Make your tail lights look like glass! LOOK
09-28-2003, 11:43 PM
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Make your tail lights look like glass! LOOK
Nothing a little plastic polishing compound can't handle! What do you all think?
First pic is my 88 TA and second pic is the third brake light on my 95.
First pic is my 88 TA and second pic is the third brake light on my 95.
09-29-2003, 07:56 AM
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Hey guys. Glad you like it. Yes, that haziness is the "before" and the "shinyness" is the after. All you need is a die grinder (I used pneumatic), a loose-style buffing wheel (a little 3" will work), and plastic polishing compound from www.eastwood.com ...If you head over to that site, it's the blue compound, and it runs about $5 for a bar of it.
Just apply that compound to your buffing wheel and buff away. Be sure to NOT stop on one part of the light. Be sure to keep moving as you don't want heat build-up and discoloring your tail lights or leaving burn marks. I did this on my 95 tail lights as well but I don't have pics up yet.
Happy buffing!
Just apply that compound to your buffing wheel and buff away. Be sure to NOT stop on one part of the light. Be sure to keep moving as you don't want heat build-up and discoloring your tail lights or leaving burn marks. I did this on my 95 tail lights as well but I don't have pics up yet.
Happy buffing!
That looks excellent!
09-29-2003, 05:02 PM
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You can also do it with a terry cloth and rubbing compound. Use some 1500 or 2000 drit sandpaper to remove and scratchs or the DOT lettering, then buf out like you would paint. I sanded all my lights smooth and then repolished.
09-30-2003, 05:48 PM
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when I took my car to the dealer it had a huge scratch on the taillight and they used some polish and wiped it by hand and it took it out. The compound they use works awesome, for those that don't have a wheel you can see if the dealer sells this stuff, I was amazed at how well it looked. took only a few minutes, the guy siad they didn't use wheels for fear of burning the plastic. I imagine this stuff would work good on the instrument cluster lens as well, I know mine needs a good polish.
09-30-2003, 11:41 PM
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