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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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I hear alot about it but i dont know how to do it or what it consists of. Please Reply, Thanks!

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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 10:35 PM
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Red transparent film. Put it on, cut excess.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 10:42 PM
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You can buy the film from this company... http://www.aerotect.net/

I just bought and installed some blackouts from this company and I would highly recommend them.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 11:03 PM
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or if your lazy... ebay has them over priced but hey... what the hell? it's 8 bucks pre-cut
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 11:32 PM
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and if your planning on smoking it with vinyls, ebay has them for half the price.
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 12:25 AM
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my vote goes to rvinyl....they're precut and match the red taillights perfectly
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Randh
my vote goes to rvinyl....they're precut and match the red taillights perfectly
yeah... rvinyl matches better. but i got the roll and cut it myself. i can make like 5 sets from the roll.
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by jsquared
yeah... rvinyl matches better. but i got the roll and cut it myself. i can make like 5 sets from the roll.
I agree. I bought a small roll of red film from rvinyl and cut it myself. As long as you don't mess it up and have to re-cut, you should have more than enough to do you IS. It's relatively inexpensive too. I believe it was $7.00 for a little roll.
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 10:49 AM
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I have some film from R vinyl.. (thanks tony) so all I do is put it on the lights and then cut the excess with a exacto or razor blade?
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 07Txlex
I have some film from R vinyl.. (thanks tony) so all I do is put it on the lights and then cut the excess with a exacto or razor blade?
Did you have enough rvinyl? I tryed to send the biggest pieces i could so yall would have enough.
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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Oh it will be enough for sure, but I still haven't done it because I don't have any extra in case I mess up so I'm trying to be sure of the technique b4 I do it.. So I just put more than enough to cover the amber and then trim it along the lines of the light? Or do I but barely enough to cover the amber and then trim? How do you keep the lines straight when cutting? Is it that noticable if they aren't straight?
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 07Txlex
Is it that noticable if they aren't straight?
not really.... you can barely tell...when your couple of inches away.
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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rvinyls color match a lot better than aerotects
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 03:40 PM
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Believe me you won't mess this up. It's so easy. You can barely tell where the lines are at where you cut. I know i'm not a perfect cutter and i didn't have my coffee before i did it and it's still good. I'll post close up pictures of mine later on today.
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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I have read the previous thread about red-outs and it said to used some soap while applying? I figure I can get the pre-cut ones from rvinyl.com and then just paste it on, is that how it's done?
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