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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 07:49 PM
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hey guys, I repainted my tails last week. I was sick of the VHT look and it just looked plain bad after 2 years. I used goof off or whatever it is called to take off the VHT. It was the graffiti remover one in an aerosol can and it worked well. After lots of elbow grease I had them looking like new! I repainted the lights with Plastidip Smoke. Got the idea from novovictus and it is only available on dipyourcar.com At first I only painted the outside and had the circles taped off completely but it didn't look good so I threw more coats on top of everything. I like the look..the lights are red again but have a frosted look to them more than a smoked look.

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on truck..bad pics but I will get some better ones
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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 08:57 PM
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That is cool!
 
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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 11:32 PM
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looks good man, did you paint the ramhead too?
 
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 09:02 AM
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That was done awhile ago with regular plastidip. Thanks
 
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 09:36 AM
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That works well with your color truck.
 
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 11:51 AM
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Interesting!
 
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 08:48 PM
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thanks guy, I will add a night picture soon too
 
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 09:57 AM
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I have an off topic ? for you...Did you paint or plasti-dip the top of the rear bumper(the rubberish part)? mine is fading and I was wondering what would look the best/ hold up the best?
 
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 02:27 PM
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Painted with truck bed coating. Brought it back to life
 
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 11:44 PM
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cool thanks. Im gonna try that
 
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