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Old May 22, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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mine was fadding pretty bad, the "trans am" was completely gone and the bird was on its way out....so i got some finger nail polish remover out and it got the rest of it of but the "outline" is still there....how do i get the outline off?

BTW, i might keep the outline on there cause it doesn't look that bad and kinda goes with my black on black theme
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2000 grit wet sand, then polish.
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does it not make scratchs in it?
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thats what the polish is for me boy!
seriously, you can get a plastic polish if you like, but I just used some zaino polish, actual swirl remover, and it worked great. If you look at polishes, most will say what type of scratches it will take out..ie:2000 grit..
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Yea, I just wet sanded my whole tail lights and filler with 2000 grit. Then I used various pads and polishes with my porter cable polisher. I wouldn't do it w/o a polisher.
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http://www.car-faqs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4

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Originally Posted by phantomzer0
http://www.car-faqs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4

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That's an extremely nice write-up. Good job...
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Hey SVThis, I knwo you seen mine on teh other board, I did mine saturday in about 30 minutes, I used 1,000 grit wet and then used plasticX to polish it back out.
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Where can you find the 2000 gritt and 1000 gritt sand paper???
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Where can you find the 2000 gritt and 1000 gritt sand paper???
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