Oh boy :shakehead: The tails have been sitting for quite a few hours so I started to remove all the tape. It all came off perfectly and didnt effect any of the lines, BUT the painters tape left glue residue and even pulled off some of the flat black paint. FML!!! :sad:

I busted my ass on these things for 2 days and cause a few small things they look like crap! They look freaking sweet till you get close and see what the freaking tape did to the flat black. The rage and cussing has been out the roof!!!

Well here is a pic of the finished product and a look at what happened to the flat black.



Tomorrow I am going to try hitting it all with a little wax and maybe some compound. Hopefully that will fix the small problems.

Oh boy :shakehead: The tails have been sitting for quite a few hours so I started to remove all the tape. It all came off perfectly and didnt effect any of the lines, BUT the painters tape left glue residue and even pulled off some of the flat black paint. FML!!! :sad:

I busted my ass on these things for 2 days and cause a few small things they look like crap! They look freaking sweet till you get close and see what the freaking tape did to the flat black. The rage and cussing has been out the roof!!!

Well here is a pic of the finished product and a look at what happened to the flat black.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a257/fresh4849/100_2602.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a257/fresh4849/100_2604.jpg

Tomorrow I am going to try hitting it all with a little wax and maybe some compound. Hopefully that will fix the small problems. Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate working my bu** off on something and have it go wrong!!!!!!!!!!!! CUSSING IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT in my case!:doh:

Sorry to hear that you had a setback at the end Chris.:shakehead: One of the reasons I hate painting parts. You spend so much time on the prep work to have small imperfications pop up at the end.:shakehead:

sorry to see that!!

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate working my bu** off on something and have it go wrong!!!!!!!!!!!! CUSSING IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT in my case!:doh:

Yeah I had to walk away and cool down before I slammed the hell out of them on the car port.

Sorry to hear that you had a setback at the end Chris.:shakehead: One of the reasons I hate painting parts. You spend so much time on the prep work to have small imperfications pop up at the end.:shakehead:

Tell me about it first time I painted something without quitting half way and having to start over. I am going to work on them tomorrow and if no luck F**K IT! I will ride with them the way they are.

sorry to see that!!

Its like they say "S**t Happens," just seems more so in my case.

If you can get the glue off, you can prrobably respray the flat black or at least touch it up... I'm sure you'll get it man!

If you can get the glue off, you can prrobably respray the flat black or at least touch it up... I'm sure you'll get it man!

Thanks Jason, I got a few tricks up my sleeves for them tomorrow

I hate that too.... things like this happen to me all the time as well! Hopefully you'll getter' fixed back up! Those are gonna look so COOL on there Chris!

I hate that too.... things like this happen to me all the time as well! Hopefully you'll getter' fixed back up! Those are gonna look so COOL on there Chris!

Thanks Jim! Hopefully I can get them looking back to normal tomorrow

other than that they look great Chris. You'll get it.

other than that they look great Chris. You'll get it.

Thanks Robert! I am so pissed the tape did that to the flat black

sand them down a little and you'll be fine. They came out awesome!

sand them down a little and you'll be fine. They came out awesome!

Well I wet sand the sh*t out of them and restarted on the one with the trash in it. I finished it and well the last spray of clear (just like last time) the cleared sprayed trash all in it. I am letting it dry and saying F**K IT! Im tired of messing with them. :shakehead: :doh:

Awesome work man! Don't let it get to ya.. once you get them right none of it will matter lol

Can not wait to see them this coming Saturday,I am sure they look AWESOME.

I know your a perfectness and we most likely will not even see the flaws.

Can not wait to see them this coming Saturday,I am sure they look AWESOME.

I know your a perfectness and we most likely will not even see the flaws.


I have redone the left side tail 3 times today and it is still messed up. That side just does not want to cooperate with me. I still have to sand the whole thing down AGAIN and redo it. I hope I can have this one done and installed by next week. I have one that looks perfect and one that looks like complete s**t! I finally got the orange looking great and now its just the flat black that is giving me a time. :shakehead:

I have redone the left side tail 3 times today and it is still messed up. That side just does not want to cooperate with me. I still have to sand the whole thing down AGAIN and redo it. I hope I can have this one done and installed by next week. I have one that looks perfect and one that looks like complete s**t! I finally got the orange looking great and now its just the flat black that is giving me a time. :shakehead:

Slow and steady wins the race. jk. You will get them done by next weekend and they will look awesome.

Slow and steady wins the race. jk. You will get them done by next weekend and they will look awesome.
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Can not wait to see them this coming Saturday,I am sure they look AWESOME.

I know your a perfectness and we most likely will not even see the flaws.
My Motto is "If you can see that little speck of whatever", "YOUR TOO CLOSE" !!!!!!!!!!:smileup: You worry too much, Chris!

Chris what tape did you use?The flat can be a pain.You will most likely have to start completely over on the flat.Flat can be a real pain.

Chris what tape did you use?The flat can be a pain.You will most likely have to start completely over on the flat.Flat can be a real pain.

Yeah tell me about it I have spent 2 days on the flat. Today the paint kept krinkling up in certain spot so it didnt stick. Fixed it and then there were highs and lows in the paint and it looks like ass! So now I have to take all the flat off again and respray.

My Motto is "If you can see that little speck of whatever", "YOUR TOO CLOSE" !!!!!!!!!!:smileup: You worry too much, Chris!

Well Im not putting something on my car that looks like complete sh*t whether near or far.

Well Im not putting something on my car that looks like complete sh*t whether near or far.
Hang in there, I think the result will be well worth the effort. Slow down, but hurry up. :smileup:

You ever think about a template and some matte black vinyl?

You ever think about a template and some matte black vinyl?

Yeah I did but I have messed with vinyl before on lights and the light shines through and I am NOT a fan of vinyl. Been thinking about trying to get all the Daytona stripes painted on. We will see.....