I heard someone talking about sanding down there taillights and painting them all red. How do you do that, with a dremel and some polish orr do you actually sand them.

 

yeah..I saw that post..I dont recomend it though..just tape it up..and give it a few light coats..(2-3) and you're set..

 

just use a lil gas(yes gas-o-line) and rub it with a cloth.. it'll take ages but it wont scatch or fade ur stock brakelights.. and if they do.. u can use plastic polish or rubbing compound

 

I wouldn't recommend sanding them. I did that after awhile when I was repainting my old tails to remove the paint and when they finally got back to the stock look they were scratched and faded. If it is the first time painting just put a few coats of red on and then clear coat.

 

Don't sand, just paint and use clearcoat..

 

i used this paint that people use for RC cars, the look is not like the civic above, its clear, sort of like OEM and its not thick.... go to a hobby shop and ask for it. it cost about 4 bucks a can(5oz), but all you need is one. make sure you put like 4-5 dpending on the color on the rest of you tailights

 

That's the same paint I use, Testors brand Transparent Candy-Apple Red for models. It comes out looking 100% OEM red, so I don't know what other color you'd want?

 

Those painted tails look like they need to be polished. It doesn't shine the way the regular plastic does on the taillights.

 

all u need to do is wipe it clean with alcohol and use like three layers of paint and then some clear coat.

 

Listen, I'm the guy whose post you saw. If you want it to be easy to apply without getting runs, just sand it down. It takes no time at all and will make the paint take to the lights MUCH better. If you ever want to go back to stock, just sand off the spray paint and apply a few layers of clear coat. They will look stock again (I did this a while back so I know...and yes, it was surprising but VERY true, trust me).

You said something about those guys tails not looking glossy like OEM, right? Well take a look at mine...they are glossy. I used a cherry red transparent stained glass hobby paint by Krylon. I got it at Walmart in the crafts section.

 

The upper ones weren't glossy because they are 4 years old and the clearcoat had worn off, the bottom ones are my new ones and are OEM glossy...

 

I could never get mine to shine like the OEM lights, no matter how many coats of clear coat I used it never shined like that.

 

Sure it was a good clearcoat? Even with just 1 or 2 light layers I get a very brilliant shine, I add like 4-5 coats just to be safe. Try something like Krylon's outdoor use CC, heavy duty stuff, shines really good.

 

Do you have pics of your lights?

 

Same here. I just said **** it and bought some OEM like red/clears for my 92-95

 

I am pretty sure it was. It definitely got shiner when I used the clearcoat, but never a shine like the OEM lights. Oh well, it doesn't really matter anymore anyway, I got the red/clears now.

 

Not the best angle, but here they are.

 

Should I just paint over my crappy altezzas or use my stock.

 

I would say paint over your Altezzas. That way if you ever have to sell it you have the factory taillights available to put on.

 

if you want them to shine, after you paint the lights use some car polish and a soft rag and polish them before clear coating them. this will take alot of the cloudiness away and make them look more factory. I've done this on the last 2 cars i've owned and they are still looking good.