Panther427

First of tinted my tails. Using VHT nightshade. Then clear coated them.

Panther427

Second one of my wheels had some curb rash. I got some 2000 Grit sand paper, Blue Magic wheel polish, and Eagle 1 aluminum wheel cleaner.

Couple pics of the damage, Couple pics after wet sanding.

Panther427

Finally pics after some polish was applied. Got most of the scratch's. If u look closely in the last pic you can see the difference of what was left after the wet sanding and polishing. It shows up as a slight distortion on the left side of the wheel spoke.Its alot better than the large sratches. Telll me what u all think.Any other sujestions.

DP 08 GXP

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i need to do that to my rims to since they got some scatches in them. everythnig looks good.

JP_GXP

Tails look good. I just picked up some Nightshade myself, for my reverse bar and third brake light. Rims look really good, too.

Panther427

the third is sprayed. The reverse had 2 really light coats on it. I didnt want it too dark. I go out to thecountry alot need them bright.

JP_GXP

I see that now. Here's mine. I don't use reverse much at night. Can't see out of my back glass anyway.

07carlocrusader

Those tails look good as hell!!
I attempted to do that and they look like dried clay!!!
LOL!! So I took mines to flip!!

And so far as the wheels: perfecto!!

Rossko85

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That looks great!!! sorry I fell of guys..not like anyone cares but, I have the clear leds from Eagle Eye and have cant bring myself to shade them cause they look so good with the silver and the chrome, but it really only looks good on the silver GP's....you guys seent the red one with the inferno hood...just stuck out a lil too much...but hes got them blacked now i think...

Panther427

Took me a little time with the nightshade.the one turned out perfect, the other one ran. Had to sand it down and start over. But you cant tell now.
JP GXP where did u get that 3rd light cover or is it painted on and what bulbs do u have in your reverse lights????
Rossko do u got pics of your tails. I plan on getting theLED tails someday. Since we both got silver cars im really interested in how it looks.

With night shade its important to take ur time. Found out do a light sanding with 2000grit paper, plastic cleaner helps out alot.

JP_GXP

I painted the TBL. I just ordered the bulbs off of eBay. And here's on better pics of my LED tails, they are the smoked ones.

Panther427

Thanks i like the look.

denice25

love the hook.. looks great mate!

mp4life23

I thought are gxp wheels are clear coated how did you polish them

BuffaloSS

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Nice job...but I too thought the GXP wheels were clearcoated as well. :-/

LOL. When I did mine with niteshades, plus clear, I never got them shiny enough for my liking. They were smooth, but hazy. Flip got them where I needed to be.

Panther427

Yes they are clear coated. Thats why i have a slight distorion if u look closely. where i sanded down to the real metal, vs the polished and clear coated finish. Its just like paint. If u needed to you could sand the whole wheel down. Polish them back up and clear coat them again. Even with CLear coat its good to put a aluminum polish on in my mind. It ads another layer of protection and shines the wheels up even more. I only did it buy hand, But soon ill be going at it with actuall power buffer to get the shine closer. then ill respray with clear coat. The right polish is just like wax for your paint.

Panther427

You have to give a heavy coat of clear. That why one of my first lights had a run, but it makes them shinny

Scarhead

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the wheels and tails look awesome!

I'd like to do that to my wheels as well, as mine have tons of micro scratches on them.
Just to be clear, you wet sanded and used the blue magic wheel polish on the clear? rather than a regular rubbing compound/clear polish?

tonyss2007

It looks great, really nice job.

Panther427

That is correct, i used the blue magic because the scratches i had where down past the clear coat. So i needed something that would work on both the natural metal and clear coat.

Been thinking about using a wax on the wheels to help protect agains mag chloride here in colorado. Maybe a cutting wax to help cut down on the micro scratches.

The sanding help with the micro scratches but they are still there. I only hand polished the wheels. I wanna get the mini power ball or some sort of pollishing wheel.