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Curious why you left it on the glass when you painted . Are they not suppose to separate?
Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"
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Funny you posted this! I had to go to the junkyard today to get a glass because my hinges were separating from the glass. I ended up with one like this one and wanting to know what you used to sand it with? I’ve got no real experience with body work and have lots of questions about it!
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I removed the piece from the glass- the first 2 pics show it off the glass. There’s 3 screws and the bottom edge is held with high bond tape.
I used a DA starting with 220 to remove the texture but in hindsight I would have just hand sanded it, the texture comes off easy. I went to 400 then 600 hand sanding. Then adhesion promoter, the base from automotivetouchup.com, then U-Pol #1 clear. My buddy that owns a body shop thinks I might not have got good coverage on the base over the black plastic which might be causing it to be too dark so he said to scuff the clear, reapply base and then I’m shooting it with some 2k clear I ordered from automotivetouchup if it ever ships along with more base.
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I bought a new used rear view mirror from LKQ online for $45 because my display was dim and would go completely blank at times. I tried reflowing the circuit board but it didn’t help. Now it looks like I need to calibrate it, guess I’ll look up how to do that. But it is nice and bright.
Tonyrodz
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I think you have to drive in a few circles to calibrate. I just left mine alone. Straightened out in a day of reg driving.
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You do regular driving?
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YahYou do regular driving?
Yah
Get the fire extinguisher, your pants are on fire!
Tonyrodz
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I've been driving my work van, when I do go out--can't do much damage with that!
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