Author Topic: amazing what a little time and effort can reap (Read 8642 times)

sha1234 · « **on:** September 01, 2007, 11:57:23 AM »

well i thought it was about time for me to stop pissing around the bush and go for what i have always wanted... all red tails
so i went out and bought myself a bottle of Tamia clear red and Tamia clear coat
i removed the lights and gave a good scrub with a degreaser...
then i taped of accordingly and.... held my breath and sprayed
end result....
FUCKING MINT

i gave it a bunch of blasts of clear and all the slight orange peal just vanished... tamia is basically fool proof...

so then i thought to myself i hate those ugly orange side repeaters... so a couple min later

and well as you can prob see i also took it upon myself to see how good the tamia "smoke" would look
and i like it alot

basically... if you want to go all red tails.... dont spend like 350 on MWH... just take a little time and do it yourself... its very satisfying

sha1234 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 01, 2007, 12:02:25 PM »

shoot... im so used to posting in this sub forum... this should be in appearance... if an admin could move it that would rock

christophbmw · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2007, 12:06:58 PM »

you just inspired me, ive always wanted to do it but never got around to it, im off to the hobby shop............seriously though.

sha1234 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 01, 2007, 12:21:51 PM »

GOOD... i needed motivation too... and i got it when i met up with a fellow e30r who has done it himself

jpod999 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 03, 2007, 03:48:51 PM »

Looks good, now smoke those sidemarkers. I used RC body paint called window tint, and did like 4 coats. worked perfectly.

asubimmer · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2007, 04:14:00 PM »

get the e36 side repeaters and then get the euro trim that deletes the sidemarkers

ose30 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2007, 08:24:16 AM »

In europe we have for example Duplicolor spray cans available. It is called Duplicolor Transparent. It can be found several colours, red,blue,green,black. It is made for taillight lenses. I used it for my Porsche, had all red taillights and blinger still managed to blink orange

fayjai · « **Reply #7 on:** September 13, 2007, 02:06:36 AM »

question is how well does it hold up to the element?

jpod999 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 13, 2007, 10:14:57 PM »

Quote from: asubimmer;32997

get the e36 side repeaters and then get the euro trim that deletes the sidemarkers

Don't even get the E36 side repeaters. Just Euro trim!

FL318is · « **Reply #9 on:** September 13, 2007, 10:18:54 PM »

That is an amazing blue. The tails are a perfect set up.

D. Clay · « **Reply #10 on:** September 13, 2007, 11:23:40 PM »

Texas requires orange front and red rear sidemarkers. Usually you can sneak by but every now and then you run into a real "inspector". Does Tamia have a "smoke" paint? Do you buy it on ebay?
There's just nothing like a sharp E30 318is.

sha1234 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 14, 2007, 12:27:42 AM »

yup... its called tamia smoke... and you can buy tamia paints from any good hobby shop...
euro trim is the next step... i just thought for now those red side markers help alot

sha1234 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 14, 2007, 12:29:57 AM »

oh and too the elements i have a buddy who painted them last year and gone through a salty winter... and they still look as fresh as the day he painted them
with the clear you can just put on another layer of clear every couple of months if you want them to stay... UBER shiney

sports.racer · « **Reply #13 on:** September 15, 2007, 11:23:38 PM »

If you guys are searching look for "TAMIYA".

Has anyone ever tried RIT dye?

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3825/is_199907/ai_n8867845
http://www.240sx.org/faq/articles/plastic_dying.htm

oldtimer · « **Reply #14 on:** September 20, 2007, 08:42:20 AM »

Where does one get this "clay" bar? I had my car re-painted last year, I was doing some refinishing on a kitchen table with white paint from a hardware store. Somehow some over spray made it to my car now some white dots are all over the new paint job. It was suggested that I use this "clay" bar.