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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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Default Smoked tail lights

anyone have pics of this? not sure how it looks on a 2nd Gen GS.
Also anyone know how easy it is to put?

thanks.
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 10:05 PM
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Search, there are tons of threads on this..

www.stickercity.com has some decals you can put over if you don't want it permanent.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 07:35 AM
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Search, there are tons of threads on this..

www.stickercity.com has some decals you can put over if you don't want it permanent.

I went through stickercity.com; it was a pretty easy install and i've gotten lots of compliments on them. I didn't like the idea of painting the lenses...just seems a little too risky for me
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 11:25 AM
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thanks guys. that search function really works great.

this mod seems to be an unpopular one.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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I had a tint shop around me tint them.. its a nice non permanent option.

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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 07:22 PM
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thanks J-ROK. that looks pretty darn good !!!

how much did it cost for that tint? how does that compare to the tint in stickercity.com? anyone had experience with stickercity?

thanks again.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 07:37 PM
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WHOA MAN thats cool!!!!! looks really nice and smooth .. i painted mine with the see through black tint and it came out ok,.... its been like 6 months or so .. starting to fade now... how long have you had this tint.... seems after a while the weather here in fl would destroy it.... lemmy know
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 07:59 PM
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sorry, camera phone picture again

mine are painted and clear coated with actual automotive paint and clear. the paint was just reduced A LOT for see through effect.
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Originally Posted by tonysofly
sorry, camera phone picture again

mine are painted and clear coated with actual automotive paint and clear. the paint was just reduced A LOT for see through effect.
i like yr bumper dood
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it was 80.. it seemed high.. but it was done quick and well.. i didn't have to worry about painting it and all that.. Not sure about sticker city, never had anything from them.
I've only had it on for about 2 weeks, there are some little bubbles.. but since its smoked out you can't see. unless you put your face right next to it..

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thanks for the reply....can you actually go to any tint shop and they can do it for you? i know places locally here that does tint but only on windows. is there a special shop that tints tail lights or can i go to those local ones who does windows? anything i need to tell them on what tint to use?

thx.
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I would imagine that any tint shop could do it, it is just if they want to or not. I would go 20-35% tint on it....
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