ive had them for more than a year.

***Silver Streak*** · 11-04-2002, 10:04 PM

I think he's talking about the rear lights, not the front ones. It's a pain in the ass to take out the orange part...the hardest part is taking off that lens
cover...I baked it in the oven to loosen the glue and then used a heat gun
to finish it up. I cracked it and melted it on one side...it was soooo hard to do. To clear it out, all you have to do is remove the orange lens inside, very simple once you get the lens off. Honestly, I don't recommend it! I would never do this again (but I will have to to fix my left lens).

WickedGen3 · 11-05-2002, 10:20 AM

yo silverstreak

i would want my camry looking like yours.. my camry is green.. i've been trying to get it look like yours for a long time.. i'm almost there .. got to try to take out the yellow.. thats all

thanks for the small info.. i think it might help

p.s. how did you paint the silver inside the turn signal..

thanks

WickedGen3

alex · 11-05-2002, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by WickedGen3

yo silverstreak

i would want my camry looking like yours.. my camry is green.. i've been trying to get it look like yours for a long time.. i'm almost there .. got to try to take out the yellow.. thats all

thanks for the small info.. i think it might help

p.s. how did you paint the silver inside the turn signal..

thanks

WickedGen3

i don't think he did anything silver inside the turnsignal.
my camry is also green......i love this color!

***Silver Streak*** · 11-05-2002, 03:27 PM

Nope, WickedGen3 is right...I painted it silver...it was originally black. How did I paint it? Simple...I just took a can of spray paint and sprayed it on...nothing special.

WickedGen3 · 11-05-2002, 03:36 PM

hey henry,

is there any other way that i can get rid of the yellow instead of heating my oven.. i don't want my mom choking me and say that i'm putting junk in her oven..lol...

thanks

WickedGen3

***Silver Streak*** · 11-05-2002, 06:06 PM

Yeah, use a heat gun...I can't think of anything else that would work...and no, a blow dryer wouldn't work either.

Only other option I can think of is to paint the outside lens red...or just do it when your mom isn't home...or at a friend's house!

spills1969 · 12-12-2002, 09:33 PM

MY SUGGESTION is a little harder, but it works really good. Get a bog pot that you can put your light in. fill it with water and bring the wboil. now making sure that the light doesn't touch the bottom of the pot, lut the light in the water and let that stuff get in there. I got mine open in under 5 mins. As long as it doesnt sit there for too long in the water, it shudn't melt or disfigure. Just try and move it around a little instead of letting it sit there.

WickedGen3 · 12-13-2002, 12:21 PM

can you expand the steps more in detail? which part of the light goes in the outside part or the inside? boiling water? which part of the lense am i supposed to pry open? do you have any pics? ..

WickedGen3

***BLUEMEANIE*** · 12-13-2002, 12:50 PM

How did you get the amber piece out? I have a 95 (gen3.5) and I couldnt budge the amber once I got it apart.

91camryDX · 12-13-2002, 02:12 PM

http://www.clonegts.com/mods/red_tails/index.htm

spills1969 · 12-13-2002, 02:13 PM

The outside is the only part that needs to be in the water, but it wud help if you filled up the inside with some hot water as well to get the seal nice and movable. No, sorry, I dont have any pics. When you pry it open, just pry the back part off from the front part. they should come together about where the clear part of the lens meets the body of the car. just be careful in prying it open so that u dont break the plastic. Hope this helps ya!