Refinished the Tail Lights

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07-05-2010, 10:13 PM

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Refinished the Tail Lights

I forgot to take some before pics as always.. but I wetsanded the whole rear tailight section a year ago when I removed the Bird decal.

Needless to say.. i'm a lot better at this stuff this time around.

Don't mind those few deep imperfections and the residue.

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07-05-2010, 10:16 PM

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looks great. Nice work.

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07-05-2010, 10:25 PM

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07-05-2010, 11:34 PM

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Looks good man, did use System One?

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07-06-2010, 12:23 AM

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looks much better

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07-06-2010, 10:29 AM

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Thanks guys. Colby, usually I would use system one.. but I actually just used Menzerna SIP on an orange pad. Then I used Menzerna Super Finish on a gray pad.

I sanded with 1000, 1500, then 2000.

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07-06-2010, 10:54 AM

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Looks great. Nice work!

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07-06-2010, 11:41 AM

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Looks good, I need to do mine again.

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07-06-2010, 11:43 AM

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looks amazing. =D

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07-06-2010, 01:47 PM

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Nice restro!

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07-06-2010, 07:43 PM

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Thanks everyone. Crazy how much of a difference it makes.

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07-06-2010, 08:32 PM

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Looks great!

I need to do mine!

Never used a PC nor have one. So where did you start?

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07-06-2010, 08:34 PM

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Very nice!

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07-06-2010, 08:38 PM

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Those look great! Better than new!!

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07-06-2010, 10:31 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 98 WS6

Thanks guys. Colby, usually I would use system one.. but I actually just used Menzerna SIP on an orange pad. Then I used Menzerna Super Finish on a gray pad.

I sanded with 1000, 1500, then 2000.

Gotcha, I just remember a couple years ago when you suggested some to me. It worked awesome on the headlights on my sisters passat.

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07-07-2010, 06:26 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TempleU_WS6

Looks great!

I need to do mine!

Never used a PC nor have one. So where did you start?

You can get a PC here..

http://www.showroomfx.com/Default.asp?Redirected=Y

Basic pads you'll need are orange, white, blue.. whatever you'd like really. I use orange white and blue the most. They sell PC kits with pads, so check those out.

It's so easy to use a PC, it's almost impossible to mess up, unless you drop the damn thing on the car.

Colby, I still have the system one, and yup it's awesome.

I wanted to see what the menzerna was capable of.

Thanks again everyone!

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I see this is a two year old post, I hope you guys are still subscribed. The link is not working for me & I would like to do this mod. I guess it is done w/ a wheel?

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11-04-2012, 05:12 PM

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that looks bad ***

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11-04-2012, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Carguy8888

I see this is a two year old post, I hope you guys are still subscribed. The link is not working for me & I would like to do this mod. I guess it is done w/ a wheel?

here ya go http://www.autogeek.net/po.html