37 replies to this topic

[Bargi]

Need to reseal some headlights but would like to take them apart at a later date. Can I reheat tigerseal to break them apart or can someone recommend a different sealant that's more manageable. Cheers!

[Hark]

Having had a rear light lense fall off on a very very hot track day I wang something that won't come apart. Lol

[ArticMonkey]

Having had a rear light lense fall off on a very very hot track day I wang something that won't come apart. Lol

I'd say it was just your poor DIY skills that caused that.

[Kieran McC]

Need to reseal some headlights but would like to take them apart at a later date.
Can I reheat tigerseal to break them apart or can someone recommend a different sealant that's more manageable.

Cheers!

Tiger seal is a polyurethane sealant very strong and flexible try silicone sealant it will come apart easier.

[.Adam.]

I've found Tigerseal/Sikaflex to be pretty strong, I used it to stick the cycle wings on my Westie, and they didn't fall off, although I never had a need to try and take them off, so can't say how easy or hard it would have been to unstick them.

[Nev]

Tigerseal sets like rock, dont use it if you want to ever take it apart.

[darronwall]

black silicone.tigerseal will be a pig to get apart

[Zuber]

Wasn't it Tiger Seal that was used to bond the lights in the first place ? Assuming it was, then it isn't 'that' good... This topic reminded me of those old adverts where they had a bloke hanging from various precarious locations held there by his overalls bonded in place or something.

[techieboy]

This topic reminded me of those old adverts where they had a bloke hanging from various precarious locations held there by his overalls bonded in place or something.

Solvite.

[VXBONE]

tigerseal is intense,sets like stone,it cannot be reheated once cured,so you would have to cut through it carefully to remove lense in future, and dont get it on you mums carpet,they go MENTAL!!

[Hark]

Having had a rear light lense fall off on a very very hot track day I wang something that won't come apart. Lol

I'd say it was just your poor DIY skills that caused that.

Oem light that hasn't been split before as far as I can tell. Not the first I don't think mate.

[jonnyboy]

Silicone will not do. If you get plenty of heat on the tiger seal it will come apart but really it should be viewed as permanent.

[darronwall]

Silicone will not do. If you get plenty of heat on the tiger seal it will come apart but really it should be viewed as permanent.

will it not?? i think you are wrong

[chris_uk]

tigerseal doesnt set rock hard, it dries like a hard rubber, but deffinatly not rock solid.

[VXBONE]

tigerseal doesnt set rock hard, it dries like a hard rubber, but deffinatly not rock solid.

its an expression, obvoiusly not stone,but its certainly not flexible

[Steelic]

Some has gone off in the nozzle on mine and it set like rubber and is flexible.

[VXBONE]

well i got bored and filled a whole the size of a sideplate in the garage wall and now it is hardcore!

[Bargi]

Interesting, is this possibly where the original seal is made from? here
Would gasket sealant work or not set hard enough?

[techieboy]

I had to use some butyl tape after the Tollboothgate incident as I refused to drill holes in my rear clam. Was sticky as hell and think there's still some on there but it doesn't set hard and I wouldn't want to chance it on the light lenses. Though I believe Elise Parts or Elise Shop sell it for attaching the separate lens covers on the S1's.

[Hark]

What else can you use that will definitely not come apart? What have others used, as this mid gas been done many many times before.