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Old 07-04-10, 05:53 PM
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I smoked my rear lights with VHT night shades and clear coat. I only used two coats so I don't get in trouble with the law...








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not a fam of smoked tails but not bad. make sure you wetsand and polish it to get a nice finish.

also how come u masked it instead of removing the tails? lol
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Originally Posted by vwynn
also how come u masked it instead of removing the tails? lol
ha ha, good point; its only 3 bolts I could understand if it were the headlights or something
Old 07-04-10, 07:13 PM
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eww, look at all the orange peel. wetsand it at least.
and like they said, its only 4 bolts to remove
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They look good and so does Roger Federer
Old 07-04-10, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by vwynn
not a fam of smoked tails but not bad. make sure you wetsand and polish it to get a nice finish.

also how come u masked it instead of removing the tails? lol
Cause I didn't want to risk touching them or dropping them after I painted, I have no patience

I will try to wet sand them tomorrow to get the orange peel look off, even though it's not really noticeable in real life.
Old 07-04-10, 10:04 PM
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Looks good man. Hides the amber in the turn signal.
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I think it looks great. Hate blacked out tails, but lightly smoked like yours...Perfect! nice job
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Thanks, it's the cheap way to get rid of the amber

Yeah blacked out tails look cheap but it sometimes works on white cars. I figured i'd try to match the sport design badges and the color the of the car more with a light smoke.
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Heres mine but there sonars
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Originally Posted by Sheehan1p

Heres mine but there sonars

^^^That's cheating isn't it? He's blacking out his stocks and your are aftermarket LED. Not quite the same...
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Originally Posted by Sheehan1p

Heres mine but there sonars
lol thanks for upping me one. Those are are pretty nice
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Sheehan, did you also smoke your whole lens w/ VHT paint too or are they OEM Sonars with only the clear smoked?
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Originally Posted by vwynn
also how come u masked it instead of removing the tails? lol
i wondered the same thing

Originally Posted by BrentGS
I will try to wet sand them tomorrow to get the orange peel look off, even though it's not really noticeable in real life.
atleast take them off for this....dont do this with them on the car
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Originally Posted by Frankdorn
Sheehan, did you also smoke your whole lens w/ VHT paint too or are they OEM Sonars with only the clear smoked?
No I bought them smoked that is how they came
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