SC430 - 2nd Gen (2001-2010)

HIDE the orange side-lights!! looks good!

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Old 11-21-07, 05:46 AM
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How difficult is it to remove the markers to spray them down? Does that tint spray hold pretty well?
Old 11-21-07, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by SC430Sam
How difficult is it to remove the markers to spray them down? Does that tint spray hold pretty well?
I just masked the area (masking tape & newspaper) dont do it outside on a windy day though

On my can it said its easy to remove if you need to take off. But I think thats based on how many coats your put on as I tried a test area to remove and it barely came off.
Old 11-21-07, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by GammaLex
I hated the orange too. I had mine color matched to the car
Thanks for the idea. Just done mine. Lucky my car was in the shop being painted when i saw this.

UPDATE: WOW, VERY NICE!!!.

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Old 11-21-07, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by aquanuke
I just got a can of that smoke tint spray and gave it about 10 coats to make it as black as possible

If you still want the lenses to be reflective then dont apply too much spray.
Where did you buy the smoke tint spray????????
Old 11-21-07, 08:57 AM
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http://search.ebay.com/search/search...trypage=search

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Old 11-21-07, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by DivX007
Where did you buy the smoke tint spray????????
I got mine on ebay, but you can get it in any car shop.

Something like

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-S...spagenameZWD2V
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So to reup this thread. Two suggestions have been made. 1) to paint (spray or color match) the markers; 2) use tint film. I am looking to add black markers to my Black SC430 but still keep the functionality of the lights. Which method should I choose? Pros or cons on each method? Thanks in advance, folks! :-)
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Tint seems to be the flexible thing to do. Now it is on, now it is off.
Old 04-10-13, 03:51 PM
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not bad at all. cheap mod.
Old 04-10-13, 04:59 PM
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My local tint shop which normally tints lights took one look at the bumper lights on the SC430 and said that they must be spraypainted, the film would not last long due to its curveture
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