need a step by step (with pics) for removing tails
10-27-2012, 07:47 PM
#41
i was on your posts cuz i was showing someone how you are niteshadesx with a new username.
10-29-2012, 09:24 AM
#45
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there all pretty much the same, just different years from what i've seen.
10-29-2012, 09:56 PM
#46
I would suggest opening them up & painting them from the inside. I bought a used pair of those lights a few years back from another org member. He had painted them on the outside & had over spray & paint runs all over them. I had to wet sand & repaint them. Although the end result wasn't that bad it definitely would've looked cleaner & factory looking if it was done from the inside. Either way do light even coats & compare them to the red portion of the inner lights in between coats so they don't end up being darker. Don't forget to spray a few layers of clear.
10-31-2012, 09:57 PM
#52
no need for that. when I got my david l's used, they were painted with crappy testors paint. I sanded the tail lights down to all clear again and used some japanese tail light paint which is what David L actually used and gives a damn near perfect match to the inner reds.
Edit:
Its called Vans tail light paint. heres an ebay link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VANS-Red-Len...2d9faa&vxp=mtr
Edit:
Its called Vans tail light paint. heres an ebay link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VANS-Red-Len...2d9faa&vxp=mtr
11-01-2012, 02:44 AM
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40 bux for a can of paint??!!!!?! holy crap!!!! do i get happy ending if i buy a can??!!? as far as the testors, you mean this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/180976165557...706260ffec3ff9 and what clear do you use?? if any??
as far as the testors, you mean this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/180976165557...706260ffec3ff9 and what clear do you use?? if any??
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11-02-2012, 08:52 AM
#59
Even if you open them up and paint the inside, getting a perfect match is extremely difficult. I did that to mine. The end result looks great from 10 - 15 feet away, and just okay close up.
11-02-2012, 12:12 PM
#60
I just posted the first thing I found online. I only paid $20 for mine, you just have to look around. Usually JDM *cough* honda, ricer *cough* shops stock vans' paints in all the colors.
As for clear, it looks great without it, but they make a clear too I believe.
As for clear, it looks great without it, but they make a clear too I believe.
11-02-2012, 06:28 PM
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11-02-2012, 06:33 PM
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11-03-2012, 08:25 AM
#65
again no offense, because youre pretty well informed when it comes to a lot of discussion on this board, but a taillight IS a body part. and its a very simple body part at that, which frequently needs to be removed to do a laundry list of things.
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