my little tail light project

[gdddup]

heres what ive been doin for the past couple days. i guess this can be used as a diy, if there isnt already one. first i bought a set of 04-06 black trimmed tail lights.

wet sanded them with soapy water n 1000 grit paper.

tape off the trim to spray the orange turn signal red.

for this i used duplicolor metalcast. basically a transparent red paint.

after about 3-4 light coats it was a pretty close match

carefully pull off the tape and let them dry over night.

then wetsand with soapy water n 1500 grit paper now theyre ready for vht night shades

after 3 light coats...

let dry for at least an hour then use your favorite clear coat. light coat first then meaduim coats 3-4

wait until clear coat is good n dry(12-24 hours) then wetsand again with soapy water n 2000 grit paper. lastly rub on ur favorite polish. i just used meguairs scratch-x by hand it worked just fine

thanks for looking

 

[Ben]

Looks pretty much like my old 02 tails. Nice.

 

[Kman]

Looks great!

 

[alxs210]

that turned out great. nice job

 

[swtz71]

Those do look great..
post up pics of them on your truck..

 

[bkboatnsleds]

not my style - but great job - thanks for sharing!!

 

[02YuNali916]

clean... good job!!!

 

[gdddup]

thanks

 

[bkboatnsleds]

I will say - it looks even better on the truck!! nice work!

 

[gdddup]

thanks

 

[westcoast]

looks good!

 

[chip]

Well Done!

 

[gdddup]

thanks

 

[crazycrew]

Nice. I wanted to do this to the 11 hoe and to my truck, but I'm scared to **** em up.


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[fire730]

Those came out great. Exactly how I wanted mine.

I tried to do that with my tails but the parts store only had Rustoleum Taillight tint and that spray nozzle sucks. I ended up getting them too dark and then when I sprayed the clear the color bubbled up. I guess I didn't wait long enough. I just stripped all the color of and ended up just clearing mine to brighten them back up.

Gonna get some LED tails next.

 

[dwmmatt23]

Looks good. I've got some extra VHT and was waitin for some time to do mine, you just inspired me to get them done

 

[KillerBrandHoe]

looks clean, i did the same to mine but i used stained glass window paint, masked off just the reverse light and did the whole thing for a nice even coating. simple, cheap and looks way better without the ugly amber. nice work

 

[chip]

Are you guys doing this because you like it better than the LED or Stock taillights?

I'm just trying to get an idea as to why this and not LEDs or clears, or something like that. Just curious is all. No big deal either way.

 

[gdddup]

Those came out great. Exactly how I wanted mine.

I tried to do that with my tails but the parts store only had Rustoleum Taillight tint and that spray nozzle sucks. I ended up getting them too dark and then when I sprayed the clear the color bubbled up. I guess I didn't wait long enough. I just stripped all the color of and ended up just clearing mine to brighten them back up.

Gonna get some LED tails next.

yea u gotta do light coats and 10-15 between coats. and let it set prolly for a couple hours the wetsand before clear. you should be good

Looks good. I've got some extra VHT and was waitin for some time to do mine, you just inspired me to get them done

lol nice

looks clean, i did the same to mine but i used stained glass window paint, masked off just the reverse light and did the whole thing for a nice even coating. simple, cheap and looks way better without the ugly amber. nice work

thats so tru.

Are you guys doing this because you like it better than the LED or Stock taillights?

I'm just trying to get an idea as to why this and not LEDs or clears, or something like that. Just curious is all. No big deal either way.

id like to get this style led tails

but they wont fit my yukon because of the barn doors. so im gonna roll with the stocks


thanks everyone

 

[01HDtahoeNJN]

Those came out great. Exactly how I wanted mine.

I tried to do that with my tails but the parts store only had Rustoleum Taillight tint and that spray nozzle sucks. I ended up getting them too dark and then when I sprayed the clear the color bubbled up. I guess I didn't wait long enough. I just stripped all the color of and ended up just clearing mine to brighten them back

Its funny you say that...because that kiterally just happened to me today im out of fourty bucks now abd my tails are kathered in this shit



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