talon tails

[RotaryAE86]

well, just did this last night
i like em


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/RotaryAE86/2007_0324Image0013.jpg

 

[diablos991]

Nice.

Hopefully you plan on removing one of those spoilers...

 

[AWDtsi1995]

How did you do that? Shaved off the letters? Also if you tinted your taillights slighty not a lot that would look very cool.

 

[RotaryAE86]

yeah, gotta find time to be able to weld up those holes or it wouldve already been done

 

[RotaryAE86]

theyre not shaved, just took water and a green abrasive pad to the letters and got the black off. theyre still raised but you cant tell unless you get close

 

[TrboANTsi]

ooooh loooks like i have a small project tomorrow . nice job and please remove the highrise wing..be proud we have talons !!!

 

[RotaryAE86]

thanks, im proud i own a talon BUT i dont like the toe nail and will be removing soon, the eclipse spoiler (I think personally) goes better with the lines of the car

 

[guitarhero14]

I like that a lot! Great job, I may have to do this. Great idea.

 

[RotaryAE86]

just make sure you concentrate on just the letters specifically so you dont scratch up the tails. i ended up taking some polish to the letters to get the scratches off the letters so they dont look dull

 

[VTRICCO]

my votes with talon spoilers. like the job on the lights as well

 

[E116]

Nice job, your car looks really sharp with those wheels too. I think removing the lettering gives it a really nice touch.

 

[link16]

This is semi off topic. I saw once a guy open up the tail lights and add a colored tint to make it all red, seemingly removing the yellow section. It looked pretty slick. I probably should have started a new thread, sorry.

 

[chris712vt]

nice job man! if i still had my talon rear end I'd give that a shot, it looks great! I shaved the letters off my new eclipse tails though and unfortunately now I have faded looking circles around where the letters used to be from my green pad I used. Anyone have any ideas of what I could use to fill the tiny scratches to make them look perfectly smooth again??

 

[link16]

try a clear coat wax for plastic (any autozone or the like) or a rubbing compound, make sure they are okay for use on plastic, OR use a buffer and polish that baby up.

 

[RotaryAE86]

RotaryAE86 just make sure you concentrate on just the letters specifically so you dont scratch up the tails. i ended up taking some polish to the letters to get the scratches off the letters so they dont look dull

i used some headlight polish i had layin around and it worked great
and as far as the red tint on the amber section, i prefer to keep it amber and close to oem

 

[Locke]

Use Scratch-X, or something similar, to fix the scratched up tails. (and whatever else)

 

[chris712vt]

thanks for the advice Link and Locke

 

[hybridb18]

just use some paint thinner, the kind you use to paint cars with, not the cheapy crap. worked great for me

 

[TrboANTsi]

you inspired me so i did it this morning.. took me 15 min much much better.. thanks for the tip...

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[Slo TSI]

I like it wish I would have thought of that when I had the talon.

 

[RotaryAE86]

you inspired me so i did it this morning.. took me 15 min much much better.. thanks for the tip...

no problem, looks good bro

 

[Raph]

you inspired me so i did it this morning.. took me 15 min much much better.. thanks for the tip...

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Now thats a clean car.

 

[chris712vt]

wow that is 100x better! only 15 minutes? looks so sexy

 

[speedy13]

you inspired me so i did it this morning.. took me 15 min much much better.. thanks for the tip...

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That car is insainly hot. It's amazing how the small subtleties will set you apart. Good job guys.

 

[1stGenRocks]

can anybody whos done this look real close and tell me if behind the letter still has the triangulated reflective shaping on the inside? I iwas thinking about smoothing off the letters but i need to know if the inside is the same as the rest of the light or if its smooth behind the letters