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restoring toyota tailights??
Monday, April 26, 2010 6:15 PM
hi, there i have purchased a used set of 95-99 toyota cavalier tails. and it looks like the clear coat or protective coating is a little faded and stuff. I want to look new again, what should I do? and if I have to go as far as a little bit of wet sanding do i have to get them re clear coated??

Re: restoring toyota tailights??
Monday, April 26, 2010 6:26 PM
Wetsand and clearcoat will do wonders.





Re: restoring toyota tailights??
Monday, April 26, 2010 6:31 PM
do i need to get professionly done clear coat or rattle can cause i used a rattle can of clearcoat on an interior piece before and it looked like ass.
Re: restoring toyota tailights??
Monday, April 26, 2010 11:29 PM
rubbing compound! then wax em'!



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Re: restoring toyota tailights??
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 3:42 AM
if the black is actually faded then you will want to spray some black on the border. Then just clear the entire thing. I would not recommend rattle canning them. Take them to a body shop



Re: restoring toyota tailights??
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:41 AM
Your best bet is definitely to wetsand and clear them professionally. As mentioned, the black could be faded, so masking that off and painting that black again before clear would be best. One of the reasons to clear rather than just buffing out the plastic is that a good UV clear will protect it from fading or discoloring in the future.





Re: restoring toyota tailights??
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 3:52 PM
yea the black isnt faded no need for black paint, but how much you think it would cost me to get a pro clear coat on em after i do all the other work?
Re: restoring toyota tailights??
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 4:34 PM
To have them just spray the clear, no more than $100. If you tell them you're not in a hurry, they may do them while they are already spraying clear for something else and not charge you much.





Re: restoring toyota tailights??
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 5:29 PM
my toyo tails came red

i only recently painted the red black



Re: restoring toyota tailights??
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 5:47 PM
Speedline02 (GME Chat!!) wrote:my toyo tails came red

i only recently painted the red black


You have 2000+ haha

His are 95-99





Re: restoring toyota tailights??
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:51 PM
^they are just 2000 tails. not 2000+ technically! they stopped making the toyota cav in 2000!



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