Center Tailight Plastic for Trans Am

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Jun 16, 2004 | 10:02 PM

ECUsTransAmGuy

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Center Tailight Plastic for Trans Am

hey i'm new to the board, but i was wonderin, im tryin to make the center piece between my taillights completely black, i want to get rid of the bird and the "trans am"...how do i go about doin this without messing it up or having to buy one from the early 4th gen formulas?

Jun 16, 2004 | 10:43 PM

cobrakillerta

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There's several ways you can do it...
Either wet sanding...or using plastic polish my hand

What i did was used a polisher and plastic polish...came off pretty quick and polished up my tailights and the center piece at the same time

Jun 16, 2004 | 11:08 PM

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I've heard of some people using nail polish remover, and then giving a good polishing

Jun 21, 2004 | 09:52 PM

johnboy

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i just used nail polish remover and some waxin'

Jun 22, 2004 | 10:34 AM

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2000 grit wetsand then some 3m rubbing compound. Works great!

Jun 22, 2004 | 09:28 PM

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I used some 3m 2000 grit sand paper along with some 3m fine grit rubbing compound, it worked great.

Jun 23, 2004 | 08:09 PM

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2000 grit wet-sandpaper & 3M rubbing compound, ..., Wait, that's already been said, ...

Zaino Plastic Polish works great also!

Trust me, I've done a couple dozen of them, ..., In fact, if you want one, PM me, ...