OhGeez

I had some window tint left over, from a job I did on my sister-in-laws car, and decided to play around with my bumper lights.

It took about 5-10 minutes to cut/shape the tint and about 5 minutes to apply and make sure there were no bubbles.

Now, I know this won't hold up for long but I'm curious at how long it will last. It didn't cost me anything but 30-45 minutes of time....total.

I snapped a few pics while the lens was off the car. It's dark and raining outside so I tried to snap some pics but they weren't coming out right. When I put them back on and turned on the signal lights, you couldn't tell they were tinted. I'll takes some more pics tomorrow afternoon.


After I snapped these pics, I trimmed the tint a little more. It actually looks pretty good on the car. What's nice is that since the lights are slightly recessed into the bumper, you can actually get away without having a perfect edge around the lights.

Comments- good or bad welcomed.

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Alperovich

damn bro, those look FUCKING sick! i want a sent, like those! but with now yellow in the background but you already know that

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OhGeez

Alex, I got enough tint in my car to do 10 coupes! Let me know if you want me to do yours. But. I'm sure it will be with CLEAR lights..........right? I'm actually going to order some clear ones really soon.

I'm really curious to see how long this last. Even if it's only for a few months, I wouldn't mind re-applying. Didn't take much to do.

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GreekPower

DUDE I FUCKING HATE U! I JUST DID THAT FRIDAY TO MY TAILS! fuck

either way that looks pimp

edit wat percent of tint is that? i did 5 on mine

Alperovich

Mr. O (lol ty)... I can bring you ALL my lights from my car, can we tint them all also i need to polish my headlights, or maybe we can get together on a weekend and tint all of them.

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91LSMAN

I can't wait to see them on the car. I'm sure it'll look good.

Depending on your application methods, I bet they'll last a good while. Some tinters, depending on the size of the window, their methods, weather in the area, etc. put automotive tint on the outside of the windows (I believe)

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ALoneR

lets see em on the car!

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OhGeez

They're on the car but it's pouring rain right now and it's dark.
I'll snap some pics tomorrow afternoon.

That's one of the reasons I decided to try this. There was a member on this board that posted pics of his tinted windows that were done on the outside. I forgot what country he lived in.

Alex, we'll chat at this months meet.

I think the tint I have is 20%, not exactly sure. I have several rolls of different % in my car.
You tinted your tails with window tint?

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Alperovich

pm sent

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GreekPower

yes i was blacking out the entire car this weekend (boredum really) and i gotta say it looks damn good. i dont care if it comes off in a month or w/e but it looks good i had 35% on the headlights/clear corners and 5% on the bumper lights and driver tail light has just the turn/reverse light blacked out with 5% and the other is 20% all over.

gotta see which i like more but either way tails are a BITCH

noudles

looks pretty good man cant wait to see them installed .. keep us posted on that

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unwreckonized

wow.. jus wow.........

i wana do that on my G1's bumper signals now O.O that would look so sick........................ [/jealous] lol nice job i gotta look into this.. how hard?? i never applied tint to nething so i have no knowledge >.<

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GreekPower

appling tint is very easy just be sure to wet it and the surface in which ur going to tint with a soapy water (they sell kits for like 2 bucks) and use another kit (its called cut n fit kit i think) and its basically a knife and squeege. just cut it, wet it, sqeege and let dry and bam ur done

unwreckonized

hmm... sounds a bit toooo easy.. itz tha toooo easy things i eff up cuz u expect them to be a bit more difficult =P ahahhahaa


i gotta try this tho >.< needa take a trip to pick n pull n yank some bumper signals for this....... gahhhhh bumper signals always annoyed meh, how they stand out so much in my black bumper >.<

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OhGeez

Actually it is that easy but if you never tinted before, it will take a few attemtps to get good at it.

If you want to do this, then this is what you can do.

Go to Walmart, pick up a box of dark (35% and below-it will say on the box). They also sell the tint kit which consist of a blade, squeege, and possibly a spray water bottle. Some of these kits come with a solution in the bottle but if get one that doesn't don't worry about it. You can use soapy water or windex.

All the materials above will cost anywhere from $8-$15.

Tint has a clear film on the sticky side. Before cutting/shaping your tint, find the sticky side first. A little trick I use: grab the corner of the tint and put scotch tape on the front and back side of the tint and then pull apart. This will seperate the tint from the clear film. The sticky side will be laid on the glass so remember that.

Now, I removed the lights from my car so this makes this real easy.

Lay a rectangle piece of tint on the light and start trimming to the shape. When done, start seperating the tint but at the same time have someone spray the solution on the sticky side. Tint is really sticky and if it wrinkles or touches another part of the tint (while dry) it will stick together.

So, as you'r pulling apart the tint, make sure it's semi-soaked in solution, then lay it over the lens and then squeege the water out. Be gentle so that you don't move the tint around. When done, finish off the trim, get a blow dryer (not necessary) heat it up for about 5-10 minutes and re-install.

BTW, this is just my method. I tinted windows on my car when I was younger (too poor to pay for prof. job) so there's other ways to do this. Just GOOGLE "tinting" and you'll find websites on how to tint.


Oh yea, it looks pretty good in the daytime. I just got to work about 1/2 hour ago and now that it's light outside I can see it came out pretty good. I'll snap some pics when I get home this afternoon.

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