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2007 Chevy Colorado Smoked Tail Lights - Smoked To Perfection

How To Murder Out Taillights With A Little Candy Paint
By Calin Head
Photography by Galen Armenta
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Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Sanding Stock Taillights
1a.The stock taillights have... 
   
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Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Sanding Stock Taillights
1a.The stock taillights have some letters embossed on the face as well as some lines left by the molding process. These need to be smoothed out, and a D/A sander with 400-grit paper will make short work of this task.
Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Grit Paper
1b.After a few quick passes... 
   
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Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Grit Paper
1b.After a few quick passes with the D/A, 800-grit wet paper was used to knock down anything left over.
Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Degreasing Lights
2.Some Comet and gray Scotch-Brite... 
   
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Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Degreasing Lights
2.Some Comet and gray Scotch-Brite takes care of degreasing the light and adds one more sanding step for an even smoother surface.
Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Lights
3.Here are the parts after... 
   
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Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Lights
3.Here are the parts after all of the sanding was complete. As you can see, the lights are dull. Don't worry, after all of the paint is applied they will be nice and shiny again.
Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Alsa Corp Candies
4.Jeff used candies from Alsa... 
   
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Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Alsa Corp Candies
4.Jeff used candies from Alsa Corp. He mixed the Candy Concentrates with the color blender per the instructions for the specific temperature of his shop.
Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Spraying Lights
5a.Because these lights have... 
   
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Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Spraying Lights
5a.Because these lights have clear lenses molded into them, a few layers of Candy Red were sprayed to turn the whole lens red. Jeff even got his 8-year-old son, Bodie, involved in the process and let him shoot the red with a SATA jet gun with a 1.4 tip.
Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Five Coats Of Red
5b.After five coats of red,... 
   
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Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Five Coats Of Red
5b.After five coats of red, you can see the lights are an even tone.
Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Candy Black
6.To darken the lights, Jeff... 
   
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Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Candy Black
6.To darken the lights, Jeff mixed up some Candy Black and laid down about six coats. The more coats, the darker the light will be, so these coats are a personal preference.
Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Spraying Speed Clear
7.After they were dry, Jeff... 
   
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Project Chevy Colorado Smoked Taillights Spraying Speed Clear
7.After they were dry, Jeff buried the candies in Speed Clear so the lights could be color-sanded and rubbed to a super-slick finish.
Alsa Corp.
www.alsacorp.com
Merzees Paint & Body
11830 Greenstone Ave., Dept. LRE
Santa Fe Springs
CA  90670

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