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Old 01-12-2003, 10:55 PM
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Default For people who have painted there tail lights all red

First I did a search, and to my surprise I did not find alot of topics about this. Anyways do they fade, and how often do you need to go back and fix them up with paint ? Also what type of paint did you use and was any clear coat applyed ? Thanks
Old 01-12-2003, 11:16 PM
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Mine have never faded ....I paid for the expensive transparent **** though thats auactly made for tailights ..Im not sure if theres even a diff though
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Default Re: For people who have painted there tail lights all red (Devin17)

Mine do fade. It's been 2 years now, and they've turned flat candy apple red.

Back to the drawing board...and a fresh coat of paint.
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whats this stuff called? and where did you get it
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you can get the paint a hobby shop ... and SPW has it in the catolog . hope it helped .. good luck
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mine faded real quick...so i went and actually bought some lights
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Default Re: For people who have painted there tail lights all red (ha illuminato un)

Testors Transparent Candy Apple Red, I got it at Wal Mart, for like $2.76
I painted the tails in June of last summer, and so far no fading. gets a big from me
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Testors Transparent Candy Apple Red, I got it at Wal Mart, for like $2.76
I painted the tails in June of last summer, and so far no fading. gets a big from me
I did the exact same thing. I air brushed the paint on after masking the amber section only. Then clearcoated the same section after 5 coats of red. It lasted for about a year and a half. Now you can see the amber coming through again

It also depends, I think, on how much you wash your car. I wash mine regularly and I guess it will start to fade faster the more you wash it.
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