Tinted my Tails yesterday!

[SE_Toy]

I just got my 2007 Magnetic SE 2 weeks ago. First day i had it i debadged the rear. Yesterday i taped off my taillights and tinted them. I tried to remove the tailights without having to take off the bumper, but i couldn't get them out. I didn't want to deal with taking the bumper off so i just taped them off. You guys let me know what you think!

nice i love tinted tail. now get a lip spoiler
i took the tail without the bumper be4 not that hard

[mingming]

Tail Light Removal...DIY w/ pics; 56k watch out now!!

looks good bro. How many coats did you use btw? and did you clear coat it at the end?

Still trying to decide between film and spray, leaning more to spray atm because of how much easier it is.

[bandit]

Theres a clip on the taillight. You can take out the tails by breaking the clip and not removing the bumper. Or you can loosen the bumper without taking it completely off and still be able to wedge the tailights out. Thats what I did when I swapped my tails for the LEDs.

[Redline_Me]

nice job, i did the exact same thing. but i covered the whole back of my car in garbage bags lol. I wanted to make sure no overspray got on it.

[SE_Toy]

Originally Posted by mingming

Tail Light Removal...DIY w/ pics; 56k watch out now!!

looks good bro. How many coats did you use btw? and did you clear coat it at the end?

Still trying to decide between film and spray, leaning more to spray atm because of how much easier it is.

I used about 2 coats. Did not clear... yet... I probably will unless with a good clean then start to shine..

Thanks for the compliments guys.

[SE_Toy]

I didn't want to totally black them out. Guy at my work did his totally blacked out on his tC and has got about 5 tickets..

[Redline_Me]

i did 5 light coats with no clear.

[ebumdude]

Originally Posted by dcemureviews

Theres a clip on the taillight. You can take out the tails by breaking the clip and not removing the bumper. Or you can loosen the bumper without taking it completely off and still be able to wedge the tailights out. Thats what I did when I swapped my tails for the LEDs.

A few people's clips didn't break but several other people's did...

Loosening or taking off the bumper is recommended.

Originally Posted by SE_Toy

I used about 2 coats. Did not clear... yet... I probably will unless with a good clean then start to shine..

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Looks nice, good job. Welcome to TN.

[bandit]

Originally Posted by ebumdude

A few people's clips didn't break but several other people's did...

Loosening or taking off the bumper is recommended.

I did read in one of the threads that those who didnt care and wanted to break the clip said it was a pain in the arse to break.

I suggest people go the extra mile and extra process and do it correctly and remove or loosen the bumper. When a mistake happens, you'll regret it. Theres no time machine to redo your mistakes.

[rawcustumz]

Looks good man what spray did you use?
Looking at doing my wifes soon
Thanks
Bernie

[DrewsCam]

Originally Posted by dcemureviews

I did read in one of the threads that those who didnt care and wanted to break the clip said it was a pain in the arse to break.

I suggest people go the extra mile and extra process and do it correctly and remove or loosen the bumper. When a mistake happens, you'll regret it. Theres no time machine to redo your mistakes.

x2 DC, just take off the bumper. I did it when I switched my tails and it was so easy a few bolts and tada

[thrawnis]

Tint looks great OP! For anyone working on the taillights, just remove the bumper. I don't know what I am doing but it still only took about 15 mins extra to figure out what to do.

[ebumdude]

Originally Posted by dcemureviews

I did read in one of the threads that those who didnt care and wanted to break the clip said it was a pain in the arse to break.

I suggest people go the extra mile and extra process and do it correctly and remove or loosen the bumper. When a mistake happens, you'll regret it. Theres no time machine to redo your mistakes.

I agree.

[SE_Toy]

The product is called nite-shades i beleive.. It was really easy to do, just takes a few extra minutes to tape it all off but not that bad. I would rather do the spray then change to the smoked led tails for the money.