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Old 07-26-06, 08:13 PM
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Default red taillight tape

anyone knows who sells the taillight tape precut? the ones that look like this.
Old 07-27-06, 09:43 PM
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can anyone help me?
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I Like Those Lights Also
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got mine in a roll from

http://www.rvinyl.com/
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I painted mine w/ red taillight spray

no bubbles...looks oem
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i got mine from member "tranman." i believe that's his s/n. might want to PM him...
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Originally Posted by LEXISM
I painted mine w/ red taillight spray

no bubbles...looks oem
How do you do that? You put masking tape around everything but the orange? Then you sprayed the red and the orange became red?
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i think someone should start posting pics of their taillight with the red tape and the spray
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Originally Posted by yuiou
How do you do that? You put masking tape around everything but the orange? Then you sprayed the red and the orange became red?
yup!

I masked up the everything including the little clear section

and sprayed on about 2 coats I beleive


here's are some old pics





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I did the same also. I put on two coats and one coat of clear coat. I then baked the taillights to really let the tint soak in. The Lexus service techs thought it was OEM. Pretty cool.



This is the only picture that I have without showing my plate. I'll try to take some better pictures later.

When I painted the tails, I removed them completely and cleaned them really well making sure there was no dirt on them. Then I covered the the parts of the tailight I didn't want to paint with tape and newspaper. I also made a tape cutout of the clear lens part at the bottom. So the clear section is clear and the orange part was tinted red.
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Originally Posted by GS wanted
i got mine from member "tranman." i believe that's his s/n. might want to PM him...

yah i PMed him b4 but he didnt respond i guess he doesnt have anymore. as for the spray i rather prefer the tape. i got to see the tape in person and it looks really good.
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Originally Posted by raceroyce
yah i PMed him b4 but he didnt respond i guess he doesnt have anymore. as for the spray i rather prefer the tape. i got to see the tape in person and it looks really good.
I've seen the tape and it will look good at first but will begin to dull out and lose the OEM look.
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Oh and I believe GammaLex's GS (The black GS you posted) was done with spray not with tape. I think.
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so if i did go with the spray route is there a way where i can take it off if i dont like the color turn out? like could i use paint thinner and it wouldnt mess up the tail light?
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Originally Posted by LEXISM
yup!

I masked up the everything including the little clear section

and sprayed on about 2 coats I beleive


here's are some old pics




Hey man,

I think that is the first time I have seen your car

Looks absolutely sick man ( Apart from that Dub tag )

Jonny


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