joshoowa

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First - unscrew the two inside bolts holding the taillight in place

Second - unscrew the two on the outside part of the tail (remove the covers first with a flat head screw driver)

Third - Remove all the bulbs by turning the base counter clockwise.

Fourth - clean the whole taillight with some dishing washing soap or what have you, make sure its completely clean because if not debris may fall down onto the tape when your applying it. BTW i used palmolive aroma therapy *deeeeeep breath* smells good LOL...
*Ooh Ooh dont get water into the housing now so becareful how u clean it.*

joshoowa

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Fifth - apply soapy water, i just put it in a little bowl and used a cotton ball. apply substantial amount you want it to be enough to move the tape around if you missed aligned it


Sixth - peel off wax paper and apply start from one side, i prefered the outmost and worked inward to the reverse lights. use your finger to smoother out the bubbles works better than creditcard..

*CAUTION* DO NOT COMPLETELY LAY THE TAPE DOWN UNLESS YOUR ARE COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH THE POSITION, OTHERWISE WHEN TRYING TO PEEL ONE OF THE EDGES BACK UP YOU WILL CREATE WRINKLES AND FINE LINES AT THE EDGE.

Furthermore, for perfect fit u can always touch up the part that curves upward with a x-acto blade.. becareful u dont really need much pressure and u dont really need to cut it all the way... just barely break the tape and peel it off.

Viola your done! make sure you smuthered out all the water let it sit for awhile and reinstall the talilight.

joshoowa

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heres some pix of the finished product:


on the right side of my tail isnt bubbles i didnt wash the whole taillight and this is the result some debris feel down thats why its a must to wash the whole taillight!

dont mind the dynmat still working on that too LOL



so whats your judgement guys? Yes / No ?

TLW

wow really nice work

we definitley need more DIY projects on CL

im waiting for the DIY q 45 headlight

mikal

looks good but looks like the color doesnt match. But nice wrapping though.

joshoowa

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thanks, i read on the other thread abot you opening up ur headlights it made me think about doing a projector headlight mod too.. im in search for s2k projectors, i know theres some on ebay but the price is not reasonable..

joshoowa

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yeah its slightly off but you cant tell in person i asked my neighbor to take a look at it and he said what am i suppose to be looking for ... i've gone through 4 different shades of red and this one is the best IMO...the reason is because the amber is a dark shade to begin with you cant really cancel it out.

lexusondubs

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i like it where did you get it from

dmodstl

Now there is a different option for the tails. Thanks for sharing.

joshoowa

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hmm maybe i shuld make a red border aroudn the reverse light too ?

loonyrobert3

looks awesome!!!! have you tried doing the section u did and the top of it(fromeven amber light line) so the red is completely even!!!

joshoowa

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what ? im confused... the upper most part of the tape is even with the amber lense i cut it to par

loonyrobert3

ohh.. in the pics the top looks a lttle lighter than wat you put the film at...

ARISTO*7

that looks great.

bluelex

definately give that section a try for the all red look, D2 had this done to his tails and it looks so clean with the all red. But overall your DIY is great and the work looks great, it being a tad off is nothing cus how often do people really get that close to taillights? great work over all and nice write up.