Megane Sports Saloon...a bit different...CarPC inside

[Cris]

Exactly like that! Cheers TheFinn!


Go right ahead Ulrich!

[Paddy]

Well i have ordered the paint... will be next saturdays project.

It cant be that hard can it? if sand properly and use fine coats...

thanks fellas

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[Cris]

It's really not. Just make sure to use thin layers and allow a bit of time between the coats.

[TheFinn]

....sand properly......

N-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!

What ever you do, don't sand your lights!!!

Just wanted to make this absolutely clear so you don't ruin your lights. The backlight tint spray is such that it adheres to plastic without sanding. Just make sure the lense is free of any grease and silicone and you'll be fine.

[Paddy]

....sand properly......

N-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!

What ever you do, don't sand your lights!!!

Just wanted to make this absolutely clear so you don't ruin your lights. The backlight tint spray is such that it adheres to plastic without sanding. Just make sure the lense is free of any grease and silicone and you'll be fine.

are you sure?

i have read that it needs sanded with for example girt 1000 and higher... then buffed... for the perfect shine.

[Cris]

Mine are sanded with 2000 then buffed.


More pics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFk4JD2BEXY

[TheFinn]

OK, maybe I stand corrected here..... Was for some reason imagining much ruffer grits (how's 320 for a scratcher?) 1000 to 2000 grit especially wet-sanded shouldn't destroy the lenses, you're both right about that. But I still think that sanding isn't necessary provided you use a good solvent that removes all traces of wax, traffic film and silicone.

[Paddy]

OK, maybe I stand corrected here..... Was for some reason imagining much ruffer grits (how's 320 for a scratcher?) 1000 to 2000 grit especially wet-sanded shouldn't destroy the lenses, you're both right about that. But I still think that sanding isn't necessary provided you use a good solvent that removes all traces of wax, traffic film and silicone.

I was speaking to a fella about it today, when he did his he just cleaned them down and did a rough sand so paint would stick, sprayed them with 6 light coats, 2 coats of gloss, then sanded wet with 2000 grit then buffed the life out of them... the end result was it was hard to tell where the black paint ended and the light began. He did have to put super bright bulbs in to shine through. But it is some job.

Its kinda the idea I wanted, not being about to tell where paint stops lights starts. Can the 5-0 pull you for this? MOT fella??


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[Cris]

Mine are painted in the same manner. The chromed part has a lot more paint on it, and the red part has a lot less. If I remember correctly I didn't wet sand then before painting, but after, because the taillights weren't "shiny" enough, but on the contrary. Then I started to buff them good until they looked mint...I'll have to redo that again someday as they lost a bit of the glossy effect...most of the people don't even notice then as they do look like the car came this way, and when I tell them, they could swear they're painted inside and not on the outside.

[TheFinn]

I blacked out mine without sanding them first, must have sprayed at least twenty layers everywhere except over the rear/brake light and indicator area where I only put maybe three to four layers. I haven't been able to track down brighter bulbs (27/7W?) yet, so I decided I need to buff down the area over the brake light with some polishing compound to make it a bit lighter. This is how they looked right after having been sprayed. No pics of the buffed down version yet.

So, if afterwards you're going to buff over the tint directly (i.e. there's no clearcoat over it) bear in mind that the buffing will remove some of the tint, meaning the buffed out end result will be a bit lighter than what you started out with. Or much lighter, depending on how keen a buffer you are.

(BTW, should we start a new thread about tinting lights so we don't hijack Cris's original thread?)

[Paddy]

I blacked out mine without sanding them first, must have sprayed at least twenty layers everywhere except over the rear/brake light and indicator area where I only put maybe three to four layers. I haven't been able to track down brighter bulbs (27/7W?) yet, so I decided I need to buff down the area over the brake light with some polishing compound to make it a bit lighter. This is how they looked right after having been sprayed. No pics of the buffed down version yet.

So, if afterwards you're going to buff over the tint directly (i.e. there's no clearcoat over it) bear in mind that the buffing will remove some of the tint, meaning the buffed out end result will be a bit lighter than what you started out with. Or much lighter, depending on how keen a buffer you are.

(BTW, should we start a new thread about tinting lights so we don't hijack Cris's original thread?)

Yea good idea Fin.. I would like to know as much as I can before i strat the job... I dont want to fork out for a messed up job... but then how hard can it be with a bit of time.

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[TheFinn]

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