It was mentioned to me that there was once someone in the Fiero community that offered refinishing on the reproduction blemished tail light lenses.
I'm an automotive painter and work directly with the folks over at FieroMotive here in central florida, and Trent passed off a set of blemished lenses to see what I could do with them.
I then realized that removing the faulting coating on the inside of the lens was going to be near impossible, I decided that repainting and flow coating the outside of the lens was the best option for these.
So after refinishing the interior components of the lights, I installed the lenses and painstakingly hand masked all of the letters and around the lens.
Spayed the black basecoat and then 2 coats of high solids clearcoat. Let that cure for 24 hours and then sanded the clearcoat to removed the raised edges from the masking of the letters. After 2 more coats of clear, everything leveled out nice.
RGR, will do. I'm leaving for a flight in a couple of hours, but I'll text you when I get back. My parents actually live fairly close to you, so I would be able to drop them off and pick them up if that's OK with you (next time I visit them). It's also where my Fiero has been secretly in storage for 13 years, haha...
Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: RGR, will do. I'm leaving for a flight in a couple of hours, but I'll text you when I get back. My parents actually live fairly close to you, so I would be able to drop them off and pick them up if that's OK with you (next time I visit them). It's also where my Fiero has been secretly in storage for 13 years, haha...
No problem at all, Im actually in leesburg, just a little south of Ocala
HVLPgeek: It was mentioned to me that there was once someone in the Fiero community that offered refinishing on the reproduction blemished tail light lenses.
BTW - Member gtoformulastill offers a restoration service.......
You actually CAN remove the delaminated black portion but it's a real time consuming thing. I did a set with custom lettering after removing the black portion. I used my vinyl cutter to replicate the letters for masking:
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You actually CAN remove the delaminated black portion but it's a real time consuming thing. I did a set with custom lettering after removing the black portion. I used my vinyl cutter to replicate the letters for masking:
appreciate that man, but yea removing the laminate from the inside of the lens does not leave any room for profit on just a restoration. For a custom job for $$$$, for sure.
And just FYI, now that the Keith Goodyear lenses have reached the end of production and are no longer available, there will be even more need for refinishing services since there really is no other option. As long as you have the time, I'm sure you'll have a good side business doing these.
And just FYI, now that the Keith Goodyear lenses have reached the end of production and are no longer available, there will be even more need for refinishing services since there really is no other option. As long as you have the time, I'm sure you'll have a good side business doing these.
And just FYI, now that the Keith Goodyear lenses have reached the end of production and are no longer available, there will be even more need for refinishing services since there really is no other option. As long as you have the time, I'm sure you'll have a good side business doing these.
I know someone with a few. trying to get a good set of both notchie and gt licenses (not reproductions) to make molds off of and then its finding out what resin they used for Keith's lenses (or more accurately what I can get my hands on and use in a non factory setting)
