taillight resurfacing?
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taillight resurfacing?
Mine are pretty scratched up and have some overspray on them from the paint job (before i got the car). Is their anything other then getting a new set i can do to make them nice again? Ie: sanding, buffing?
Thanks, Mike
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I need to do this also, mine have a nice dull gray tone to them.
I saw this in a local paint shop:
http://www.handsontools.com/store-pr...E_3605505.html
The guy behind the counter said it works well on headlights, but he doesn't know about the FD tailights. I am going to try using a compound first, and if that doesn't work, then maybe try that kit.
I saw this in a local paint shop:
http://www.handsontools.com/store-pr...E_3605505.html
The guy behind the counter said it works well on headlights, but he doesn't know about the FD tailights. I am going to try using a compound first, and if that doesn't work, then maybe try that kit.
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I clay them first to get the overspray off then use meguiars plastic cleaner and plastic polish on a cotton buffing wheel. works great. The the Novus plastic polishing compounds also work well.
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Novus plastic polish. It comes in various "grits" and does a great job. I've used it on Lexan, acrylic, face sheilds etc. Get a buffing wheel for your drill to apply it.
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On a similar note of a friend's RX-7; some idiot painted the car before he bought it and basically they painted the outer rim of the tail-lights the same color as the car (the part that is supposed to be black was painted Montego Blue). Can these methods be used to take that much paint off? Or can the lights be painted back to black with a semi-gloss or something?
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Originally Posted by quicksilver_rx7
Can these methods be used to take that much paint off?
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Originally Posted by quicksilver_rx7
On a similar note of a friend's RX-7; some idiot painted the car before he bought it and basically they painted the outer rim of the tail-lights the same color as the car (the part that is supposed to be black was painted Montego Blue). Can these methods be used to take that much paint off? Or can the lights be painted back to black with a semi-gloss or something?
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Originally Posted by dgeesaman
And if you already have plain old rubbing compound or fine cut polish, that works also. Keep enough polish on the cloth that you don't have to press hard or build up heat under the rag.
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got around to it today, I ended up using 2000 grit sand paper and wet sanding them, then using a drill with a buffing wheel and some plastic polishing compound (meguairs) from autozone.
They look about like new
They look about like new
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Originally Posted by DMoneyRX-7
What could i do to resurface my headlights?
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