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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 01:17 AM
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Tinted tail lights and side markers

This is 6 light coats of VHT night shade, a few hours of cut polishing then 2 coats of clear coat, i still need to do another cut polish but it was getting too late to start that.

It looks darker in person, i wasnt going for a black look because i dont need to be harrased by cops, and yes i still need to do my third brake light lol:





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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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Really? nobody? alright
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:02 PM
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6 coats?? those must have been REALLY light coats haha. looks good
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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LOOOOOKS GOOD! there are you happy now. No but for real i like the soft tint not blacked out looks great!
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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6 coats?? those must have been REALLY light coats haha. looks good
Yea it was my first time ever doing something like this so i was really light with the coats so i didnt screw up. But my car is already black with tinted windows, i just wanted the tail lights to be darker to help with the black look but not actually black them right out.
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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looks great! but imo i like the reverse circles to be cutout
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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looks bitchin...want to come down to california and do mine
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:28 PM
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lol once was enough for me, that took hours to do. Did a lot of cut polishing to give it the facotry shine instead of a dull look
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:31 PM
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looks great! but imo i like the reverse circles to be cutout
same here.
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:40 PM
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if i was going for a full back out then yea i would have probably cut them out but since i wasnt doing that, i think it looks fine the way it is.
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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i got what your saying. i was just stating my opinion. i still like it
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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oh i know i wasnt offended or anything, was just stating my reasoning behind why i didnt lol
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 03:00 PM
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gotcha get that 3rd brake light done now and call it good!
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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yea it looks a little out place lol.
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 03:10 PM
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ya just a tad. i went 4 months without tinting my 3rd and my tails were completely black lol. it looked funny as **** but i didnt want to get pulled over. then after the 4 months, i said **** it
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 03:11 PM
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ya just a tad. i went 4 months without tinting my 3rd and my tails were completely black lol. it looked funny as **** but i didnt want to get pulled over. then after the 4 months, i said **** it


I did the exact same thing and felt the same way.
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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we think alike my friend
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 03:17 PM
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Black and clear FTW. but overall looks nice.
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 03:24 PM
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we think alike my friend
speaking of that, I think im almost ready for those badges.
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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speaking of that, I think im almost ready for those badges.
well just let me know when you want me to start on them and send some $
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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Looks great, good job!
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 01:44 PM
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thank u sir
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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That's the best looking job I've seen so far.....

I see to many that look like they took a can of flat enamel paint to their tail lights, yours looks sweet...

props!
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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Looks good man, and like mentioned before that must have been really light coats lol. My lights are BLACKED out. One of the darkest iv seen on this site and I have gone through countless license checkpoints, and been pulled over for speeding and never once had anything said to me about tail lights. I have had cops behind me several times that have just gone around and never said anything.
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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Where can I buy VHT in Canada? and to the op you did a nice job, not too light and not too dark!
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