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Old 05-28-09, 01:36 PM
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Question R-vinyl.com tailight red outs?

Hey I want to purchase these for my IS250 I have a few questions for ya guys.

1. How hard are they to install and actually make it look like they are stock on the car?
2. On th site it asks about some extra stuff like squeegee and friction sleeve do i need these
3. Also application fluid it said something about rapid tac and rapid clear what is that also?

(website) http://www.rvinyl.com/redout/kits/is250.htm

Thanks,
Ryan

(EDIT)Oh and can you wax over these products to make sure they stay shiny and new looking?

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Super east to install. It took me like 5 min. It looks stock-ish. I used a credit card and soapy water. I never tried waxing it.
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Originally Posted by dangy
Super east to install. It took me like 5 min. It looks stock-ish. I used a credit card and soapy water. I never tried waxing it.
Ok what do you mean by stockish? Is it easy to tell that there is vinyl on the car while driving or walking buy or do really have to look to notice?

Thanks,
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Well if your around 2IS's your gonna notice the orange is gone and is replaced by red. You cant really tell its vinyl unless you look closely or your someone who has already done this to there IS. Buy it. Alot of people have it and it looks nice.
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Originally Posted by rscott22
Ok what do you mean by stockish? Is it easy to tell that there is vinyl on the car while driving or walking buy or do really have to look to notice?

Thanks,
Ryan
Like rscott22 said what do you mean by stockish..Once you put them on it
makes the whole entire side of tail light red.
You can't really tell from a distance if there redout's. Only by walking
up to the car is when you can see the red overlay..

Took me like 8 to 10 minutes. Only thing is that you won't be able to get
all the bubbles out. After a week all the small bubbles disapeared.
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they look good in pics but up close u can tell. on my car anyway. kinda bothers me but i dont have the cash to drop on is f tails. so it is what it is.
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You can see the color change- the vinyl area is a darker hue of red than the surrounding areas. Not really anything to be concerned about unless you're really nit-picky.
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I've got the Rvinyl redouts and I highly recommend them. Make sure you use a hairdryer, it makes the install much easier and more precise.

It was my first mod and it looks very good!
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Great and easy mod. The redout area may be a slightly darker shade of red but it sure looks better than the orange it's covering.
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those are expensive.. buy it here

http://aircraftpaintprotection.net/a...fd6ef5c089315c

the ones i bought for my '09 are different and are much more difficult, but if yours is an 06-08, it should be really easy since they're one-piece. AeroTect ftw
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I have the r-vinyl overlays on my '06 for about two years, still look great. A cheap mod that corrects one of the main stock eyesores I found with the car. Easy to install, I just folded up an index card since I didn't own a squeegee, and used soapy water to lube and position the overlay properly. I hand wax right over it just like any other surface.
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As Joeker mentioned, '06-'08 Red Outs are a breeze, but you might try ours. they include the applicator/squeegee and instructions on how to make your spray solution (water and baby shampoo).

Click here to see ours.
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hope you didn't buy them already.

there a lot cheaper on this site

http://www.motogfx.com/lexus/

check it out only like 12 bucks plus 2 dollars for shipping.
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Originally Posted by AeroTect
As Joeker mentioned, '06-'08 Red Outs are a breeze, but you might try ours. they include the applicator/squeegee and instructions on how to make your spray solution (water and baby shampoo).

Click here to see ours.
Hey thanks!!! I think i will try yours much sheaper so if I mess them up I wont really care or if I dont like it I can just take thme off.
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