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Old 03-31-10, 08:57 AM
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^^^
wow heyarms, that is how you cover it up!
Old 03-31-10, 09:13 AM
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Ha yep. I left them on (clearly) when i painted my tail lights. I was not going to let myself get overspray on a then 4-5 month old car. So i drank a redbull one night, tape her up, and proceeded to sand, paint, wet-sand all the following day. Good times
Old 03-31-10, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by heyarms
Ha yep. I left them on (clearly) when i painted my tail lights. I was not going to let myself get overspray on a then 4-5 month old car. So i drank a redbull one night, tape her up, and proceeded to sand, paint, wet-sand all the following day. Good times
lmao it would have been way easier to just remove the tails. gj nonetheless.
Old 03-31-10, 09:29 AM
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Thanks, I've had my fair share of people laughing about my method, it's all good though.
Old 03-31-10, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by heyarms
Not sure how that paint you bought works... but i used VHT Niteshades to do mine. Yours apparently is easily removable with gasoline? Just for a short period after your paint them or is it forever easy to remove? Just curious, because if it is permanent, you should sand your tail lights first prior to painting (fine grit, of course). And overly spraying leads to runs that will need to be sanded out. Overall though, good attempt and good luck finishing up the job!

ps: this is how you mask an entire car to avoid overspray!

I think you missed a spot...
Old 03-31-10, 09:44 AM
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i just took off the lights when i did mine lol
Old 03-31-10, 10:06 AM
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hmmm how come you guys dont just remove the taillights? no drips and easy to cover everything...
Old 03-31-10, 12:48 PM
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Someone told me that i was supposed to spray the inside, is this true?
Old 03-31-10, 01:56 PM
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Of the tail lights? Never heard of that, spray the outside
Old 03-31-10, 10:29 PM
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What about the headlights?
Old 03-31-10, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Flahmingo
What about the headlights?
You want to smoke the headlights? Why would you do that when the main point of headlights is so you can see during the night.

Skip the headlights.
Old 03-31-10, 11:29 PM
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heyarms, show the finished product, i might wanna do that to mine.
Old 04-01-10, 06:56 AM
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Sorry i dont have any better shots uploaded to photobucket, so here's the same few i always end up posting. (I also dont know how to re-size ... sorry!)



In front of my house getting built


A little blurry, but shiny tail light
Old 04-01-10, 07:35 AM
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Damn now that's somethin else I have to do lol atleast its not expensive.
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