Redding out the turn signal
03-25-08, 07:33 PM
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Redding out the turn signal
I was going to smoke out my tail lights, but i was reading a thread on how everyone totally dissed a white GS w/smoked lights saying it didnt look all that great w/a white car, so i decided to red out ONLY the turn signal on my '03 and leave the reverse lights clear. I also put in LED license lights, which took forever to do.
what ya guys think? i redded out all the orange. I don't know if anyone has done this, but I think it looks pretty sweet!!
(before)
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what ya guys think? i redded out all the orange. I don't know if anyone has done this, but I think it looks pretty sweet!!
(before)
(finished tail-day)
(Night)
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03-25-08, 07:43 PM
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03-25-08, 08:42 PM
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did u read?
--i made a stencil of the ORANGE part. (measured the area of the orange part of the light, minus the clear part)
--Cut a strip of red transparent vinyl and traced it with the stencil to get the shape... cut it out, and then stuck the red vinyl over the orange part, and used a heat gun to get the vinyl on there ( just like how you tint your windows/tail lights)
--of course it matches perfectly because i measured and made a stencil of the orange part. if it didnt match, then my tail lights would have looked sloppy with bubbles and creases everywhere and you would probably see orange.
--i made a stencil of the ORANGE part. (measured the area of the orange part of the light, minus the clear part)
--Cut a strip of red transparent vinyl and traced it with the stencil to get the shape... cut it out, and then stuck the red vinyl over the orange part, and used a heat gun to get the vinyl on there ( just like how you tint your windows/tail lights)
--of course it matches perfectly because i measured and made a stencil of the orange part. if it didnt match, then my tail lights would have looked sloppy with bubbles and creases everywhere and you would probably see orange.
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03-25-08, 08:46 PM
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what do you mean you dont know what to do with it? were u planning on smoking it out or anything??? i just did the red b/c its different and easier than smoking out the WHOLE tail b/c i tried doing that and i got tooo many bubbles and creases when i used the heat gun and i suck at it. haha. so i just did the signal light and took out the orange. ill take a picture in the day time so you can see it better.
03-25-08, 08:53 PM
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go to ebay and type in exactly "red transparent vinyl" and the sellers name is Paper Street Plactics. thats where i bought the roll of vinyl =) if you have the same tail light as me, i can probably send you the stencil i made and you can cut the vinyl from that and it will fit exactly. all you need is a heat gun =)
