polishing smoked tail lights
12-07-2008, 02:14 PM
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polishing smoked tail lights
just smoked my tail lights.....just cant seem to figure out how get them nice and shined up.....my bufffer freakin broke/......any suggestions from past experiences.... i searched a few threads but no one said anything about the final polish.....thanks in advance
12-09-2008, 08:22 PM
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i did the outside......today i got a new buffer and some polishing cream.....they came out nice.......my freakin' wife even liked it....amazin.....but tell me what you suggest......thanks bro
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i hope you clear coated them...when i smoked mine with vht they looked like flat black spray paint which looked like crap so i put 3 coats of automotive (not rattle can) clear coat on them. then allowed them to dry then wetsanded with 1500 and buffed them with compound and a good high speed buffer
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i hope you clear coated them...when i smoked mine with vht they looked like flat black spray paint which looked like crap so i put 3 coats of automotive (not rattle can) clear coat on them. then allowed them to dry then wetsanded with 1500 and buffed them with compound and a good high speed buffer
03-01-2009, 06:37 PM
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here are my tail lights. i like the way they turned out. it looks good on red............sorry if my car is a little dirty........i used the vht tint spray and a can of clear coat from autozone...........4 light coats of the tint and 3 of the clear and 2 good polishings.........hope everyone likes it
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05-06-2009, 06:09 PM
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i didnt tape it or anything.......i just did the lights coats.....held the can about 6 inches away so it would very lightly coated and took my time,,,,,same thing with the clear coats....dont rush it......i didnt want mine real dark anyways
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I did mine super duper dark on my 626. I just did very small coats and waited till it was super dry before each coat and did like 30 coats then did a few clear coats over the top. The lighter the coatings the better.
05-07-2009, 02:58 PM
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I see I see....so then you actually did paint the entire brake light...i seen a picture on here the other day where they had paints around that brake light. so the entire taillight was dark except for the circle brake light...dats what I thought you had done....it looks good nonetheless....may have to try it myself...about how long did it take you to do them?
05-07-2009, 03:47 PM
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Hey PUP.
I noticed you have little convex mirrors on your side view mirrors. How do you like them?
Can you park easier?
Is you placement of the mirrors ideal?
I noticed you have little convex mirrors on your side view mirrors. How do you like them?
Can you park easier?
Is you placement of the mirrors ideal?
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