Refinishing Delaminated GT tailights (Page 6/10)
IMSA GT MAR 24, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by The ROK:

Anyone done this and then tinted the taillights? I would like to get rid of the delam on my lights and then tint them



That should work fine. Most people use VHT Nightshades to spray tint the inside of the lenses.
shawnk MAR 24, 09:39 PM
I tinted my corvette lenses with this
http://www.flyeyeskit.co.uk/index.php
Worked great applied it to four lights in 20 minutes and it looked awesome. I was thinking of putting it on the inside of the lenses to darken the clear area and give it the Pontiac hex pattern.......oh yea the kit is a tight hex mesh btw
8-P MAR 25, 12:20 PM

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Originally posted by IMSA GT:


As soon as you say "spray can", it means chemicals. This is the ONLY spray can type I will ever recommend. It is made by Spraymax, you actually press a button on the bottom of the can and it mixes the hardner inside the can. You then shake it up and because it is now catalyzed, you have a limited time to spray the part. If you goof up and have to re-spray later on, the can will already have hardned paint inside. You will have to buy another can to finish.
http://www.repaintsupply.co..._part_2k_aerosol.cfm




Would the type of black paint used matter at all, as long as you sand it before spraying the urethane?
The ROK MAR 25, 08:35 PM

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Originally posted by IMSA GT:


As soon as you say "spray can", it means chemicals. This is the ONLY spray can type I will ever recommend. It is made by Spraymax, you actually press a button on the bottom of the can and it mixes the hardner inside the can. You then shake it up and because it is now catalyzed, you have a limited time to spray the part. If you goof up and have to re-spray later on, the can will already have hardned paint inside. You will have to buy another can to finish.
http://www.repaintsupply.co..._part_2k_aerosol.cfm



Oops the guy above posted the same question I had. Sorry

[This message has been edited by The ROK (edited 03-25-2011).]

IMSA GT MAR 25, 11:43 PM

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Originally posted by 8-P:
Would the type of black paint used matter at all, as long as you sand it before spraying the urethane?




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Originally posted by The ROK:


Oops the guy above posted the same question I had. Sorry




The basecoat does not matter as long as it is completely dry. For example, if you try to spray a urethane clear over a lacquer basecoat that is still curing, the lacquer will cause the clear to bubble.
Tony Kania JUN 27, 06:04 PM
In the process of redoing another set for a local. As always IMSA, thank you for the write up.

Tony
Pappy JUN 27, 11:41 PM
Yep great work
Pete Matos JUN 27, 11:56 PM
That is amazing result and I have seen it before several times on here. The lights looks basically better than new. My question is has anyone done a very good tutorial pictorial of this kind of thing on a set of Notchie taillights? I am trying to get some better ones as mine have cracks and I want to do them up right for my car. I have seen a couple interesting pics and videos of Notchie taillights done with sequential lights which was very cool and also someone put the pontiac lettering into the notchie lights. I want to do something like this myself for my project car but I was hoping someone had blazed the trail already. Is there such a thread or a link to some good pics and description? peace

Pete
roofus7044 JUN 28, 01:14 AM
Thanks for the tips on how to do this. I did it on my tailights and they came out great!!!!
IMSA GT JUN 28, 09:27 PM

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Originally posted by Pete Matos:

That is amazing result and I have seen it before several times on here. The lights looks basically better than new. My question is has anyone done a very good tutorial pictorial of this kind of thing on a set of Notchie taillights? I am trying to get some better ones as mine have cracks and I want to do them up right for my car. I have seen a couple interesting pics and videos of Notchie taillights done with sequential lights which was very cool and also someone put the pontiac lettering into the notchie lights. I want to do something like this myself for my project car but I was hoping someone had blazed the trail already. Is there such a thread or a link to some good pics and description? peace

Pete



Basically with the notchie lenses, the only concern would be painting the outer edge black. That way the light is contained within the lens and not shining up at the sky or at the ground. The entire lens can be clearcoated. The inner part of the lenses can be masked with lettering and sprayed and LED's added. Also, the lenses can be tweaked or replaced with standard reflector red material to eliminate the "grid" that the lenses have.