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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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Thumbs down tried smoking tails

Bought a precut smoke vinyl off of ebay.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3548617&rd=1,1

ABSOLUTE garbage...the pieces arent precut well and it looked horrible when I was done

what a waste of money
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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That is why i never trust ebay and I always read feed back before buying.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:08 PM
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Sorry to hear that. I bought my red outs and bumper smoke outs from ebay and they were great.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:15 PM
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That is why i never trust ebay and I always read feed back before buying.
His feedbacks looks okay, 1000+ with 98.9%.

Did you contact the seller and try to get a new one sent to you?
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:32 PM
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i was planning on gettin those same ones from the same seller..

did you install these yourself or by a shop? i heard gettin the vinyl on the taillights can be tricky cuz of its odd shape.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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Yes but almost all his negative feedback is stating that the vinyl doesn’t perfectly fit. Also Vinyl has wrinkles and bubbles. I am sorry for your bad experience.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:38 PM
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maybe installer error?
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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Vinyl bubbles and wrinkles would be installation error wouldn't it?
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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yeah no idea man.

i got the red outs from that guy and it worked out great.

hm... did you use any solution for the film?

i used mild soapy water in a spray bottle... massaged the film in with a heatgun.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:38 AM
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yea i did that also but the vinyl did not cover the light in all places...i did one light and it looked really bad because there was too much slack.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:41 AM
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Looks like user error take it to a tint shop next time
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