CETA Center tailight mod write up
 

Want to make your stock center tailight section go from red letters to a CETA style letters and bird? Read along.

My stock 2000 Trans am center tailight letters and bird was faded. I wanted to get a new one. So instead of ordering a CETA center tailight section from the dealership I made my own.

1. Order CETA decal from afterthoughtsauto.com for $10
2. Wait for it in the mail
3. Take your center section out, wet sand it with 2000 grit sand paper and hot soapy water. i used dawn dish soap.
4. Polish compound the piece
5. Place decal on
6. Spray clear coat on top. Let dry for a day.
7. Polish compound the clear coat until it looks like glass

Cost
1.Decal $10
2. Sand paper $2
3. Polish compound $5
4. Clear coat spray $4

What it looked like

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...light001-1.jpg

After wet sanded and polish compounded

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...20am/shine.jpg

With decal on, clear on, clear polished and compounded

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...am/Ceta001.jpg

Finished product, notice the reflection

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...am/Ceta002.jpg

Looks good!

- Justin

very nice matt i like it now do one for my Bird

holy crap that came out good!

that is freaking awsome i might have to try that on my bird.
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Female Advice Advice

damn. nice work

Looks professional, Nice job

sweet. how much would a real one run from the stealership?

close to $100 i would think

Good job. I was shocked at how easy it actually was when I got down to doing it (did it slightly different but I had an interesting piece to start with). I didn't put a decal on mine but I actually like it more like that anyhow. Nicely done.

-J

looks good!

looks awesome, i need to do that on mine:nod: