refinish s4 tail lights black piece?
#1
refinish s4 tail lights black piece?
My tail lights are in decent condition, i'm too poor to buy a set of S5's(oh i would love to...)
SO. my tail light black surrounding piece is kind of faded, and is almost gray. i saw a 3M refinishing kit for 30$ to shine up lenses but i wasnt sure if it was the case for the outer piece also. its weird because when it is wet, it turns nice and black again but when dry it is nasty and gray.
i searched for "refinishing" and such and found nothing so that is why i am asking here..
im a little afraid, the S4 light are growing on me...as much as i hated them before actually owning the car
please help me make my car pretty! and if you guys point me in the right direction, i'll try to do a nice write up with pictures!
SO. my tail light black surrounding piece is kind of faded, and is almost gray. i saw a 3M refinishing kit for 30$ to shine up lenses but i wasnt sure if it was the case for the outer piece also. its weird because when it is wet, it turns nice and black again but when dry it is nasty and gray.
i searched for "refinishing" and such and found nothing so that is why i am asking here..
im a little afraid, the S4 light are growing on me...as much as i hated them before actually owning the car
please help me make my car pretty! and if you guys point me in the right direction, i'll try to do a nice write up with pictures!
#3
Listen to King Diamond.
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I sanded mine down to smooth out the surface, since they were really faded and took on a textured finish (I believe I started with a random old coarse sanding block I had lying around, then 400, then 600, then some really fine stuff I had left over from my model building days), then sprayed rattle can clear coat on them and buffed that. Looks really good, and is the only 'paintless' S4 tail restoration I've seen.
The result (before and after):
The result (before and after):
#5
that is exactly how mine look. so i just need to sand them down....and rob, clear coat sounds a bit easier to work with over black paint. less chance for bleeding onto the lenses.
since this is plastic, what kind of paint should i be using? polycarbonate? stuff from home depot? i've never done much painting except for my RC cars where you paint the inside of the body so when you crash it doesnt come off on the outside :P
since this is plastic, what kind of paint should i be using? polycarbonate? stuff from home depot? i've never done much painting except for my RC cars where you paint the inside of the body so when you crash it doesnt come off on the outside :P
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#12
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My old boss gave me a huge roll of tint.. But the problem was every 6 inches it was creased. I figured I can try to black out my my tails to see ow it comes out.. Looked really hot. But durring the day the brake lights were very weak. And ripped off the tint..
I myself would never use the spray can of tint just because once you spray it its there and not coming off easily. Thas just me tho.
I myself would never use the spray can of tint just because once you spray it its there and not coming off easily. Thas just me tho.
#20
whats a Turbo V?
on my first set of lights i did(made S4s into 10AEs) i used a gloss black paint and painted where the bulb sat but left the lens factory color it looked realy good