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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 12:26 AM
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hey everyone. i bought some niteshade to paint my taillights. from what i read it seems pretty simple. remove the taillights, prep and clean them. put a couple of coats on. let it sit overnight. wet sand to get the imperfections out and then put a couple coats of clear coat(i got dupli-color acrylic enamel.) i'll post some pics tomorrow when i'm done.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 04:45 PM
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done with the taillights. 3rd brake light is turning out to be a pita. might have to get some rougher sandpaper to sand the lens.

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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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turned out nice and if the third brake light is being a pain try and take it all off and start again that what i had to do
 
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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Sand it down til its all gone then continue sanding till you get to 2000 grit
 
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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i just sanded my third brake light down. it came off no problem. i'd imagine the taillights would be difficult compared to the third brake light though.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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finally done

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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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looks good man and eric sully is right its a lot of work i got my buddy to do it i quit lol but its a lot of work if you wanna do it
 
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