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Old 09-28-12, 07:00 PM
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Default 02 gs300 sport design smoking the taillights

well i decided to smoke the taillights on my sport design, i only did the inners today next week gonna finish up with the mains and clear coating..tel me what yall think!
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Old 09-28-12, 07:07 PM
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Looks good man... U could pull off a darker look with um though a few shades darker imo
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looks real good..
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I didn't wanna go to dark
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Im thinking about doing the same but go darker. I'll post if i decide to. still saving on rims and whole lip kit.
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I might go darker it depends on how the rest turns out....cost is less then 30$
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I'm gonna make sure to post pictures when its all done
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yeah the inner looks good though! i was aslo thinking about tinting mine as well! let see those before and after pictures when your done!
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well i decided to smoke the taillights on my sport design, i only did the inners today next week gonna finish up with the mains and clear coating..tel me what yall think!


It looks real good. How do you smoke the tail lights?
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I used rustoleum taillights tint spray paint,
I cleaned them up real good then wet sanded with 2000grit
It took one coat for the darkness I'm at now, I made two passes horizontally and vertically
And let them dry.
When I do the mains I'm gonna buy clearcoat and wet sand again with the 2000grit
And hit them with the clear so its protected and so it will have a higher gloss finish
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cant tell how it looks until you tint the outside too.

try to make it the same tint!
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The inners were mainly a test to see how the paint would turn out so this coming Friday they'll all be done and they will definitely be the same shade
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looks good. a light smoke is good (versus a blacked out look)
i want to do this to my led turn signal mirrors as it's way too bright
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Originally Posted by runyun
looks good. a light smoke is good (versus a blacked out look)
i want to do this to my led turn signal mirrors as it's way too bright
Yeah what he said vs the blacked out look
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The smoked look goes better with the color of the car vs blacked out, after the outters are done I might go a shade darker, all depends how it all looks together


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