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<blockquote data-quote="livingston" data-source="post: 987994" data-attributes="member: 20154"><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ODVNQKI/?tag=fordraptorforum-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ODVNQKI/?tag=fordraptorforum-20</a></p><p></p><p>I don't think I would go that route again. It is just a flat LED strip with a gel enclosure over it. I am working on another set where I'm just using a more traditional flat strip and putting silicone over the top. I am having some trouble finding a black silicone that is transparent enough, but that's the route I really want to go. Baking them wasn't too bad. There is a little 7mm bolt that holds them together I didn't take off on the first one and kind of messed up the interior housing peeling on it. I would recommend peeling apart the halogen housing if that's an option just to get some practice. You will figure out the best sections to start with to get them pulled apart. In reality though there isn't really anything you can mess up that isn't fixable, just have some patience and keep her warm. 250ish degrees for 7ish minutes at a time has always done me well. Make sure you get some butyl tape too, the factory stuff doesn't hold up well enough to reuse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="livingston, post: 987994, member: 20154"] [URL]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ODVNQKI/?tag=fordraptorforum-20[/URL] I don't think I would go that route again. It is just a flat LED strip with a gel enclosure over it. I am working on another set where I'm just using a more traditional flat strip and putting silicone over the top. I am having some trouble finding a black silicone that is transparent enough, but that's the route I really want to go. Baking them wasn't too bad. There is a little 7mm bolt that holds them together I didn't take off on the first one and kind of messed up the interior housing peeling on it. I would recommend peeling apart the halogen housing if that's an option just to get some practice. You will figure out the best sections to start with to get them pulled apart. In reality though there isn't really anything you can mess up that isn't fixable, just have some patience and keep her warm. 250ish degrees for 7ish minutes at a time has always done me well. Make sure you get some butyl tape too, the factory stuff doesn't hold up well enough to reuse. [/QUOTE]
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