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Rvinyl Redout on a Tungsten Pearl IS350

Old 07-05-07, 03:42 PM
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Default Rvinyl Redout on a Tungsten Pearl IS350

Finally decided to give the ole' red-out a try. I ordered the Rvinyl ones and they showed up at my door 3 days later. For installation, I did the dry method, which was combfilters suggestion. I cleaned the tail lights with rubbing alcohol mixed with water. I then just worked from the trunk side towards the front of the car while slowly using a credit card working out any air bubbles as it was applied. Seems to have worked perfectly.

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Old 07-05-07, 03:43 PM
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Looks so much better!
Old 07-05-07, 04:15 PM
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Looks good caymandive. Also, just took a 2nd peek of your exhaust. Man the tanabe fits perfect on the is.

looks good.
Old 07-05-07, 04:16 PM
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Redouts look better no matter what color IS you have!!!
Old 07-05-07, 04:21 PM
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Thanks Comfilter! I think the Tanabe look pretty good too. Just wish they could do the full exhaust with x pipe instead of just this bolt on axle back.

Ben_r.. yeah I agree the redouts do look good on any color. After seeing just how much better they look in person I couldn't resist any longer. haha
Old 07-05-07, 04:38 PM
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That does look much better. Added to my to do list.
Old 07-05-07, 04:42 PM
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yea rvinyls are great, they match perfectly, best 8 dollar mod
Old 07-05-07, 05:10 PM
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Looks great! Will the red-outs fade?
Old 07-05-07, 05:25 PM
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haha, i love your license plate.
Old 07-05-07, 05:39 PM
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Hmm... redouts... hmm... should i go along with the crowd... should i be a non-conformist that way i'll be the unique one... i dunno, i kinda like the amber among all the red of the lens...
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A+ ... much better look!
Old 07-05-07, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by car_lost
haha, i love your license plate.
Someone should use that here in Cali...
Old 07-05-07, 06:29 PM
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thanks for sharing, now I know what mine will look like if I do it... that's real subtle though. From a distance can you really notice much of a difference? I might do it since it's only a few bucks ... and you can always peel them off if it gets old right? After all on my MR2 I even went to the trouble of spray painting the amber turn signal bulbs silver (they went in a clear silver housing and still lit up amber) to get a cleaner look. OK maybe I just convinced myself to do it.
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
Someone should use that here in Cali...
I have a feeling it's already taken.
Old 07-05-07, 06:32 PM
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man gotta have them redouts lol them amber was bugging me :P great job i see an air bubble j/k

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