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| Krieger |
 Mar 8 2011, 06:52 PM
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Its flaking off and the red plastic underneath is revealing itself. At first glance it looks like red over spray. I can't get a photo now they are in my attic. Is this common? Time to replace or can the be painted/plated?
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| Rob-O |
Mar 9 2011, 12:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,275 Joined: 5-December 03 From: Mansfield, TX Member No.: 1,419 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Euro 911, when you painted yours did you drill out the rivets and pull it off and paint it? Or just tape it off and spray?
Just curious. I thought about pulling mine off and checking with some past colleagues and seeing if they can vacuum new foil on it. Not sure how it would look or turn out... |
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| euro911 |
Mar 9 2011, 04:39 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,918 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(Rob-O @ Mar 9 2011, 10:55 AM)  Euro 911, when you painted yours did you drill out the rivets and pull it off and paint it? Or just tape it off and spray?... I don't remember removing any rivets, I think it just came apart with one screw or bolt ... did it back in 2007.The pic of mine may not look as bright as Dan's for a couple of reasons ... could be ambient light, or maybe someone's standing on the brake pedal? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) ... they're definately much brighter than they were when I got the car. I think the tape might hold it's brilliance for a longer period of time than chrome paint would. Either method will yield better results than doing nothing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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Krieger What happened to the reflective coating on my tailight housing? Mar 8 2011, 06:52 PM
DanT pretty typical Andy.
look like this?
I used Alumi... Mar 8 2011, 06:58 PM Krieger Dan, that cannot be to code! Very nice. Mar 8 2011, 07:13 PM euro911 I painted mine with the 'chrome' spray pai... Mar 8 2011, 07:16 PM avidfanjpl From my scale modeling days, I can tell you that t... Mar 8 2011, 07:36 PM
Krieger
From my scale modeling days, I can tell you that ... Mar 8 2011, 08:04 PM
maf914
From my scale modeling days, I can tell you that ... Mar 9 2011, 01:09 PM DanT roll of aluminum foil tape was about $5. No ... Mar 8 2011, 08:11 PM jaxdream Brighter is on the + side . :)
Jack / Jaxdream Mar 9 2011, 09:30 AM Krieger Wow Dan thats friggin bright. Tape it is. Mar 9 2011, 04:03 PM Scarlet75 No DanT has the 3rd Brake light you would know if ... Mar 9 2011, 04:51 PM DanT definitely the pic above of my car was just the ru... Mar 9 2011, 04:51 PM |
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