I am having trouble putting on my tail light tint. I had spray on tint but it didnt last so I bought Tint Anyone now a trick of thre trade or any place here in Southern Calif that will install. I called 15-20 tint places and none of them will do it.

 

u have to hair dry them to form. not easy at all. isn't batmobile near you?

 

I tried hair dryer. Yes he is about 90 minutes from me, not around the corner but I may need to pay a visit to him. He and his wife are expecting a baby though so he is distracted, understandably so.

 

Deus - Did you try Quality Tint on Arrow in Glendoa?

Ask for Chris - if he doesn't want to do it, ask him who he would recommed, he been in the business for a wile and knows a lot of people.

Hope this helps.

 

Ill call them tomorrow. I imagine the number is in the phone book. The problem I find is that these tint guys only wanna do windows cuz they are falt usually and pretty easy. The tails are sharply curved and present some difficulty. I am much better than average mechanicly inclined and i couldnt do it. theres some technique that Im not able to figure out in a short period of time. If anyone knows of a place in So Cal, please let me know. Thanks.

 

I called Quality Tiont and they dont do it. I can't believe no one will do it

 

lol good...i thought i was the only one that could not get those tints on, mine keep overlappin at the bottom :-(

 

Dues...I had bought the Lamin-X 17 mil smoke vinyl for my max, Installed with so-so sucess. After about a week of having it on I said the hell with it a ripped it right of. The corners along with the odd shape of the taillight made creases and wrinkles than I cound not get out even witha heat gun.
I had also bought headlight over lays....after putting it on the taillights and seeing the limited success, I cut up the vinyl and used it on my amber turn signals up front and on the cornering lights. Good look on the Onyx.

But if you must have the lights smoked, use soapy water and a heat gun and start from the middle out, thats the way i did it. Worked but i am a bit impacient thats why ine came out only ok not awesome.

VQ

 

Should I use heat gun or hair dyer? Heat gun may damage vinyl, I dunno. I do love the look of smoked amber front lights.

 

I used a hair dryer to install, then a heat gun to try and remove the small wrinkles I had.The ideal thing to do is squirt the film and taillight with soapy water, then heat the vinyl a little so it easier to stretch and manipulate it. Use a credit card or a squegee to smoothen it out... patience and lots of soapy water.

On a side note, you should also have Bluebat do some for the cornering lights. Looks real good as well. I freehand did mine using a template i made out of cardstock.

 

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