{"id":305,"date":"2011-09-19T02:30:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T02:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/?p=305"},"modified":"2011-09-22T05:50:03","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T05:50:03","slug":"experiment-in-refinishing-turn-signal-reflectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/?p=305","title":{"rendered":"Experiment in refinishing turn signal reflectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before I found the old new stock turn signal, I got a pair of front turn signals that were complete, but were pretty weathered.  I started searching on how to refurbish the reflective surface of the light cluster and found a couple of options.  Unfortunately the only right way to do it is expensive and uses the same method of applying a thin metal film just as it was done during the manufacturing process.  Some people suggest &#8220;chroming plastic&#8221; which is a little cheaper.  Others suggest using two coats of Krylon high gloss black plastic paint as a base and then two coats of &#8220;brilliant&#8221; silver paint.  So I tried that, and after letting the clusters air dry, I put them in a low temp drying oven for a few hours. <\/p>\n<p>Before:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6738.jpg\" class=\"fancyboxgroup\" rel=\"gallery-305\" title=\"DSC_6738\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6738-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC_6738\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Krylon High Gloss Black for plastic:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/09162011001.jpg\" class=\"fancyboxgroup\" rel=\"gallery-305\" title=\"09162011(001)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/09162011001-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"09162011(001)\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/09162011001-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/09162011001.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Krylon Brilliant Metallic Silver paint:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6742.jpg\" class=\"fancyboxgroup\" rel=\"gallery-305\" title=\"DSC_6742\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6742-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC_6742\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6742-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6742.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m concerned at how well it will hold up, but we&#8217;ll see.  It definitely is reflecting light better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I found the old new stock turn signal, I got a pair of front turn signals that were complete, but were pretty weathered. I started searching on how to refurbish the reflective surface of the light cluster and found a couple of options. Unfortunately the only right way to do it is expensive and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[8,6,5,57,3,9,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saab99.motd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}