When I bought my 300L last summer, I thought the New Yorker tail lights would grow on me... and they just didn't. I do like them, but not on my car.
I scored some nice red lenses and polished them up... Sorry no pics of that... But 1200 grit paper followed by Meguirs 105 rubbing compound, then finished with Meguirs Plast-X got them looking better than new.
I wanted to use my existing housings and they needed a little love. This is the backup light housing. The gaskets are dried out too.
The taillight housing were in better shape, but there was a small crack in both. The gasket around the edge of the housing to the body had been glued on and was a mess.
Sand blasted and epoxied the cracks.
I did a little research and while a lot of folks think the housings were cad plated, but they were dipped in chromic acid that gave them the gold color. I decided because the housings aren't seen, some Duplicolor Cast Aluminum paint was good. The reflective part had been painted of the tail light housings once before and I decided I could do better.
So... I did some research and decided on Duplicolor Chrome paint. Turns out that a coat of black under the chrome gives the best results. These turned out better than I expected and the pics don't do it justice.
I scored some nice red lenses and polished them up... Sorry no pics of that... But 1200 grit paper followed by Meguirs 105 rubbing compound, then finished with Meguirs Plast-X got them looking better than new.
I wanted to use my existing housings and they needed a little love. This is the backup light housing. The gaskets are dried out too.
The taillight housing were in better shape, but there was a small crack in both. The gasket around the edge of the housing to the body had been glued on and was a mess.
Sand blasted and epoxied the cracks.
I did a little research and while a lot of folks think the housings were cad plated, but they were dipped in chromic acid that gave them the gold color. I decided because the housings aren't seen, some Duplicolor Cast Aluminum paint was good. The reflective part had been painted of the tail light housings once before and I decided I could do better.
So... I did some research and decided on Duplicolor Chrome paint. Turns out that a coat of black under the chrome gives the best results. These turned out better than I expected and the pics don't do it justice.