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

 

did you paint the inside of the light or the outside of the light?

 

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

 

i was just gonna say polish them by hand, but since you got a buff wheel i guess that works too.

 

What was used to smoke them out with.

 

pics please!

 

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

 

lol pics please!

 

ill try to get some tomorrow. i just did this to my rx7 tail lights tonight and im gonna clear them tomorrow

 

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

 

it looks like you didnt paint around the brake light...did you use anything special to cover that up or did you just tape it? Gotta make sure I keep that perfect circle on there

 

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

 

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.

 

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?

 

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?