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So i tinted my red/clear tail lights.. *PICS*

Old Oct 3, 2008 | 01:07 PM
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So i tinted my red/clear tail lights.. *PICS*

THEYRE EBAY 95-96 RED/CLEARS

VHT NITE SHADES AND SMALL CANS OF DUPLICOLOR CLEAR COAT!!

looks sicc as fucc!!!...



WHAT I DID in case anyone wanted to know...

used VHT nite shades...

masked off the upper half,

cleaned off dust with tack cloth,

wet sanded with 1000 grit paper,

cleaned off dust with tack cloth,

did 2 light mists of vht nite shades,

wet sanded with 1000 grit paper,

cleaned off dust with tack cloth,

did 2 medium coats of vht nite shades,

wet sanded lightly with 1000 grit paper,

cleaned off dust with tack cloth,

did 2 more medium coats of vht nite shades,

wet sanded lightly with 1000 grit paper,

cleaned off dust with tack cloth,

did 1 medium-heavy coat of vht nite shades,

wet sanded lightly with 1000 grit paper,

cleaned off dust with tack cloth,

used small duplicolor clear coat and did 2 light mist,

cleaned off dust with tack cloth,

did 2 medium-heavy coat of small duplicolor clear coat,

let them dry one day,

next day buffed them by hand with 3m rubbing compound,

buffed by hand again with meguiar's scratch-x,

buffed by hand again with meguiar's gold class paste wax...

and voila!
Old Oct 3, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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man they look great, good job
Old Oct 3, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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That's very nice...
Old Oct 3, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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Looks very good..
Old Oct 3, 2008 | 01:54 PM
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put them in I wanna see them on the max
Old Oct 3, 2008 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by hot_wax_tree
put them in I wanna see them on the max
haha, i want to man i really do, but i'm waiting for about a month or two because im getting my car painted and the lip and skirts are gonna go on along with the tail lights... whole transformation at once FTW
Old Oct 3, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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Looks great. What color are you going to paint your max?
Old Oct 3, 2008 | 06:04 PM
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its going to be the same color... KN6

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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 06:51 PM
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they came out well, glad you didn't black out the whole tail.
Old Oct 3, 2008 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by sublimeskunk
haha, i want to man i really do, but i'm waiting for about a month or two because im getting my car painted and the lip and skirts are gonna go on along with the tail lights... whole transformation at once FTW
WTF, what a tease! damn you man !

It looks great though! And for including info on how you did it. I always wondered what these would look like tinted, as I have the same lights. Definitely would try this if my car was a darker color. I'm not sure how it would flow on beige I know it's going to look on the KN6 though. Finished product / installed pictures FTW!

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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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That looks to be great quality. I was looking into those lights a while back, but the chrome top would have stuck out too much for my taste. And after reading no one has successfully opened them up to paint the chrome part black, I left the idea.

I'm interested to see the final product, since my car is KN6 as well.
Old Oct 4, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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now we need pics of them on the car
Old Oct 4, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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THEY LOOK SWEET !!!!
Old Oct 4, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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nice lets see what they look like on the car
Old Oct 4, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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real nice. will be waiting for pics.
Old Oct 4, 2008 | 10:08 PM
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Nice man...Can't wait to see pics of them on the car.
Old Oct 5, 2008 | 12:00 AM
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so are you gonna post the pics with them on the car or wat ??? lollol
Old Oct 5, 2008 | 07:40 AM
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Nice work. Approx how long did this take.? Waiting for some installed pics.
Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Snypa
Nice work. Approx how long did this take.? Waiting for some installed pics.
took me about 4 hours, minus letting it dry for a day and buffing it out, i'm not putting them on the car til the car gets painted so it will be about a month or two before you guys see the final product!
Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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Veryyyy interesting.

Did you testfit prior to make sure fitment was going to be up to par?
Old Oct 6, 2008 | 09:37 AM
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looks awesome!
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