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Tail light dimple fix attempt
02-09-2010, 03:40 PM
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Tail light dimple fix attempt Well my lt1 lights came today, put those on and now i have my old lights with the dimples. I was thinking and thinking and finally came up with an idea that might work to fix them.
I'm going to use resin to "fill" the dimples, sand it down so it's smooth and even, and then do a light coat or two of vht and I'm betting if it works, you won't be able to tell there were dimples in the first place. The resin should dry clear, but won't really matter anyways with the vht.
I'll post pics up when I start working on them.
Thoughts and ideas are welcome!
I'm going to use resin to "fill" the dimples, sand it down so it's smooth and even, and then do a light coat or two of vht and I'm betting if it works, you won't be able to tell there were dimples in the first place. The resin should dry clear, but won't really matter anyways with the vht.
I'll post pics up when I start working on them.
Thoughts and ideas are welcome!
02-09-2010, 04:02 PM
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REMEMBER that as long as you have stock style filament bulbs in ls1 tail lights they risk being warped due to the heat that they emit...
If you want to ensure that they dont warp then you need to switch to led or preferably SMD bulbs like I did.
REMEMBER that as long as you have stock style filament bulbs in ls1 tail lights they risk being warped due to the heat that they emit...
If you want to ensure that they dont warp then you need to switch to led or preferably SMD bulbs like I did.
02-09-2010, 04:45 PM
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REMEMBER that as long as you have stock style filament bulbs in ls1 tail lights they risk being warped due to the heat that they emit...
If you want to ensure that they dont warp then you need to switch to led or preferably SMD bulbs like I did.
REMEMBER that as long as you have stock style filament bulbs in ls1 tail lights they risk being warped due to the heat that they emit...
If you want to ensure that they dont warp then you need to switch to led or preferably SMD bulbs like I did.
02-09-2010, 05:22 PM
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Post pics when u can
REMEMBER that as long as you have stock style filament bulbs in ls1 tail lights they risk being warped due to the heat that they emit...
If you want to ensure that they dont warp then you need to switch to led or preferably SMD bulbs like I did.
REMEMBER that as long as you have stock style filament bulbs in ls1 tail lights they risk being warped due to the heat that they emit...
If you want to ensure that they dont warp then you need to switch to led or preferably SMD bulbs like I did.
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02-09-2010, 07:49 PM
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there was another thread about a month or so back where we were talking about the dimple issue. i'm not sure if it was you who brought it up or not, but i know someone there mentioned something very similar to this. Using some type of clear filler, and then sanding smooth like you said. i think there's a good chance it can make it look a lot better. it certainly sounds like a good idea to me.
i tried (and failed horribly) to fix them another way that someone mentioned in that same thread. i wont go into that though... im still a tad bit mad i ruined a light
good luck with it. post up the results, even if you fail, just so we know it doesn't work, so no one else repeats it.
i tried (and failed horribly) to fix them another way that someone mentioned in that same thread. i wont go into that though... im still a tad bit mad i ruined a light
good luck with it. post up the results, even if you fail, just so we know it doesn't work, so no one else repeats it.
02-09-2010, 08:37 PM
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just resin alone will crack
and will not stay stuck 2 the plastic
when it gets out in the sun and gets a lil heat on them they will look like its popping off
and will not stay stuck 2 the plastic
when it gets out in the sun and gets a lil heat on them they will look like its popping off
02-09-2010, 08:48 PM
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resin failed miserably. wouldn't stick to the plastic. looked really nice though. then i tried getting creative, i filled the lights up with water and held them over the stove. it actually worked lol the dimples are gone, but the plastic is all messed up. i'll still try and sand them down and see what some vht does.
but anyways, FAIL.
but anyways, FAIL.
02-09-2010, 10:39 PM
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camaro's are known for getting "dimples" in the tail lights, in which the lens pretty much sinks in in an area. caused by the light bulbs heating up the lens to much, and when plastic gets too hot it shrinks inward toward the heat source.
the dimples are not at all pleasing on the eye, and anyone who has them know's how annoying they are
the dimples are not at all pleasing on the eye, and anyone who has them know's how annoying they are
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02-09-2010, 11:25 PM
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I've seen more lt1 camaros with dimpled lights than ls1, and they all had snap over tail light covers. My buddys car had good tails till he put covers on it and then they dimpled. Maybe the cover insulated it enough that it stayed hotter causing it to dimple
02-09-2010, 11:31 PM
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yeah, there are a lot of cases where people had covers. i personally did not have any dimples show up for 2 years after having blackouts, which i only had on my car for several months before i accidentally broke one. and my brothers '95 has NEVER had covers, and it has some fairly large dimples. so you don't necessarily need covers for this to happen.
02-10-2010, 12:07 AM
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my brothers didn't get them until like the last year or 2, and his lights are original. so i dont know why they sprung up so suddenly when they hadn't for around 12 years. my lights on my 98 are also original and i didn't notice they had small dimples until a few months back