Red & White Lights (pics also!!) here you guys go! (archive)

1. Take the lights out (remove the six screws from
inside the trunk (you need to remove the bulb
holder first)
2. Wash the whole tail light units with dish soap and
get all the dirt/oil off, then dry off the
tail lights
3. a. Mask of the white portion of the tail light if
you dont want to paint those/ or you can leave
them if you want to paint them
c. Mask off the plastic that is right under the
red lenses (a.k.a. mask off that beige
surrounding plastic)
3. a. Take the tint spray..(NOT GLOSS COAT) and hold
the paint can about 12 inches away from the
tail lights and lightly coat the orange/amber
portion of the lense, until it is noticeably
red...REMEMBER MAKE IT A LIGHT COAT
b. while you spray the first coat...lightly mist
the lenses next to the orange/amber corner lense
(this makes the amber lense blend in with the
rest of the taillight)
c. Now, let that sit for a good 5-10 minutes...
DONT TAKE THE MASKING TAPE OFF!
place it somewhere where dust and hair wont get
onto the wet paint
d. After the 5-10 minutes have passed...
take the red paint can like you did before...and
give the tail light a nice LIGHT coat of
paint...(DONT USE A HEAVY COAT...OR YOU WILL
HAVE UGLY PASTY RESULTS!)
gently spray the whole unit..until the lense
looks how you want it to look
e. let the paint dry again for about 5 minutes
e. Repeat the above steps if you didnt spray the
tail lights at the same time
f. Now...make sure the red paint is dry, DONT
TOUCH if your not sure! IF it is dry, take the
masking tape off of the white reverse lense,
and gently give two lights coats of the CLEAR
GLOSS COAT TO THE WHOLE TAIL LIGHT
g. now youre done...let the tail lights sit until
they are both dry...let them sit for another 15
minutes just to be sure and then bolt them
back in
h. when you wash your car..dont worry the paint
will not come offame soap...just wash them as
if you never painted them before

Good luck..If you have any questions go ahead and
e-mail me if I didnt make the instructions clear enough
dont be afraid to email me

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