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Originally Posted by LEXISM
I painted mine w/ red taillight spray
no bubbles...looks oem![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
no bubbles...looks oem
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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?
I masked up the everything including the little clear section
and sprayed on about 2 coats I beleive
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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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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.
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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![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
here's are some old pics
![](https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/img_55771.jpg)
![](https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/cl81.jpg)
![](https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/keuzrcodkr.jpg)
I masked up the everything including the little clear section
and sprayed on about 2 coats I beleive
![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
here's are some old pics
![](https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/img_55771.jpg)
![](https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/cl81.jpg)
![](https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/keuzrcodkr.jpg)
I think that is the first time I have seen your car
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Looks absolutely sick man
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