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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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Blacked out lights

Finally had a nice day outside with no winds, rain or allergies, or even work!













I also did the carbon fiber stubby antenna. Next I am going to tint the windows more to 5% in the back.
And eventually custom headlights, I'm thinking about doing it with the Audi style lights at the bottom of the headlight.

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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 03:06 PM
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Very nice. did you use the VHT night shades,and if so how many coats? Im wanting to do mine this summer.
Old Apr 4, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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Nice job !
Coats are to taste IMO , Make sure you spray clear on them, and they'll be as shiny as the paint. I just removed my headlight vht nite shades , As the winter salt , and rock chips were starting to show there damage bad, I'll be redoing them soon,(Batification).
Tails look like the day i did them.

I like the bumper refectors very nice. ( on my list )
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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did you get the tint on all of the light? it looks red around the edges still but that could just be how the light is hitting it.

i plan on doing my bottom reflectors soon, all of mine are tinted with window tint, just gotta find a way to get at them easily. Not a fan of spraying things on the car.
Old Apr 4, 2010 | 09:58 PM
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did you get the tint on all of the light? it looks red around the edges still but that could just be how the light is hitting it.

i plan on doing my bottom reflectors soon, all of mine are tinted with window tint, just gotta find a way to get at them easily. Not a fan of spraying things on the car.
I just did my rear reflectors to finish up my rear end, and I'm with you, removing the bumper was the best way to go- it's really pretty easy as well-
Old Apr 5, 2010 | 02:09 AM
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Thanks everybody, i'm pretty happy with the way they turned out. I used the VHT NightShades, i think i did 6 light coats, then about 3 coats of the clear coat.
I didnt notice until after I put the lights back in, but the top light on the left side, I didn't completely get the edges, plus with the light, it looks super red around the edges. When I get the chance, i'll pull them back out and paint the edges better and spray on a few more clear coat layers to give it more of a shine.
And with the reflectors, i just taped them off and painted them on the car.
Old Apr 21, 2010 | 06:11 AM
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now did you just spray the nightshades right over the lenses or did you have to wet sand them at all?? what exactly is the right way to do this i really want to do it to mine but never heard the proper way of doing it
Old Apr 21, 2010 | 06:55 AM
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How much is the night shade stuff?
Cuz I saw a can of tinting spray for tails at autozone, I'm thinkin of just getting that
Old Apr 25, 2010 | 09:57 PM
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check out eBay for the VHT Niteshades. That's what I use. I don't ever go to Autozone. The one near where I live is full of idiots who know nothing about cars.
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