CETA center tailight section mod write up
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CETA center tailight section mod write up
Want to make your stock center tailight section go from red letters to a CETA style letters and bird? Read along.
My stock 2000 Trans am center tailight letters and bird was faded. I wanted to get a new one. So instead of ordering a CETA center tailight section from the dealership I made my own.
1. Order CETA decal from afterthoughtsauto.com for $10
2. Wait for it in the mail
3. Take your center section out, wet sand it with 2000 grit sand paper and hot soapy water. i used dawn dish soap.
4. Polish compound the piece ( i polished mine by hand, elbow grease powa )
5. Place decal on
6. Spray clear coat on top. Let dry for a day.
7. Polish compound the clear coat until it looks like glass
Cost
1.Decal $10
2. Sand paper $2
3. Polish compound $5
4. Clear coat spray $4
What it looked like
After wet sanded and polish compounded
With decal on, clear on, clear polished and compounded
Finished product, notice the reflection
My stock 2000 Trans am center tailight letters and bird was faded. I wanted to get a new one. So instead of ordering a CETA center tailight section from the dealership I made my own.
1. Order CETA decal from afterthoughtsauto.com for $10
2. Wait for it in the mail
3. Take your center section out, wet sand it with 2000 grit sand paper and hot soapy water. i used dawn dish soap.
4. Polish compound the piece ( i polished mine by hand, elbow grease powa )
5. Place decal on
6. Spray clear coat on top. Let dry for a day.
7. Polish compound the clear coat until it looks like glass
Cost
1.Decal $10
2. Sand paper $2
3. Polish compound $5
4. Clear coat spray $4
What it looked like
After wet sanded and polish compounded
With decal on, clear on, clear polished and compounded
Finished product, notice the reflection
Last edited by DaSkinnyGuy; 09-14-2008 at 10:29 PM.
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I was going to buy a white 30th one to go on my Hawk and then realized it said TRANS AM on it and I need one that says FIREBIRD....so I am SOL unless I do something like this (and I have a extra filler panel...I am just lazy.)
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That said, I'll probably do it by hand - just wanted to know if I could use a random orbital buffer if hand results didn't turn out good enough..