Bright Red


Scuffed and tapped

Wet sanded and polished

 

Why is the left half way darker than the right? And I wish I could do this by myself, id have to go to a shop

 

nice

 

the only picture of the right is a pic of before...I B confussseeddd

 

I think it only looks that way because of the sun and glare.

 

yea, it's just the light/camera playing tricks. that picture of both is before I did anything to either of them

 

looks great! did you spray it or actually put tint on it?

 

sprayed tint and clear...as you can see in 1 pic, I taped up part of the light. (So basically it's a 2 tone tint job but it all looks like one shade because of the differences in the way the spray tint works over different colors.) That can't be done when using tinting plastic unless you want to tint OVER the tape which I guess you could do but it would look like $hite when done

 

wet sanded again

slick as eel snot now!!!






I think they are red enough that I shouldn't have to worry too much about being stopped don't yall think?

 

looks good man. did you polish it with a buffer on the last stage?

 

Looks awesome! What spray did u use? And did u sand by hand?

 

looking good man!

 

how come the part you taped off looks exactly the same as the non-taped areas?

 

Yes, did what I could with a buffer 1st then finished my hand. I ran out of time when I had them off. Had to put them on and finish on the car which kinda sucks but oh well sometimes u just gotta do what u gotta do...

 

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of course I sanded by hand it only takes a little effort to get the orange peal out of the clear

 

it looks lighter in person but it seems the same in the pic because it only has one coat of tint and because the clear lens inside the light is reflecting more natural light back out. The red has two coats of tint and does not reflect as much natural light back through

 

Nice. Reason I ask is because I sanded/polished mine by hand and they looked like yours first few weeks (super glossy, glass-like reflection) but in a few spots look a little foggy now. I can polish it up and it'll shine for a few days but goes back to being foggy again. Should I just keep polishing the hell out of it and try a buffer?

 

when you polish, does the rag turn black or grey? just wondering if you have cut through the clear coat

 

Light grey if anything ill take a pic

 

looks good bro, did u forget to smoke the spoiler lights?

 

if the rag is turning color when compounding, you have rubbed through your clear

 

I'm just going to leave the 3rd light as is.

 

actually nevermind, its more of a tan color from the polish. im gonna get a good buffer and polish them up and give them a nice coat of wax

 

looks good bro!

 

Not really digging it, in my opinion its lacking the 'shine' perhaps not enough of the clear coat?...but props on getting this done on your own...

 

I would definitely tint the third brake light as well but that's just me.

 

I don't see any point in messing with the 3rd brake light. You can hardly see it, it always seems to be in the shadows under the spoiler and it leaves a red light to the rear in case the po po wants to stop me.

 

In my opinion it can be seen and just having that strip brighter than the rest of the tails would annoy me. At least give it a slight tint (maybe one coat) to complete the job.

 

I agree go ahead and tint it with one coat so it matches, it definitely still outputs light and will be the quickest paint job you've ever done lol. its easy to take off and put back on

 

had to pull them out again to replace the POS LEDs I put in the back-up lights so I wet sanded and polished AGAIN...I put Silver Stars in this time...

 

Do you have any pics yet on the car with the lights on?? Looks good btw!!

 

I'll take a few and post them

 

how long does it take to remove the tail lights? Do you have to drop the bumper cover?

 

it takes longer to tear the trunk apart to get to the lights than it takes to get the lights out. you don't have to do anything to the bumper just work inside the trunk.

 

it looks good, I believe I am going to do a red strip of transparent tint on the clear part of the taillight so it looks like a fully red taillight.

 

looks really nice good job!

 

I forgot to post pics of the lights on... Here is one from over 100' away with the break lights on.

 

Those smoked flows well with you color

 

I installed 20% peel and cling tint on my tails lights. If a cop pulls me over, all I have to do is peel it off and cling it back on when I get home. But so far I hadn't been hassled thank god

 

tinted tails nasty! but to each there own great work tho 3
2012 tails lights are better option then spraying perfectly good tail lights