gporeilly
Well-Known Member
This should be an easy one for our resident experts....
Looking for a fix to renewing the silver/chrome paint on the taillights of my 5th Ave. Some of the silver paint on the "outlines" of the taillights has worn off from just normal everyday washings/waxings. The silver paint on the outlines of the taillight can easily be removed simply by rubbing with a little ordinary car wax on a cloth.
I thought of using a small model brush to try repainting by hand but my hand is not all that steady and doubt if it would leave a nice factory finished look anyway.
Another option I entertained was buying very thin chrome adhesive pin striping and applying with a utility knife. Would take a little time to get perfect but should look fantastic to have an even chrome finish look on the outlines of the lights again. Have already purchased the right size chrome pin striping at CrappyTire and think this is the way I will go,,, car in storage until Apr so this little task will have to wait till then.
Would appreciate any input regarding an alternative method
Looking for a fix to renewing the silver/chrome paint on the taillights of my 5th Ave. Some of the silver paint on the "outlines" of the taillights has worn off from just normal everyday washings/waxings. The silver paint on the outlines of the taillight can easily be removed simply by rubbing with a little ordinary car wax on a cloth.
I thought of using a small model brush to try repainting by hand but my hand is not all that steady and doubt if it would leave a nice factory finished look anyway.
Another option I entertained was buying very thin chrome adhesive pin striping and applying with a utility knife. Would take a little time to get perfect but should look fantastic to have an even chrome finish look on the outlines of the lights again. Have already purchased the right size chrome pin striping at CrappyTire and think this is the way I will go,,, car in storage until Apr so this little task will have to wait till then.
Would appreciate any input regarding an alternative method