Removing the red "Firebird" emblem and words?
04-29-2005, 03:26 PM
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Removing the red "Firebird" emblem and words? I have a 99 formula and i want to remove the bird and the "firebird" script. Can anyone tell me how to do this? Someone said it would buff right off with an orbital buffer but ive never tried that?
04-29-2005, 05:23 PM
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Start by removing it from the car. It's held on with the studs from the taillights.
Rest the taillights on the bumper on towels.
Then start with the nail polish remover to get the rest of the faded paint off of it, so it doesn't clog up yer sandpaper. (Laquer thinner works also.)
Go to 1200, then 2000 grit wet-sand sandpaper, keeping it wet during sanding.
I actually start with a 1/4-sheet sander, then finish by hand.
Then polish with plastic polish until you reach a point where yer satisfied.
Here I use an old Black & Decker orbital polisher with Zaino's plastic polish. (I've tried other products, but nothing produces the same results as the Zaino.)
Works great, I've done dozen of them, ..., seriously, ..., dozens.
I buy used ones all the time, & put the work into'em to bring'em back.
Great results too, see here for a couple sample photos, ...
http://community.webshots.com/album/311355502JLZENU
Good Luck!
Rest the taillights on the bumper on towels.
Then start with the nail polish remover to get the rest of the faded paint off of it, so it doesn't clog up yer sandpaper. (Laquer thinner works also.)
Go to 1200, then 2000 grit wet-sand sandpaper, keeping it wet during sanding.
I actually start with a 1/4-sheet sander, then finish by hand.
Then polish with plastic polish until you reach a point where yer satisfied.
Here I use an old Black & Decker orbital polisher with Zaino's plastic polish. (I've tried other products, but nothing produces the same results as the Zaino.)
Works great, I've done dozen of them, ..., seriously, ..., dozens.
I buy used ones all the time, & put the work into'em to bring'em back.
Great results too, see here for a couple sample photos, ...
http://community.webshots.com/album/311355502JLZENU
Good Luck!
04-30-2005, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ZEEMAN
do u sell them pontiacfan???
PM if ya need one.
I have two on the shelf right now waiting for two payments from commitments.
I'll have about 3 more in the coming days.
$45 shipped in th US48.
And I will take a trade-in for $20 off. So send me the old one $25 & I'll send a polished one back! What a steal!
Later, ...
(Sorry for the Hijack 240M3SRT, but at least ya know more now that before ya started this thread!)
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