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10-03-2005, 12:07 AM

aznt1217

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DIY Smoked Tail Lights

Well, it's my first DIY on the TSX aside from the navi mod. I didn't have 50 dollars but I had some regular home materials and some tint film lying around so I decided to do this... enjoy.

and a cool photo which i like

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10-03-2005, 12:10 AM

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What film did you use?

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10-03-2005, 12:16 AM

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Some plain old film I got from RS Strauss. It was a static cling one(5% limo tint), any tint film would work fine.

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10-03-2005, 02:45 AM

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man that's really dark, but it looks really nice

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10-03-2005, 08:28 AM

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Nice

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10-03-2005, 10:04 AM

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I have to try them out at night, but in the day light still showed through

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10-03-2005, 10:06 AM

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looks pretty good man... so is the inside of light flat? Just wondering for another project I was thinking about

EDIT: Also, did you take any pics while the light was off the car?

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10-03-2005, 10:41 AM

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who said i took the lights off

I worked my way around the lights they are a little bit round but the film sticks.

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10-03-2005, 10:42 AM

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who said i took the lights off

I worked my way around the lights they are a little bit round but the film sticks.

Oh you put the film on the outside?? hmmm just to let you know... I'm not sure it that's gonna stay, or look nice for very long. Good luck tho!

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10-03-2005, 03:12 PM

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how did you get a see through hood like that? Is there such a hood out there?

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10-03-2005, 03:16 PM

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how did you get a see through hood like that? Is there such a hood out there?

I'm guessing that's a photochop.

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10-03-2005, 09:27 PM

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it's photochop... The tint seems to stick very well haha

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10-04-2005, 11:07 PM

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nice job..how long did it take?

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10-04-2005, 11:40 PM

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well... I didn't really get all the airbubbles out yet cuz im too lazy but it took bout 40 mins only because I was scared of cutting, but you can just make 2 cut outs and duplicate it easily.

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10-12-2005, 09:28 AM

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how's the tint holding up???

any problems???

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10-13-2005, 04:22 AM

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Since the first post and 4 days in pouring rain... No problems.

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10-18-2005, 07:32 PM

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what did you use to stick it on ??

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10-19-2005, 05:20 PM

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Static Cling Tint Film

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10-19-2005, 10:25 PM

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Has anyone else tried this? does anyone have any pictures with this on color CG?

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10-19-2005, 10:36 PM

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Looks very nice. I love the black out look. It makes such a huge difference in the cars appearence. I got smoked tail light protection from rockblocker and I love it.

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10-20-2005, 01:08 AM

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Quote:

PRODMGR18 Has anyone else tried this? does anyone have any pictures with this on color CG?

DIY I don't know if they tried, but people have bought kits from RockBlocker for 50.00, in the Photography Forum, there are a few CG's that have Blacked out tails it looks good. Use the search feature.