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SeventyMach1

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I painted the tail light bezels on my Opal Frost GT today. I painted them with black Krylon. They look great! My question is on the lens part. Are they supposed to have a clear coat on them? Mine appear to have a clear coat that is flaking off like crazy! It looks really bad where the clear used to be. Any recommendations on this?

 

94GTLaserRC

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I dont think they are 'supposed' to have cc. Did someone own the car before you and maybe do it?

RC

 

SeventyMach1

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94GTLaserRC said:

I dont think they are 'supposed' to have cc. Did someone own the car before you and maybe do it?

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Yeah, that is possible. What's the best way to remove it all? Will wetsanding them work? I tried Mequire's Plastix polish on the areas that it has peeled off. It didn't help. They look really faded.... Thanks.

 

nmcgrawj

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I think Paul(killercanary) had some clear coat on his headlights or something. He just wetsanded them and used the BlueOval Plastic/glass polish or whatever. It should work, i know when i wetsanded my tail lights just to clean them up they turned out brand new.

 

gcomfx.com

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I bought an extra set... going to try the black ones on my car too. Let me know if you clear your whole taillights or not. I was kinda wondering myself.

 

94GTLaserRC

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SeventyMach1 said:

Yeah, that is possible. What's the best way to remove it all? Will wetsanding them work? I tried Mequire's Plastix polish on the areas that it has peeled off. It didn't help. They look really faded.... Thanks.

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wetsanding should help...a lot of us use like a 1500 grit with plenty of water.. after that, THEN go for the plastic polish, Or I used regular T.W. polishing compound.

RC

 

mo_dingo

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Whatever the case, wetsand them, then spray some glossy clear from a rattle can. Couple coats should make them turn out perfect.

Or you could do the VHT night shades, and black them out.
Scott

 

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mo_dingo said:

Whatever the case, wetsand them, then spray some glossy clear from a rattle can. Couple coats should make them turn out perfect.

Or you could do the VHT night shades, and black them out.
Scott

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where in the hell do i get that VHT night shades from? ive been thinking about blacking out my lights.....also got any pics of blacked out sn95s tails?