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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 06:14 PM
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Yeah, this would be a worse case situation. And these were on my car!!!





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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:28 PM
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whoa!!
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 08:54 AM
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Hey if you have paint tint on your tailights/corner lights after cleaning them would they come out this good ? From the above picture looks like it had some type of clear or something on them.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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what did u do polish them?
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Rx7_guy
What did u do polish them?
Sanded them down and recleared them,looks killer oldschool!
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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Yeah sanded all the old dead crap off and cleared them.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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they look brand new!
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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sorry for asking maybe a dumb question...but I never understood how u can scuff up material and just paint over it and it looks so clear...
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Rx7_guy
sorry for asking maybe a dumb question...but I never understood how u can scuff up material and just paint over it and it looks so clear...
It just works. You gotta sand all the crap off first. I started with 600 and went to 1000 and cleared.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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good job grady !
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