Tinted taillights
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From: Sterling Hts, MI
Tinted taillights This Saturday i will be getting tints im thinking about doing 20% all around and while i was on the phone with my guy he told me about tint overlay for the taillights.....any body done this before? Sounds better then painting because no sanding and all that fun stuff.
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niteshades is the **** ... like in the good way of using the word **** to describe something ... like cool, good, great, easy, CHEAP and relatively simple ...
the overlay is bound to get torn up, warp, or peel away within a few seasonal changes and or car washes ... where as with painting them, clear coat with black in it like flip does, or niteshades ( done properly which includes lots of sanding and waiting around) and then cleared you can probably get them to last as long as the paint on your car ...
i did mine around june or so and have a significant coat of clear over them, and they get polished and buffed just like the rest of the car ... i even did a write up on how to do it properly over on montecarloforum, let me know if you want the link ...
the overlay is bound to get torn up, warp, or peel away within a few seasonal changes and or car washes ... where as with painting them, clear coat with black in it like flip does, or niteshades ( done properly which includes lots of sanding and waiting around) and then cleared you can probably get them to last as long as the paint on your car ...
i did mine around june or so and have a significant coat of clear over them, and they get polished and buffed just like the rest of the car ... i even did a write up on how to do it properly over on montecarloforum, let me know if you want the link ...
OP, Ive got 20% on the front 2 windows and 5% on the 3 rear windows and within 2 week i had been pulled over twice for "tint". looks awesome but attracts alot of unwanted cop attention in MI. crappy cell phone pic.. you cant really see in any window lol
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yeah its usally the state boys 2......I got pulled over at least 3 times with my lincoln which had 20% all around **** even my mom got pulled over in my car for tints but all you got to do is take it off within 10 days bring the car and the ticket back to the police station and the ticket gets dismissed
Flip's tinted tails are the way to go since you can choose how dark or how light you want them. He did the tails on my G8 and my GP CompG and they came out great. In the 5 years I have been driving around with his tinted tails I have never been pulled over. Plus the tinting is very durable and lasts for many years to come, unlike the tint overlays.
i had 15% on my old gp all the way around never got pulled over for tint. I to have flip tinted tails and i have to say they are great and the service was even better with quick shipping
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Flip's tinted tails are the way to go since you can choose how dark or how light you want them. He did the tails on my G8 and my GP CompG and they came out great. In the 5 years I have been driving around with his tinted tails I have never been pulled over. Plus the tinting is very durable and lasts for many years to come, unlike the tint overlays.