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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 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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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 06:22 PM
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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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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 06:27 PM
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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
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 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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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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They look good and so does Roger Federer
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 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.
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 10:04 PM
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Looks good man. Hides the amber in the turn signal.
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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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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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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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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Old Jul 5, 2010 | 06:37 PM
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Heres mine but there sonars
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Old Jul 5, 2010 | 07:06 PM
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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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Old Jul 5, 2010 | 08:13 PM
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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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Old Jul 5, 2010 | 10:31 PM
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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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Old Jul 5, 2010 | 10:46 PM
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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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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 07:31 AM
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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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