Painted My Tail Lights

1990civic · #1 08-11-2002, 03:17 AM

Well I Painted My Tail lights With Testors Candy Red And They Turned Out Awesome, But I Did Have A Couple Of Problems!!! First Off The Paint Scratches, And Scuffs Very Easily. Second Problem Is There Is Some FISHEYE On The Tails!! I Havent Clear Coated It Yet Would That Fix The Problem Of Scratches??? And About The FISHEYE Should I Just Wet Sand The Tails Down A Little Bit, And Do A Lit Coat???? What Type Of Sand Paper Should I Use????

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Melt · #2 08-11-2002, 12:55 PM

clear coating should fix the scratching problem, as far as "fisheye" what do you mean? Call me stupid but I have never heard that term before

1990civic · #3 08-12-2002, 12:47 AM

FISHEYE= Round Circles Where The Paint Didnt Stick!!!! Should I Go With TESTORS Clear Coat, Or A Different Brand????

thanks

88ReX · #4 08-12-2002, 01:19 AM

I'd reccomend using the testors clear only b/c I used some krylon clear and the can spit all over the place, pissed me of too. gL

budd91crx · #5 08-12-2002, 01:34 AM

what u should probably do is go to wal-mart or an auto store and get the finest (i think its like 700-900 grit...not 2 sure though) sand-paper u can get...and color sand it..wet the sand paper and lightly sand the taillight.if you have enough paint on the taillight it will take all of the imperfections outta the paint (fisheyes,runs, etc..)then after that go ahead and clear coat it.

good luck with your job.

budd

nawoj · #6 08-12-2002, 10:45 PM

you can get 2000 grit and eve 3000 grit sandpaper at wallmart or any autoparts store...

sackerius · #7 08-13-2002, 07:14 AM

k but the question now is.. at night is there gunna be light through ur taillights? lol.... plz let us know, cuz i wouldnt mind tryin this mod.

1990civic · #8 08-13-2002, 11:05 AM

sure the light goes through!!!!!! The Paint Is Transparent!!!! DOT LEGAL I Dont Think So!!! Luckily I Live In IOWA, If I Lived In Cali, or A Big City I Wouldnt Even Think Of Painting My Lights!!!

88ReX · #9 08-13-2002, 11:07 AM

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Originally posted by sackerius
k but the question now is.. at night is there gunna be light through ur taillights? lol.... plz let us know, cuz i wouldnt mind tryin this mod.

Yea U can see right thru it just like a normal tail, if U use the "transparent" paint.

Melt · #10 08-13-2002, 11:15 AM

I live in Cali and I see painted tails all the time. Cops dont care long as the shit lights up red. They are more likely to pull you over for altezzas or clears.

spy54 · #11 08-13-2002, 11:22 AM

yeah i was thinking about doing this, getting a set of clears and painting them all red to give them a more unified look then red/orange/white

Melt · #12 08-13-2002, 11:37 AM

I am just gonna paint my stocks all red. I dunno what I want to do with the center piece though, I am thinking of getting one off an 88 sedan (before they were reflectors, they used to be strips of black plastic) and then get some paint same color as my car and spray that shit blue, and it will look tight.

HiRcc · #13 08-13-2002, 12:05 PM

any pics

1990civic · #14 08-13-2002, 01:14 PM

Truth Is If YOur Going TO Buy Clears, and Paint the whole taillight red your wasting your money, just paint the stock tails, trust me its very unified, the only reason im gonna buy clear tails is to paint half red, and leave the other half clear (2g civic look) !!!!

spy54 · #15 08-13-2002, 01:37 PM

but painting the orange red? woudl you have to tsomehow get the orange off?

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