Eatinstang4life

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What is the best thing to do to restore the faded trans am and bird on my center tail light piece? Should I paint it or get decals? Any help would be great thanks.

wvaboy

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decals
i recommend these.
www.bfranker.badz28.com/vinyl/vinyl.htm

dj2005

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Decals:
http://fourthcircledesigns.com/produ...products_id=48 (its cheaper once you make an account, not sure why he has it set up that way). I own these and they fit/look perfect.

THE CHOP SHOP

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What i did with mine is paint it black since i had some discoloration that was in the laminate. I recently picked a spare up at the scrap yard and did something different. If you wax the black piece you can get all the red off but if you look at the black you can still see where it was. I knew this form my first try with my original so with the spare I just started to wet sand the slight raised design off with 1500 then 2000. Once it was all smoothe I got the compund out and brought it back to its past luster. Then you can either just leave it black or put the new sticker on. I am not sure if you did not wet sand it if you would have problems with the sticker adhering trying to place it over the slight design that stays after the red is removed.

PontiacFan

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(From some of my previous posts, ...)


I've done literally DOZENS of these things over the last couple years, ..., & have two in stock right now for sale or trade. $45 shipped if anyone is interested.

Yes, nail polish remover will remove the leftover red fading ink first.
I start with a 600 grit, keeping it wet, using a small 1/4 sheet sander.
Then on to 1200-1500 by hand, then finish by hand with 2000 grit, keeping them wet while sanding to wash away the contamination.
Then I use an old Black & Decker orbital polisher with Zaino's Glass Polish first, then on to the Zaino Plastic Polish.

They turn out excellent. Beautiful glossy shine. Had a guy one time, complained that it didn't match the taillights now because of too much shine! So he sent me the taillights to polish them also!

You'll get the same/similar description by most anyone else who has done it. Although some may not put that much work into it, .... You can also use other brands of polish. I've tried others, but didn't get the same quality results as I do with the Zaino process.

Good Luck!

(By the way, I do all this with the units screwed down to my temp workbench work surface. Not on the car.)

And yes, you can buy them from GM without the text & bird already. But they'll cost ya twice as much or more depending on the style you want.

All from GmPartsDirect.com
Firebird tail filler panel (from 93-97 Firebird V6) = 5977293---------------------$105.60 w/s&h&tax
Firebird tail filler panel (from 93-97 Formula) (plain black - no logo) = 5977294--$102.13 w/s&h&tax
Firebird tail filler panel (from 94 25th Anniv TA) (white logo) = 5977296--------- (Not available anymore)
Firebird tail filler panel (from 93-94 Trans Am) = 5978095----------------------$100.72 w/s&h&tax
Firebird tail filler panel (from 95-97 Firebird 3800 GT V6) = 5978095-------------$100.72 w/s&h&tax
Firebird tail filler panel (from 95-98 Trans Am) = 5977286-----------------------$95.65 w/s&h&tax
Firebird tail filler panel (from 99 Trans Am) = 5978095--------------------------$100.72 w/s&h&tax
Firebird tail filler panel (from 99 30th Anniv TA) (white logo) = 16525477--------$97.70 w/s&h&tax
Firebird tail filler panel (from 00-02 Trans Am) = 5977286 ----------------------$95.65 w/s&h&tax
Firebird tail filler panel (from 02 CETA) (silver logo) = 10312725-----------------$108.09 w/s&h&tax


And for decals, I'd also recommend,
bfranker.badz28.com/vinyl/vinyl.htm

98 SNAKE EATER

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