Tail lights, a lesson in patience.

[siteunseen]

Definitely a "measure twice and cut once" project because they're hard (expensive) to replace.

0000 steel wool 1st then I used a light compound and wax on the lenses.

Painted the insides of the housing with gloss white.

Used flat push nuts and rubber washers to attach the chrome strip, also painted the inside strip flat black.

I found a fastener for that middle plastic post, the one you have to break off, that holds on the chrome strip.

It has to be ground down though.

I used a die to cut threads in the plastic post which did two things, took away the taper and gave it some "teeth" to grab the fastener's threads when I pushed it down onto the post. I dripped some Gorilla Super Glue on there for extra strength.

I also painted the metal finisher with graphite wheel paint, Duplicolor #102 and their matte clear wheel coat.

Then, TOUCHDOWN ALABAMA!!!

[olzed]

Wow thats a very nice job.

[psdenno]

Good as new! Maybe even better.

Dennis

[rossiz]

very smooth - well done!