Tailight Refurbishment

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Jlc
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Tailight Refurbishment

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I had planned to get mine redone but cannot seem to get the housings out and did not want to risk damaging the gasket and winding up with a leak where there was none. I did them in situ using Krylon High Gloss Silver Metallic
Before:

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Paper towel in bulb holders kept them from getting painted; chrome trim cleaned up like new and was taped over.

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After:

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Papillon
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Re: Tailight Refurbishment

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Looks great =D> .
I did this recently and definitely makes the lights brighter.
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Re: Tailight Refurbishment

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Wow, great job indeed =D>

You sure went the extra mile to protect the back of the car from overspray :-"
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