Does anyone know if I have to use baby shampoo like it says in the instructions that they sent with the red outs? I don't have any baby shampoo and would suck to have to go buy a whole bottle for the 3 drops needed.
Any advice?

 

Depends, if you really good with alignment, you wouldn't need it. As long as your slow and steady.

Start from one side, and work your way to the other side.

 

so if i just use water, and do it slow, I should be ok?

 

Its best if you mix water with 10-15% of baby shampoo and spray it. That way it'll be alot easier to work out the bubbles.

 

No. The baby shampoo acts as a lubricant and does help greatly with bubbles as was mentioned above. If you just use plain water, you will have a hard time trying to make adjustments to the film as you apply it.

 

I got the blue film on the foglights in great shape, doing it dry.

I tried using the Johnson's baby shampoo & water mixture and could not get it right, even using the smoother they include. I still had bubbling and creasing because of the odd shape of our taillights. You can use the rest of the bottle for yourself so it soesn't go to waste!

I finally gave up and pulled em off after a few days, and reordered. The guy at Aerotect was understanding, and said it was a tough install in his opinion. Wish I was close enough geographically to take it in to them and have them do it.

My question, is that now I've ordered a second set, it's been over two weeks, my card was charged and the product not delivered yet.

The first set came within days.

Will call them...

 

Aerotect is reshipping. Not their fault.

 

i have the rvinyl red outs but it shouldn't make a difference... but i used a mixture of water and a few drops of dishwashing soap. i dipped the entire red out into the mixture and got it all nice n wet then just put it on the taillights. you can slide it and move it around till you get it just right then i used the smoother thing to get the bubbles underneath out. i also used a blow dryer to shrink the vinyl so it wrapped around the contours of the taillight. hope that helped some...

 

On dipping the entire red out in the mixture....I hadn't thought of that. Hopefully will have mine next week and give it another go.

 

I recommend using a hair dryer to help the molding process; the lens has some odd curves and the included squeegee doesn't do a great job of making the material conform. I plan to reorder and (hopefully) do a better job next time.

 

I haven't done it but Quik Detailer might work as a good lube.

 

I royally screwed up the install myself. I'm glad it wasn't just me. I don't know if I want to try again, in highschool I removed the tailights from my civic and sprayed a thin coat of Candy Red tester's paint over the amber section which turned out suprisingly well, haven't really looked to see how difficult our tails are to remove thoughn and I also don't know if I want to go that route on my Lex . Maybe I'll just drive out to Vegas and stop by Aerotect

 

I followed the instructions to a tee but my only mistake was I did it in a hurry since i had to go somewhere so my driver's side tails are kinda jacked up and it's sort of peeling at the corner. It doesn't help any that the shape of our tailight is so odd. My passenger side is perfect so at least that's ok. I may just order another set and redo the driver's side.

So the lesson here is take your time and use a blow dryer to smooth out the bubbles. Keep the heat setting on warm though bc I had it on hot and it almost melted the film.

 

You have to look really close to even see it, but I'm as perfectionist as they come and I don't like the small ripples that I have around the outer edges. The outer-upper corners didn't lay down perfectly either. They've been on the car for over a month and no one has ever noticed them...I've just been putting it off.

 

I just installed the red-outs on my 350. Not too bad of a job, but I can still see a sliver of orange from the original turn signal. Hopefully I'm the only one who notices it.

I used the water + dish detergent method. Using a hair-dryer was also very helpful for finishing.

For those who have installed the smoked-out tailights, how is the film shaped so that it can wrap around the "aerodynamics" of the tailight? Doesn't look possible to me with a flat piece of vinyl.