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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 01:45 AM
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Tinted

In the middle of tinting rear tail lights with a different paint other than vht. I'll post pics within the next couple days.
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 09:44 AM
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sweet teaser
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 09:59 AM
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sweet teaser
x's 2
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 10:15 AM
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What about the front tail lights?
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 10:21 AM
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haha well hes prob leaving them stock along with the rear headlight. I work at napa you'll be surprised some of the wierd **** people say haha or how much some DO NOT know about their cars its kinda sad
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 10:40 PM
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Sorry to leave you hanging but I was 1/2 done at the time. now I'm fully done and they're going on the car tomorrow.



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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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Sweet looks good, now i just wanna see them on the car.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 09:26 AM
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what is it? looks about the same results as nite shades
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 12:59 PM
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Pics on the car.


It's a little lighter in person. VHT for approximately the same shade would have been 1-2 coats and you wouldn't have a glossy finish. I used a paint for RC bodies (cars and trucks) and a good clear coat over top of that.

ps. I hate spring for a black car
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 01:04 PM
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ps. I hate spring for a black car
whys that?? pollen and dust? lol
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 11:49 PM
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Do you have a brand name on the kind of paint you used? Link maybe? How many coats did you have to do?
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 11:52 PM
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Go darker.

They look really good, but I love seeing the all blacked out look when you actually have a black car to go with them.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 11:58 PM
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I like them.

I just hate when the reverse are tinted. It looks tacky in my opinion. I like the tint though.
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 11:48 AM
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Looks nice!
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 01:29 PM
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should've went darker
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 01:14 PM
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Didn't really want them much darker. Someone in town has them blacked out with night shade and his tail lights look like they're candle powered.
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