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Old 08-16-2002 | 02:36 AM
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Tail light polish/mod

So I got a little inspired to do a tail light polish from reading other folks articles, but I went a bit further.

Before left , this one is kinda jacked up initially



Before right, this one is pretty decent



And the after shots, I decided that I did not want to paint that black bar down the middle, so I just sanded it down.



They came out pretty well I would say.



on the car (bad image)


before



After


So.. tell me what you think ? (car is inoperable at the moment, in between upgrades you could say

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Old 08-16-2002 | 03:55 AM
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Sorry, dude, but it is kinda hard to tell from your "Sucky" pics.

I'm sure it looks really good in person...
Old 08-16-2002 | 07:03 AM
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Why does your IROC have those tail lights in the first place?
Old 08-16-2002 | 10:01 AM
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Please don't give me shiyet about the RS tail lights, im tired of hearing it. They were a replacement set that I got, simple as that. I'll probably get a set of IROC tail lights eventually, however various other projects have priority at the moment.
Old 08-16-2002 | 10:04 AM
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Beside if anyone claimed I badged up my ride, i'd have more than ample proof to show that it was an IROC... anyway, what do you think of the light.
Old 08-16-2002 | 11:14 AM
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Dude, do you know how long I've started at this before I figured out what you did? lol
Old 08-16-2002 | 01:24 PM
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Originally posted by omnipotentgoku
Beside if anyone claimed I badged up my ride, i'd have more than ample proof to show that it was an IROC... anyway, what do you think of the light.
I dunno. It looks like you did a great job with them, but I don't like that style of light, so to me it looks like an ugly shiny lense instead of an ugly dull lense. I don't mean it as an insult because like I said, it looks like you did a great job with them.
Old 08-16-2002 | 07:37 PM
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One of them has a crack in it already so when I replace em, im just going to pick up some of the IROC style. When I do though, just for kicks, Im going to sand down the inside of these lights and send em to my bro (says that he can make some LED lights out of em)
Old 08-16-2002 | 08:16 PM
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Looks nice. I did the same to some parking lights I just put on ebay an I am VERY happy with the results. Once I get some time all the lights on my IROC will get the same treatment
Old 08-16-2002 | 08:17 PM
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Looks nice.
Old 08-17-2002 | 12:15 AM
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Dude, do you know how long I've started at this before I figured out what you did? lol

ROTFLMAO!! me too.


whenever i'm off work again (never) and have a couple bux and mass quantities of paper i'd like to do that with my tails and do the trim around the rear hatch window.
Old 08-17-2002 | 04:57 AM
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Old 08-17-2002 | 05:07 AM
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holdon, I think I see what happened. The silver vette in the picture is a 97-99 Vette with Z06 wheels. Your car has 97-99 Vette Wheels. Did someone buy Z06 wheels for the vette, then put the stock vette wheels on your car? Pretty slick... I have waaay too much free time...
Old 08-17-2002 | 03:56 PM
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ahh fuggit
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