Tail Lights (No 56k)

[Mmblvl5]

Sup,

Just a little project that I am going to do
I am going to redo the insides of my tail lights since the reflective paint is coming out
Just follow along Ill ask questions as the pop up

Tail lights...

Inside of them...

Nastiness Before

Nastiness After

I am going to take out those ridges on the inside by filling them with a filler and repainting them with Dupi-color Metallic ground coat, then go over them with the Chrome anodizing finish and the corners with a Amber anodizing finish

More to come tomorrow when its warmer outside and the filler will harden faster. Besides its late...

 

[Sketch o5]

i still dont think filling in the ridges is gonna work at all for output.

 

[Mmblvl5]

Youll see what I am going to do andy

 

[thecrown59]

I did this... I just painted the reverse light housing black... left the chrome on the bottom reflector for the brakes...

 

[Mmblvl5]

Well I am just now waking up about to start on them again and finish them today hopefully.
I'll have more pics up as I progress with it.

 

[Mmblvl5]

okay well Ive been having some problems with them but here is what I got so far

I started to bondo them hoping that would work

after getting them all done tho i dropped one and the bondo popped out sadly I didnt get any Pictures of that part

I got to thinking and I thought maybe I should try Glassing them but leaving out the glass matt

here is the first part of it

got the cut out for the light bulb
Kinda scared that its going to get to hot and catch fire tho
I am eventually going to go to LEDs

here is what i got so far with the bondo over the fleece and resin


Quick question why does nothing stick to the plastic on these lights?
anyone know?
Ive tryed everything DP-100, superglue, even urethane and hot glue. only way I could get it to stay was staples.

Honestly tho if you ever run into this problem with your tail lights just paint them and call it a day because Ive been working on it for 3 or 4 days now and I am nowhere done.

 

[Mmblvl5]

OH and on that last Picture its the 6thgen chat room lol

 

[Dinzdale40]

good luck...i guess this is good for the learning process...but im doubtful if it's gonna come out good...

 

[SykVSyx]

I think I'm kinda with ^^^^ on this one, but, keep us posted on your progress.

 

[t.blackaccord]

dont get ur reasoning behind smoothin out the ridges...