Update! JDM tailights smoked... sanded again and buffed!!!
 

Ok guys, i took my tail lights off my car yesterday again and wet sanded again with 2000 grit and to finish it off i used Maguires ultimate compound. No more flat looking lights they actually look better now :tup: the matte look was cool but they do look better all shiny.

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EDIT added instructions...

you gotta remove your tail lights from your car.

1. Wet sand with dishwasher soap and a 2000 grit paper.
2. Rinse your lights with clear water
3. Clean/Wipe with a microfiber cloth/rag and make sure you dont leave any fingerprints.
4. Wait 5-10min to be completely dry (double check for fingerprints)
5. Spray 2 light coats of VHT... spray your 1st coat and wait 5min for the second coat.
6. Wait 10min and add 2-5 coats of clear
7. Let it dry for 6 hours or 2 days like me lol
8. Wet sand again with dishwasher soap and 2000 grit, very light sanding you only wanna take the imperfections out not your clear coat.
9. Rinse once again and let it dry for a few minutes.
10. Poor some rubbing compound on your lights, with a soft clean microfiber rag buff the s**t out keep buffing till you get that glossy miror look.
11. Wipe the compound off and put them back on your Z



btw i didnt use the flash on the cam just to show you guys how it really looks...


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That looks pretty cool, but doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose of having the "clear" jdm lights?

Wow that looks very nice! It's still a bit dark for my taste, but I'm avoiding the urge to get a set of my own haha.

i think it looks better when you smoke clear jdm's. :tup: and my headlights are blacked out so the clear tails didnt really match :wtf2:

if you go with 1 coat im sure you'll love it :tup:

looks much better buffed. did you go extra dark over the reverse light?

nope, if you look carefully you see the chrome inside so its not that dark.

hmm, see if you can take some more pics in just day light. Either way, the polished finish is MUCH better.

yes i will! and ill record a lil video too :tup:

sounds good!

much better :).

Bat

yeah def better, i can tell its the JDM tails now. i like :tup:

thx guys :D

Do you have any pics of the JDM taillights on your car before you blacked them out?

yeah i do check out my photo gallery :tup:

It looks good... no ugly red hue....lol

wait so i'm lost.. what did you do.. did you open the tail lights and black out the insides?

I checked your album, none of your pics were from the back, only a few from the side :(

just added instructions bro :D

humm well you can google there is a ton of white z with jdm's on the net :tiphat:

crap ok.. that pic shooting down on top of the lights make it look like they were blacked out from the inside. that plus crappy monitor at work :)

Looks awesome man.. nice job :tup:

thx man :tup:

updated with video guys take a look in hd... well its 720 almost HD :D

that's really Nice mAn!! Gud Job:tup:

I didnt really see the sideskirts in your video :(

:tiphat:

:ugh2: you did ask for a close up on the tails right?

Na, just the evo-r sideskirts

haha my bad dude :wtf2:

Where can I get the Evo R side blades?:confused::confused:

Looks good!

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Those lights looks great. Has anyone tried pulling the JDM lights apart and painting the housing?

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Now those look good! Ive been wanting to do this to my tailights but im such a wuss thinking im gonna mess them up lol :facepalm:

lol! dude its scary i wont lie but if you take your time you cant go wrong.

Wow, you make me so happy, I LOVE them

:icon18::icon18: you must be tired posting on a thread after 8 months. LOL.

Lol, someone linked it to another thread... I'm rarely tired, my insomnia is grade A!

I feel your pain seeing as how we're both on here at 2AM!