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05-22-2012, 03:01 PM | #1 |
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How to remove tinted tail lights paint!?!?!?!?
paint thinner = no effective (tried in smalls spot as i dont want to damage tails)
The tail lights are 98 Nissan 240sx kouki tails. who owned car before me thought should i try 1000 grit sand paper and sand it then 1500 grit and wet sand? i was going to buff for finish and clear coat to protect is this a wise choice? WHY THE FUCK would someone tint KOUKI TAILS?!?!?!?!?!?! I fucking hate kids. |
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05-22-2012, 03:12 PM | #3 | |
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lol id like meet person who did it if it was a guy swift kick to the dick... a girl a righteous cunt punt would be in order. seriously though do you guys think sand/wetsand/buff/ clear coat??? is this a wise choice? |
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05-22-2012, 03:26 PM | #5 |
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Thinner doesn't work.
Currently in the process of doing this on my tails. I had to go down all the way to 500 to get that shit off. Then I stepped my way back up to 1500 then buffed it out. Still can see swirls from the DA sander. So im gonna go to a higher grit. Probably 3000. |
05-22-2012, 03:44 PM | #7 |
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yea they arent the same thing. you could have used aircraft stripper and it would have worked just fine. i would wet sand and clear coat the buff and wax and they should look brand new.
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05-22-2012, 03:58 PM | #8 | |
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lacquer thinner will make the plastic all foggy.
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05-22-2012, 04:23 PM | #11 | |
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yeah i kept thinking it could damage the plastic i ended up trying SMALL spots with lacquer and thinner nothing came off so i stopped and returned them to auto zone and got 400 grit sand paper and 1500 grit paper... time to put in the good ole elbow grease to fix this cock sucking mother fuckers mistake.... if its a fake kouki i can see this being done but a 1998 kouki? ARE YOU MAD?!?!?!?! |
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05-22-2012, 04:32 PM | #12 | |
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05-22-2012, 04:39 PM | #13 | |
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Wet sand till you get all the way down to 2500, then you can buff them with PLASTX to make them look new *You do not need a clear coat at the end, trust.
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05-22-2012, 05:15 PM | #15 |
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ok so i sanded and sanded and sanded... fuck this shit... going to auto parts store to get some of that tint shit for tail lights... gonna paint them back the way they were... this shit isnt gonna come off and even when it does its gonna have high and low spots. so fuck it... just gonna look for kouki tails.... and i know 98 isnt diff than 97. but they are diff than zenki
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05-22-2012, 05:42 PM | #16 |
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ill trade you my zenki tails, haha.
wetsand and clear is what ive always done to get tailight tint off. takes alot of time but if your patient you cant tell they were ever tinted once your done. |
05-22-2012, 09:49 PM | #19 |
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Try 800,then 1000 then to make it shine 1200.
Wetsand and lots of bubbles then some carnuba wax finish with plastx. You'll have to apply the plastx every 3 weeks to make them look new. |
05-22-2012, 10:10 PM | #20 |
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well i sanded it down guys but seemed like it was leaving "white spots or (burn in) in some spots so I said FUCK IT! and stopped plut the kouki having those 3 or 4 fucking lines going across it in a stepping motion dont help. if someone else wants to work on them for 5 hours be my guest.... as for me fuck that... rather spend 250 for some mint ones locally rather than sand these bitches.
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05-22-2012, 11:14 PM | #21 |
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Buy new ones then make a youtube video of you blowing up the smoked ones and then ranting about people who smoke tail lights are morons and if you ever see them your going to drop kick them in the nostrils.
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Soak them in brake fluid won't hurt the plastic in a couple hours u will see the paint start to bible off once all the paint is off wash with dish soap and water
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if you have access to a 3" DA, i'de hit it with low grit (80 and work your way back up to 1000 then polish) Quote:
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funny, all of a sudden paying a few hundred for new tails doesnt seem so bad. plus, the black borders will actually be black (as opposed to faded grey) |
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05-23-2012, 02:17 AM | #27 |
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Hope its not too late to jump in this... BUT DO NOT DO ANY OTHER ONES MENTIONED ABOVE. I had a "Professional" spray my taillights on my 2010 subie and they fked it up real bad.. It began to flake and fade but the shop did not cover afterwards. I tried to take it off with all the methods as mentioned above but you are MIXING CHEMICALS WITH PLASTIC.... THATS STUPID, none of your people know what your talking about or have tried this.
I started with both lacquer and paint thinner and they barely took it off, then i tried air craft paint remover. Thats the one that fked up everything. It literally melts the plastic and makes it rough as hell. If i look back, i think sanding would be the best try even though its the biggest pain in the ass to do but it will take it off. Sand, thinner, sand, thinner, repeat till gone and finally wetsand. |
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i mean, i dunno if its just me... but i have a hunch i actually know what im talking about. do i really need to post a link to those subie lights? |
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