Tail light refinish.........

ok so I took the tail light apart and sanded down the factory dull silver and then sprayed it black, once dried I then sprayed Mirra-chrome on the surface to get what you see. This should take care of my dull brake light for good. I also sprayed the stuff on the edge of the taill ight housing to get a chrome perimeter. This is the same process i did to Brokecello's center caps on his rims.

Wow, that ought to reflect some light!

Looks nice Jarrod! Id like to see a shot at night! I really like the centercap finish you did....looks perfect on the outer edge of your taillight!!

Chris

I did the same thing to my brother's old Chevy truck a number of years ago when the original capsules were pretty cruddy inside. Made a big difference in terms of light output. Only difference is I laid down white instead of black before I did the shiny stuff.

jarrod any pics of them on the wagon would like to see how the housings look

I'll take pictures tonight if the wagon gets back early enough if not tomorrow.

Jarrod, Would that chrome stuff work on a grill? If so I have an idea that I think we need to discuss

Very nicely executed....................Looks awesome jarrod

YOU DA MAN JARROD!!

Cadet57 wrote:

Jarrod, Would that chrome stuff work on a grill? If so I have an idea that I think we need to discuss

Yes it will.

Thanks Guy's

hey jarrod do you know what i should use to fill long hole i cut in taillight housing? i was thinking maybe bondo or fiber glass the hole is not very wide but is long thanks john

John show me a picture of what you mean so i can give you a better ideal. There are lots of options out there for this kind of stuff.

Also here is the before and after of the brightness of the taillights. This is with the parking lights on. Also I took the picture of the newly finished light first, and when I put the other one back in the little 194 bulb burnt out as you can seee in pix. That will have a little affect on brightness a bit. Look at reverse light too when checking out pix's compared to unfinished light.

i will take a pic tomorrow but it is the black plastic housing i cut. will show tomorrow

sherlock9c1 wrote:

I did the same thing to my brother's old Chevy truck a number of years ago when the original capsules were pretty cruddy inside. Made a big difference in terms of light output. Only difference is I laid down white instead of black before I did the shiny stuff.

I'm thinking that gloss white would reflect more light than any other color, including silver. Chrome might outdo it, if the chrome was perfect.

Thats mirra-chrome is priced for the professional only.Pretty costly at 25 bucks per ounce!
Any thing special about mixing it or spraying tips?

Nope,.. I put it in my airbrush and just spray. It has to be over a gloss black or white finish and also silver finish will work. That is what I used when I did Brokecello's center caps.

So...Jarrod...You offering taillight mod services??? wow!

Chris if you want your taillights done I will have an extra set at WF for sale. $60 plus exchange with good used ones or $85 outright.

hey jerrod here is pics of my housings. i was thinking of wrapping a 2x4 with wax paper then putting it under the hole so the filler would stay flush and not go into the taillight . just not sure what filler to use fber glass or bondo or some thing like tiger hair. any help would be great

Good ideal but use fiberglass instead. bondo will not stay. Actually Fiebrglass cloth and resin would be best. They make epoxy in big tubes and I know I have it and that would be best but pretty sure you could head over to lowes or home depot and pick it up in smaller tubes.

the epoxy do you know the name and would i use that and fiber glass or is it one or the other. i was thinking i would rough up the plastic that i would be bonding to so the filler would have something to grab into

Just use one or the other, and when looking for epoxy just read the package,.. as some are univesral. Filler will not have a lasting bond to roughed up plastic as there is mold release on most plastics piece's found on cars, and eventually it will just break free. that is why it is a bitch to paint plastic.

ok thanks

*low whistle* $25 an ounce is a little steep... but it gets some great results! anyone ever chrome their stock roadmaster wheels?!

MarkH wrote:

*low whistle* $25 an ounce is a little steep... but it gets some great results! anyone ever chrome their stock roadmaster wheels?!

NOT to Jack Up Jarrods thread but

Mark,
Start looking up some of your Local Powder Coating facilities, and see what they have to offer - Many of the ones we have around here have powders that are really really close to chrome and carry a less expensive cost of actually chroming them.

Do a little experiment. Paint one tail light reflector with the shiniest, most expensive stuff you can find, then paint the other reflector cheap old gloss white. Then check to see which one puts out more light.