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Old 08-04-2002, 06:30 AM
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Hey,
I now have the "Window Tint Spray" And I just need to know the best way of blacking out my tail lights. For the people that have blacked out there tail lights, what did you do, and what were the problems that you ran into when blacking them out. I dont want to mess this up.
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Old 08-04-2002, 06:42 AM
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go very slowly.... light coats and evenly spray them... just take your time and do it right the frist time... dont forget to clear coat the light when ur done... good luck!
Old 08-04-2002, 08:28 AM
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So I just take out the tail lights, clean them, spray the stuff on lightly intill it is dark enuff, and then clearcoat it.
Thats it?
Old 08-04-2002, 11:11 AM
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I left mine on my car and masked the whole car off. I went over the lights with some steel wool and then a siffer cloth to get the lint off and then I painted them. They came out sweet.
Old 08-04-2002, 05:58 PM
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Originally posted by CivicPete
go very slowly.... light coats and evenly spray them... just take your time and do it right the frist time... dont forget to clear coat the light when ur done... good luck!
:werd: This stuff tends to run very easily if sprayed on hastily. Take your sweet dandy time and you'll end up with results that you'd be proud of. Oh, and save yourself the headache and remove them from the car when you do tint them.
Old 08-04-2002, 08:31 PM
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take the tail lights totaly off dont half ass the project... just do it slowly... the time u spend doing the project right the frist time will save you tons later! good luck :thumbup:
Old 08-05-2002, 04:47 AM
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It's much quicker to take them out completely then to leave them on and mask of everything.



wow this is an old pic...

Old 08-05-2002, 05:23 AM
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Thanks a lot guys, ill try to post pics when it is done
Old 08-05-2002, 08:26 AM
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I'd like to do this too. Are you paiting the inside of the lights or the outside???
Old 08-05-2002, 11:00 AM
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Originally posted by 4-banging
I'd like to do this too. Are you paiting the inside of the lights or the outside???
You can't seperate plastic from plastic. You can try but you'll most likely crack the lense. You have to do it on the outside


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