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Aug 7, 2009 | 04:57 PM

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N8s07SS

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Good how-to. Trust me tinted reverse lights+5%window tint=can't see **** on a dark night

Is that opposed to those bright nights? You live in Antarctica or something?

Aug 7, 2009 | 04:59 PM

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wow that looks good.. great job

Aug 7, 2009 | 05:09 PM

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Is that opposed to those bright nights? You live in Antarctica or something?

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wow that looks good.. great job

Thanks!

Aug 7, 2009 | 09:47 PM

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when i did mine, i used electrical tape because its more flexible and you dont have to worry about scratching the plastic by triming it with a razor.

BUT mine turned out like **** and i used nail polish remover to get it off, but the electrical tape did work really good.

I ended up buying some smoked ones off ebay. ONLY $83(shipped) for the SAE/DOT approved and $85(shipped) for the darker NON SAE/DOT approved.

Aug 13, 2009 | 11:17 PM

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Where did you get that key hole cover? Not to steal your thread just been looking all over

Aug 13, 2009 | 11:44 PM

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Ryuzin

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I still cant find out if light tint is legal I even asked the cops and they gave me a I dont know

Aug 13, 2009 | 11:48 PM

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just thought i would drop this off here

By dunit121, shot with DSC-S950 at 2009-08-10

and the flash made them look unevenly tinted

Last edited by dunit121; Aug 13, 2009 at 11:48 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

Sep 16, 2009 | 02:57 AM

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zillaguy07

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^^^ awesome....picked up the stuff to do mine just like that today...I just want a hint of smoke to them

Sep 16, 2009 | 12:39 PM

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Where did you get that key hole cover? Not to steal your thread just been looking all over

I took the lock unit out and painted it with a rattle can. There is no cover.

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I still cant find out if light tint is legal I even asked the cops and they gave me a I dont know

Cops here told me it is illegal.

Sep 17, 2009 | 02:13 AM

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usnshark

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Nice job shadow!! I think it turned out very well!! I'm not sure what my girlfriend will do to me if I do that to her cobalt but her car is silver and I think that would be a nice look on it.

Check out the ford rollover in post #2. Nice custom brake dust tint on the wheels capt. dirty!

Sep 17, 2009 | 12:57 PM

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how did you get them, the reverse lights, to be clear again?didnt you say you already had them all completely tinted out? if you can remove the paint i would like to know how, so that i can do this...

Sep 22, 2009 | 03:10 PM

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I used sandpaper.

Sep 26, 2009 | 12:05 AM

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Drew.4L

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I used sandpaper.

haah you know what i ended up doing? the paint was peeling directly on the reverse lights anyway, and so i just took a dull envelope opener and just scratched it off. pretty simple.