ZEP taillight smoked look mod - results and misconceptions

[TRUCKHEF]

Yup got a white haze on the lens, only way to fix it now is open it up and polish the inside, don’t use alcohol

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[Poultrygeist]

I'm an artist but I see no visual improvement with the addition of smoked taillights. If they were body color it might offer a more unique look. But if the idea is to just add something to be different from the crowd I get it.

 

[TedTX]

I like the whole look with this paint color, I have Velocity Blue and the bright reds adds nice contrast. So not planning to follow.

 

[Braderick]

try some…

 

[OC-D]

nice r

nice result good job

Regarding your specific picture here PLG…

hijacking this thread for a bit, is this zep applied to the ‘brow’ of the headlight housing or is this tint?

 

[Aj0400]

hijacking this thread for a bit, is this zep applied to the ‘brow’ of the headlight housing or is this tint?

ZEP isn’t tint. It removes the chrome off the black plastic. For a headlight you’d need to disassemble so that you can retain the reflectors as it’s vital for light output

 

[OC-D]

ZEP isn’t tint. It removes the chrome off the black plastic. For a headlight you’d need to disassemble so that you can retain the reflectors as it’s vital for light output

Thanks, I confirmed it was also Zep applied from PLG’s previous post. This is awesome info!

 

[PLG]

Regarding your specific picture here PLG…

hijacking this thread for a bit, is this zep applied to the ‘brow’ of the headlight housing or is this tint?

yep all dipped in zep and rinsed with distilled water

 

[Maverick2023]

Can someone do the headlights and post your results?

 

[Aj0400]

Can someone do the headlights and post your results?

Scroll through the comments someone did

 

[Braderick]

 

[Maverick2023]

Scroll through the comments someone did

need better and up close pics.

 

[PLG]

need better and up close pics.

 

[jewc75]

Can't believe how easy this mod was. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Iserna]

Hi all!

I recently did the ZEP tail light mod on my 2022 XL and I wanted to share not only my results, but I wanted to clear up a lot of misconceptions and things said in the original post about this from a year or so ago.

First off. This entire mod is amazing and I cannot recommend it enough. It took a while to do, especially the 3rd brake light, but I’m impressed with the results.

So with that said, let’s clear up some misconceptions with the original post. There was a lot of back and forth about the entire process; but especially needing the 25% stronger ZEP that isn’t obtainable anymore. This is partially true ZEP doesn’t sell bottles that say “25% stronger” anymore. However, someone pointed out that the regular ZEP works just fine. It did for me. I’m positive it’ll work for anyone else too. I got my ZEP from Walmart in 1gal jugs.

My method was to remove the lights, take the bulbs and harness loose, fill it up 75% of the lights capacity with ZEP, and reinstall the bulb harness with the light bulbs removed. I then rotated the lights every few minutes and shook them vigorously between rotations. Every speck of chrome came off in 30 minutes per light or less. I had to spray it on the 3rd brake light as it’s an open back housing and it will not hold any liquid by design.

I used 2gal between the 3 housings. I then rinsed with a garden hose (detail bay which has filtered water but any hose should do) until no bubbles or ZEP were left. I then rinsed with distilled water from Walmart. 1gal was like $1.70 near the baby section at my local Walmart. I blew what I could out with compressed air and let the rest evaporate before reinstalling. As far as the harness went, I rinsed it off as well and blew it dry with the blow gun. It didn’t discolor the contacts or anything weird. I reinstalled all three lights; and these were my results (running stock bulbs for rn).

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