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Old 06-13-2008, 04:15 PM
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Tail Light Smoke: Need Your Opinion!

i just finished puttin on the first vinyl on my left tail light, its 35 percent tint, i also did the 3rd brake light. it took 3 hours to do one light, its not a perfect job there are some bubbles only if your looking for them. its very different than what most ppl have posted on the forum, everyone goes extremely dark. im looking for a subtle change.

i wanna know what you guys think about it, how does it look? before i go spend another 3 in my hot garage with a blow dryer. thanks!
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Old 06-13-2008, 04:27 PM
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looks good! it looks way better then the super dark tails.
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It looks alright, I probably wouldn't do it on a white car though. Go finish it up though, it'll be cool.
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took me 3 hours to do mine also. lol...let them sit in the sun for a few hours as well.

they are very reddish right now, but 2 weeks or so in then sun will get them that smokish shade.
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it looks good, i would finish it because why waste 3 hours of work? i think itll look nice and subtle
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looks good, lite tint looks good on non black cars, on dark cars i prefer black out lights, like what i have lol. i cant wait to see the end result
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i've been wanting to do that for a while now! please upload more pix when you're done i wanna see how it turns out! look good so far =)
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Originally Posted by c0ldf1ame
i've been wanting to do that for a while now! please upload more pix when you're done i wanna see how it turns out! look good so far =)
well another 2+ hours or so and i absolutely hate blow dryers and vinyl tint
but it was worth it to me i think

what do you guys think? the end product is attached, looks like a s2000 tail almost, anyways there it is, thanks for your feed back!
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Old 06-13-2008, 06:49 PM
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love it! its very subtle but just enough that you think its different
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looks good, but i think on WWP, the lights should be clear.
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That's the best tint job I've seen!
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Originally Posted by Razz1
That's the best tint job I've seen!
haha thank you razz, idk if i would go that far but im pretty happy with how they came out

i also noticed theres not much info on the layovers for the taillights on forum, so if anyone has questions let me know (pm or something)

my garage wanted to charge 200 to put them on, so i decided on principle to try it myself haha, how hard could it be? just make sure ur ready for some fustration
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I love it. Nice work.
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side view?
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tint your regular windows
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lookin good
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glad everyone likes its, thanks

not sure if i wanna tint my windows, im kinda going for the look FLIP has got, except with WWP

damn clear corners are taking forever in the mail
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looks good man. Its subtle enough that it looks different. the red films look good on the wwp too!
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Looks very clean. Great job.
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i like yours better than the red ones
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Perfect job! Glad you did not go black with it. That just does not make any sense to me why someone would do that. I'd want people to see my rear lights, no inhibit their view of my actions or garnish the attention of 5O.
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Originally Posted by Fortunate Few
looks good! it looks way better then the super dark tails.
So tru
Old 01-08-2009, 11:53 AM
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thanks guys, yeah i put these vinyls on in last may, still holding up just fine

i feel like this percentage of tint hides the almost "ricey" ness of the euro tails while still keeping the lights features visable

its not a bad DIY, you just need a sheet of vinyl and a blow dryer, i get compliments on the tails everywhere i go, i suggest to anyone that was thinking about doing it, to give it a shot
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Wow thread revival there .........

I plan on doing mine this coming spring .
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nah don't do it! It will look so ug--- Oh, wow! those..look..awesome.............................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .........................


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