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03-05-2010, 12:22 AM
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Painted my tail lights tonite
ok i guess i have a bug up my butt about painting this month so i thought while i was at it i might as well paint my tail light lol 
Pictures are not as clear as i would like them (there were taken with my cell phone but will post some more wit a regular camera soon ....
i love it am makes the car look 100 times better without any safty issues becasue you can still see the light in the day time when they are on
ok this is what they looked like before::
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all done i also did the center section
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03-05-2010, 12:35 AM
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lookin good
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03-05-2010, 01:09 AM
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Looks awesome! much better than stock look 
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03-05-2010, 07:14 AM
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Looks good...you use the VHT Nightshades? I have a can of that laying around the shop that they sent me on accident once....still haven't found the right project to use it on.
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03-05-2010, 07:19 AM
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tinted tails are the ****
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03-05-2010, 09:10 AM
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Looks awesome, **** tint is good tint.
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03-05-2010, 10:56 AM
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damn looks good? Did you use VHT?
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03-05-2010, 03:01 PM
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100000000000000 times better!
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03-05-2010, 04:42 PM
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Great Job
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03-05-2010, 05:35 PM
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it looks great
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03-05-2010, 08:44 PM
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nice 
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03-05-2010, 11:41 PM
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looks great. I love blacked out tails with the ceta mod on silver trans ams 
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03-06-2010, 12:25 PM
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looks great, makes me kinda want to do it to my taillights now
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03-07-2010, 11:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HardcoreZ28
Looks good...you use the VHT Nightshades? I have a can of that laying around the shop that they sent me on accident once....still haven't found the right project to use it on.
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Yes I used VHT Nightshades this stuff is not bad just got to spray it on in thin coats (for it not to run and to make sure you dont black it out completey) then I hit is with 2000 sandpaper then compound and wax...
I and also thinking about putting a cleat coat on top of that but i want to see how its going to hold up first...
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03-07-2010, 11:07 AM
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Quote:
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looks great, makes me kinda want to do it to my taillights now
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yes go for it it take a few hours and dont go crazy (you only need maybe two coats I put down 3 coats knowing I was going to wet sand it after) it looks almost stock (that you cant tell that you painted it) so the 5.0 dont give you a problem...
Also make sure you prep it good ... sand it (very lightly) and spary some sort of wax grease remover ( you can pick that up at any pep boys, autozone etc) and use a prep wipe to make sure you get everything off and most important wear ruber gloves becasue you dont want to touch the lens with your fingers before you paint it.
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03-07-2010, 05:41 PM
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looks great
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03-11-2010, 09:45 AM
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Dude that looks sick. Did you prime them first or just hit them with the VHT nightshades?
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03-11-2010, 12:37 PM
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Quote:
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Dude that looks sick. Did you prime them first or just hit them with the VHT nightshades?
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no primer needed on the lights but i would suggest sandig them first (not to much you dont want to put scratches in the len just enought to rough them up so the paint will stick better ... also when everything is dry wet sand with 1500 and if you want to go crazy then 2000 ... but make sure you have 2 or three coats on before wet sanding ...
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03-11-2010, 03:25 PM
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nice
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03-14-2010, 10:38 PM
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Very nice, big improvement
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03-15-2010, 06:29 PM
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Cool. What did you sand with prior to paint?
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03-15-2010, 06:52 PM
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Nice Job!
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03-15-2010, 08:47 PM
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shouldnt have any problems looks like it should be that way compared to when you see other cars that have it done
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03-15-2010, 11:11 PM
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Quote:
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Cool. What did you sand with prior to paint?
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1500 grit sandpaper
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03-22-2010, 07:56 PM
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Looking sick man. i deff wanna do this to my car
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