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Old 05-30-2011, 08:13 PM
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Talking Nite shade the tail lights on the ss
They come out great and didnt even think they would come out so cool.

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Old 05-30-2011, 08:24 PM
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That looks really good! I want to go the same route instead of expensive LED lights. Was it expensive to do?
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Did you tinted them or purchased as shown?
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Old 05-30-2011, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Miltown SS
That looks really good! I want to go the same route instead of expensive LED lights. Was it expensive to do?
$24.88 was amount for the supplys from pepboys.
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Originally Posted by Zagohhr
Did you tinted them or purchased as shown?
I did them myself and still got some left over so can do my camaro tails too.
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Very nice, and I'm digging the "swirling vortex vanity plate", when did FL make them available?
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Looks good. I did mine as well, but I noticed they came out a little spotty. I'm going to deal with it for right now until I get some more time to sand them down and start over.
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Looks good. I did mine as well, but I noticed they came out a little spotty. I'm going to deal with it for right now until I get some more time to sand them down and start over.
How did u prep the tail light? If don't mine me asking.
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Originally Posted by RobSSTurbo
How did u prep the tail light? If don't mine me asking.
I washed, then wet sanded them with 2000 grit. Cleaned with wax/grease remover. Then sprayed 2 coats of the niteshades, then 3 coats of clear. Let it dry for a week, wet sanded with 2000 again to get rid of the orange peel, then polished with Megs ultimate compound, then followed that up with a finer polish called Menzerna Po85rd. They are nice and smooth, but the niteshades didn't cover that well, so there are little spots that I can see upclose that didn't cover as well. When you step back and look they look great.

I'm meticulous and I won't let them stay that way for long. I just need to find the time to pop them out and do them over.
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