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Has anybody removed their tail light lenses?
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<blockquote data-quote="Burninrock24" data-source="post: 1150309" data-attributes="member: 18179"><p>Yep, we have one big lower section as opposed to two sections like the actual exports have. It's the same lower reflector molding as the euro lights I have pictured there. You can see the flat spot where I could drill for a bulb housing. But I might try to sneak 2 into there somehow. </p><p></p><p>I have been reading up on tons of different forums of people who shaved off the fluting (all those plastic lines) from their headlights. I know the JDM guys do it a lot because the headlight fluting was a US D.O.T requirement. </p><p></p><p>They all said the key was just to keep reducing the grit of sand paper and eventually just use a plastic lapping compound or polish to finally get the shine back to it. Since the reflectors are cast into the plastic really all I would be doing is shaving them down to a new layer of plastic and then polishing it flush and clear. Basically the same way that people get a mirror finish. </p><p></p><p>That said, I might try shaving them off on a junkyard lens to make sure I get the technique right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Burninrock24, post: 1150309, member: 18179"] Yep, we have one big lower section as opposed to two sections like the actual exports have. It's the same lower reflector molding as the euro lights I have pictured there. You can see the flat spot where I could drill for a bulb housing. But I might try to sneak 2 into there somehow. I have been reading up on tons of different forums of people who shaved off the fluting (all those plastic lines) from their headlights. I know the JDM guys do it a lot because the headlight fluting was a US D.O.T requirement. They all said the key was just to keep reducing the grit of sand paper and eventually just use a plastic lapping compound or polish to finally get the shine back to it. Since the reflectors are cast into the plastic really all I would be doing is shaving them down to a new layer of plastic and then polishing it flush and clear. Basically the same way that people get a mirror finish. That said, I might try shaving them off on a junkyard lens to make sure I get the technique right. [/QUOTE]
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