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audia420turbo
12-09-2007, 11:32 AM
whats the quality like for thoes of you who have black cars and tinted your side markers insted of painting did you notice any parts of the tint comming off same for the taillight for thoes of you who tinted thoes as well.. any input would be great
LAS
12-09-2007, 11:58 AM
sidemrakers...you eiether get thoes tinted alreedy or spray tint theos you'reself.

same with thoes tiallights. or get thoses lamiex film stuffz
audia420turbo
12-09-2007, 01:13 PM
normal window tint wouldnt work for the taillights?
so.cal.sparky
12-09-2007, 01:37 PM
whats the quality like for thoes of you who have black cars and tinted your side markers insted of painting did you notice any parts of the tint comming off same for the taillight for thoes of you who tinted thoes as well.. any input would be great


I had my tails tinted it looked great I did the laminx stuff , but my car was rearended a few months latter i would not do your taillights ,the side markers came out good also hear is some pix

http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/12506IMG_0457.jpg (http://www.audizine.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22321)

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j150/cjm0880/chrisaudi008.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j150/cjm0880/IMG_1021.jpg
LAS
12-09-2007, 01:43 PM
normal window tint wouldnt work for the taillights?

nromal wendow tint fillm iz appliyed incide, not meant four external appppllication.
Phrost
12-09-2007, 07:01 PM
Just buy them already smoked. You can spray them... using paint is straight forward and easy, but if you spray tint them it takes experience and more prep work before and after you tint. As for the tails, they are curvy so I would recommend Lamin-x or spray tint.

I guess regular window tint would work (quality brand, not from Walmart or something) but it will be hard to wrap it around something curvy. The reflectors would be easy... But how would you even do this? Window tint is applied from the inside so you can only see through it one way. You would be applying it to the outside of the lense, so you would need a bunch of 5% layers or something for it to look as dark as you probably want it