zooduster

Any body know what type of glue the OEM used to seal the headlights together on a tC. I know you can silicone them after the fact, but I'd like to be able to bake them apart next time I get in there. If so, does any body know where I can get some?

Yanki01

you can re-use it.

BZinn1

Goto a good auto body shop and ask them where their supply store is located.....there has to be one locally that all the shops use for materials.....they do not shop Home Depot for it.
At mine I found the push pins for like panels and all the equipment needed for auto body repair.....tools.........and every sealer known to man.

Calling around might not get you the results you are looking for as over the phone it is hard to explain..........so goto a shop and ask and show them what you are looking for........

rule number 1........if it is on a car it can be purchased........hope that helps.......at last my schooling in Autobody did some good........

phiquach

Silicone

SquallLHeart

NOT silicone... quick science fact: silicone is heat resistant.. you bake a headlight in an oven... silicone isn't gonna melt and get gooey..

OEM headlight glue is a hot-melt type which are mostly polyolefin based.

zooduster

Thanks every one for the help Feeling kind of stupid not to think about a hot melt glue or should I say an above average heat melt adhesive. Thanks to all

draxcaliber

so if you used silicone to seal it, it would never open again squall?

and why wouldn't it be heat resistant? don't headlights get hot?

SquallLHeart

silicone IS heat resistant.

you can pull/cut/tear it apart silicone once it sets... which is how you'd open it..
but melt? not really.. no.

draxcaliber

sorry, i meant, why wouldn't you seal it with silicone because it is heat resistant, so it won't get gooey and come apart like glue?

SquallLHeart