garrett1021

So I finally decided to paint my nasty tailights, I think they turned out great!

Lets start with before:





Here is one with before on the left and after on the right:

Now heres just after!!:




I'm very happy with the results, they look 10000x better than before, and it even hid a bunch of cracks.

I used some nightshade red product I found at autozone.!

Vandit

Nice work man. Your lights are definitely some of the most far gone i've seen, they were practically clear!

Cosmos99

Nice job!

David A

Looks better. I love the 2CV too.

Lemass Automotive

Good work. They were nearly white before!!!!

Navaros911

Looks great!

I didn't know Citroen brought the 2CV to the USA.

Silvertarga

You must have spent alot of time on the prep, I could never get mine to look that good so I opted for Gus' film kit

You need to run a bead of silicone sealer on your right side as moisture is getting in

RicardoD

What's the product you used?

Ducks964

Nice place to live. You must have found a little time between the rain these days.

Painted mine, but they also did turn out nearly that good.

cobias1

How many coats did you put on? thinking of doing this once the rain goes away.. if I ever get to cut my grass in a dry mode again...lol

RicardoD

Anybody know how this stuff holds up over time? Probably best to clean surface, sand it a bit, re-clean and then spray.

garrett1021

they didnt! someone imported it long ago, my father purchased the car 5 or 6 years ago.

What i did was sand it just ever so slightly with some insanely soft sand paper (honestly i dont know what grit) then i cleaned the surface with isopropyl alcohol, then it left this nasty white film, i got that out with Meguirs Ultimate Compound (ill make a thread on this stuff, its magic) then i just microfiber buffed it and took it outside and sprayed

I just went out and looked, its called VHT Nightshades.

honestly one coat looked great, but i did two just for the sake of getting 100% coverage. It has a "texture" you can see and feel from up very close. i think what im going to do is get some kind of plastic polish to polish up the tailights now and get them shiny instead of an almost matte finish.

see above response for how i prepped it.

cobias1

Garrett, I found a can of the niteshades red here. was wondering how the lights are doing in the daytime with visibility now. thanks in advance and hope all is well.