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Old 03-23-2012, 10:05 AM   #7
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Tony my headlights are your first picture, bummer, the blackout film looks pretty good on your car mate. What do you mean sanding them down? Is it possible to take a very fine grinder/sanding disk and sand off the amber. Then when all amber off polish the lens???
when is say sand/paint i mean black them out. you won't be able to sand down the amber. it's all the plastic. on the newer ones, there's a film on the inside back of the turn signal that can be heated and removed. on the older ones (like you and i have) the plastic itself is amber.

as far as sanding/painting, there are a lot of youtube videos on how to do it, but essentially you:

1) fine grit sand the light so the paint has a surface to stick to
2) get some the tail light spray paint and paint them.

i believe you have to spray them a couple of times, let them dry and spray a clear coat on them afterwards. you'll then have black turn signals.
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