Also, what about the Blue Painter's tape? Will that work, or will it bleed?

Where can I get SEM clear? Cuz I have the Rustoleum and Fusion already.

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Heres Ricks.. I need to sand & clear one more time so you dont feel the black to red line..







Im going to sand & reclear them again..

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Great write-up. I've gotta re-do mine, they're turning red again.

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Mods: Vector ECM/TCM tune | VG Sharkfin | Volant CAI w/Amsoil Filter | Spyder Tails | GXP Rear Diffuser | Debadge | SLP Spoiler
Erebus: 2000 Grand Prix GTP Sedan
2009.5 G8 GT
GPONA's June COTM 2011 & March 2012

That's exactly what I want Flip!!! But did you use high end clear and paint? I know you have that readily available to you. Do you think mine will be ok with the supplies that were listed origianlly?

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You will be OK..

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Ok, mine are not doing well. I must be painting wrong or something, but the clear is not coming through very clear and almost feels like it's "dusty". After I resand and reclear I'll see if they do any better, but as of now, I'm getting frustrated.

I knew I wouldn't be near the quality of Flip's, but I'm not even close to 1/4 as good as his.

I've made sure to keep the can 10-12" from the tails when spraying. I'm only applying light coats to prevent running. I waited 30 mins between black coats to paint (3 even coats) and I waited an hour to clear them (I'm on my second coat, but I think I may have to resand because of the shit quality). I've sanded them down to fix the imperfections and that went OK. My black alone came out nowhere near as shiny as Flip's too.

Anyone have any ideas? This is aggravating...

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They got better, but still not completely smooth. I'm gonna have to resand and reclear cuz I got a few imperfections like a couple small dust & debris. I think that the problem was the heat in my garage, it was about 85* outside a yesterday so my garage was about 100* prolly. Because as it got cooler, it went on better.

Man that's some frustrating shit!

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Im doing motor mounts now that are kicking my ass...Lifting all the time so I sanded everything off & started ALL over again..I have pictures somewhere

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These look good

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Yeah, I may just order tails from you and send the ones I did to you to fix... . I think I did a good job taping them off, the lines are pretty clean and everything, the paint just didn't want to cooperate.

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Well here they are...





You can spy the GPONA sticker too !!!

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Im going to post that picture on CGP J/K

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LOL!!!

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Looks awesome man!!!!

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what i like is instead of blk paint i would rather have the body coloured used. 42U shodow grey. like you do with AVS covers. the painted way to customize the tails looks more factoty..... and to body colour match paint them it too would look factory .

.my questions are your 1st 2 pictures you show after you removed the tape etc. notice how dull the red lence remaining looks. that pretty close to what mine look.

i am pretty anal about glass or plastic lences being dull or very fine scratches. so will i be able to get that poilshed to new by someone who knows how to do this type of thing. or will i need to buy new tails first.

next being anal i would perfer to have the painted lines to be perfectly straight. not that i am say these and others aren't . can't really tell photo's of paint job not real close. IF you have clearcoat the complete outside of the tails . how well will that stay on and not peel or fade or turn yellow etc etc

nice job!! love it! I think after I change my oil saturday Im gonna paint the lights! GREAT writeup!

this is a sweet mod.......

Looks great Brick

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So this looks bad in your opinion?

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i like it jay!!!

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Yeah in my opinion... I'd prefer it masked and then painted... It makes it a cleaner look... JMO to each his own... but I do like your led work, especially on the door handles

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Custom Tails to come eventually, possibly, hopefully!

Great write-up This is what I have so far for the Dakota. Two coats of black (no clear)




These are my 'dummy' tails. They arrived broken so I'm using them in case I mess up, I'll know what NOT to do with my new ones

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Mods: Vector ECM/TCM tune | VG Sharkfin | Volant CAI w/Amsoil Filter | Spyder Tails | GXP Rear Diffuser | Debadge | SLP Spoiler
Erebus: 2000 Grand Prix GTP Sedan
2009.5 G8 GT
GPONA's June COTM 2011 & March 2012

tinting the windshield is illegal in about 50 of the states that comprise the United States.... but it looks cool

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Exhaust (no cat/resonator)
SLP Headers
3.5" Pulley
180* T-Stat
Custom PCM File
Fender Well Intake
Flipped Mounts

Deployed

Great write up helped out great when I did mine

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2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GT2
FastKatt 1.1 Tune
Custom Fender Wall Cold Air Intake ,
19"Axis Rims, Air Plenum Mod
Sway Bars From zzperformance
Custom Front Motor Mounts Custom Exhaust

i know this is an old thread but i would like to know if you guys still have them painted.
i like the way they look but dont know how long the last painted.is it worth it,i see nobody else posting for a while.thank you