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Old May 18, 2002 | 07:42 AM
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tail light, got sanded :(

the dude who painted my car hit the side of the tail light a bit with a disc sander its just a few swirl scratched, anyway to polish/buff it out?
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Old May 18, 2002 | 08:10 PM
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Plastic polish and a high speed buffer if you have access to one. I pulled several scratches out of my acrylic T-Tops this way...should work for the plastic on the tail lights as well I would think.

Good luck
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Old May 19, 2002 | 01:19 AM
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Better question to ask would be why were they sanding the car with the tail lights on. Did you take it to a tape and paint place?

A real body shop would have removed the tail light before preping.
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Old May 19, 2002 | 09:00 PM
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if you elect to replace the taillights with used salvage yard ones, look closely for paint overspray. a lot of thirdgens have been repainted over the years.
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Old May 19, 2002 | 10:15 PM
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yeah i took it to a tape and spray.... so what? it's my car, the mark isnt bad enough to replace the tail light, you can barely know it's there, but i know its there, and if it's easy to fix i want to fix it. nuff said.
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