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Subtle taillight mod

Old Aug 22, 2019 | 09:24 AM
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Old Aug 22, 2019 | 12:36 PM
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I actually like that a lot. So you cut the vinyl yourself, or did you order a 1/4" strip of black pinstripe to do it? To be honest I think I might have to do this to my tail lights. Again it looks pretty phenomenal.
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Old Aug 22, 2019 | 08:51 PM
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Very nice. Do you think this would look good on a black LS? I'm not sure if it would pop as much like it does on your silver LS.

Also, what exhaust setup are you running?
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Old Aug 23, 2019 | 07:40 AM
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Nice...so subtle, it took me a couple times back and forth on the pics to notice
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Old Aug 27, 2019 | 10:37 AM
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Funny to see this being done. I used to have Mercedes guys come by to get this done for their tail lights, to replicate the brabus style tail lights that were available for the C class cars back in the day.
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Old Aug 29, 2019 | 10:38 AM
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Could we see a more zoomed out picture of it to see how it looks like as a whole?
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Old Aug 29, 2019 | 02:17 PM
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Nice, probably not something I would do but it looks clean on yours. What exhaust tips are those?
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Old Sep 12, 2019 | 02:28 PM
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Just ordered a pinstripe roll yesterday for $7. Will update my before and after once its done tomorrow.
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Old Sep 13, 2019 | 12:49 PM
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Just got it done today. Looks verrry slightly changed. Very hard to tell on a black car but I like it better personally. Was it worth $7? Sort of...



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Old Sep 17, 2019 | 01:40 AM
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I like that. I might give it a shot.
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Old Sep 17, 2019 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by westopill
Just ordered a pinstripe roll yesterday for $7. Will update my before and after once its done tomorrow.
Did you just order some 1/4" pinstripe?
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Old Sep 17, 2019 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by caverman
Did you just order some 1/4" pinstripe?
Yessir, ordered a 1/4" pinstripe off amazon.
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Old Oct 6, 2019 | 10:52 AM
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edited to add pics in better lighting

I finally had time to wrap the headlights and tail lights today. If the tape is durable enough this is a great mod. The front is hardly noticeable really. I think you started something, Rex!

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Can’t even be noticed from side (zoom in to front/rear)

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