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First question is the interior pieces that I've painted (check my garage in the sig), I'm I need to redo the clear coat on them. What grit should I use in order to either remove the clear without harming the finish or is there a certain method or what should I do?Second question is I'm probably going to use some VHT Nightshades on my fogs. I have aftermarket fogs and they look like a cars high beam. I thought about doing one, maybe two lights coats just to knock it down a little. What is the best way to prep the glass? Simply just washing it or is there a particular thing that I need to use to clean it?

I'd use something in the area of 320 or 360 grit.That's what we used when we would sand clear coat off a panel using a DA pneumatic sander.The finer the grit, the better. That way you have more control when taking the clear coat off, but it may take a little longer to do it.Also, if you wet sand, you get a lot smother finish when you go to spray them.

What exactly does wet sand entail? Simply running water over it while I sand?

I know this is off topic man, srry to post it on here, but I saw ur garage car looks great man! & so does the headlights love them!! Could you make a thread about opening up the stock headlight houseing & sealing them back together?? I looked it up on YouTube & all I see is aftermartket ones, reason I'm asking is I wanna paint the housing black & the orange reflecter, it would look so much better. & a cleaner look IMO. If you would please.Thanks George

kepp the paper wet with a bucket for dipping. and a spray bottle will keep the surface wet. and just dont let it dry out. should come out nice and smooth

@silver- Awesome! I'll be trying it soon thanks!!@ls1- I will probably be getting into taking apart the front end again soon and will take some pics and give the overview.

Cool Man thanks I'll definitely be on the look out for that, I'm itching to break them apart paint them & put them together & install!

I would use a 800grit and wetsand the dash until the shine is off...THEN re-clear coat. Once THAT dries you wetsand with 2,000grit and polish with rubbing compounnd and it'll have an almost glassy finish. Smooth as hell and shiny, shiny, shiny! That's how I did mine.And on tinting the fogs? We have the same aftermarket fogs and I tinted mine before. Just clean em up and then wipe em down with alcohol, then tint. two light coats should look fine. Let em sit a day after doing two light coats. Mine seemed to look darker after they really dried

Also, if you use a sanding block when you wet sand, you keep from getting finger shaped indentations in the paint.Those are like $3 or $4 from any auto supply store.

I didn't use a sanding block on my interior trim because of all the high spots. Didn't wanna go thru the clear