Tail Light Tinting Hampshire
Discussion
What film was it? as I have heard of www.lamin-x.co.uk being good stuff.
Another inexpensive route is using a pair of tights, heard that back in my Ax days!
But with regards to spraying them I believe you can take them any bodyshop half decent as majority of it is laqure.
Another inexpensive route is using a pair of tights, heard that back in my Ax days!
But with regards to spraying them I believe you can take them any bodyshop half decent as majority of it is laqure.
Justin-W said:
What film was it? as I have heard of www.lamin-x.co.uk being good stuff.
Another inexpensive route is using a pair of tights, heard that back in my Ax days!
But with regards to spraying them I believe you can take them any bodyshop half decent as majority of it is laqure.
It was a pre-cut film from the USA, problem is the 300C's tail lights have a lot of curves! What I really want to achieve is a similar shiny finish to the paintwork and perhaps the lights colour matched to the black metallic of the paint. I'll make some enquiries, I think there's a half decent body shop down in Woolston, Southampton.Another inexpensive route is using a pair of tights, heard that back in my Ax days!
But with regards to spraying them I believe you can take them any bodyshop half decent as majority of it is laqure.
Stef
Edited by Stefan Tapp on Friday 27th March 07:14
Its easy to do mate.
Tint them leave the paint to go off fully then lacquer to stop the tint form wearing off over time, them sand flat and polish. did the rears on the golf
I used folia-tec stuff you used to get in halfords. Heres a quick guide to how I did the ones on the VR.
started off by getting some crystal clear rear lenses
then i set about tinting them
i left them over night to fully go off then added around 5 coats of lacquer, which when dry i sanded with sone fine grade wet and dry paper eg. 1500/2000 grit to level off the orange peel.
then just polish up untill they sanding marks have gone
Tint them leave the paint to go off fully then lacquer to stop the tint form wearing off over time, them sand flat and polish. did the rears on the golf
I used folia-tec stuff you used to get in halfords. Heres a quick guide to how I did the ones on the VR.
started off by getting some crystal clear rear lenses
then i set about tinting them
i left them over night to fully go off then added around 5 coats of lacquer, which when dry i sanded with sone fine grade wet and dry paper eg. 1500/2000 grit to level off the orange peel.
then just polish up untill they sanding marks have gone
Karlos69 said:
Bugger! Just done a quick search and I can only seem to find the orange ones of those. Damned Americans - why do they always have to be different? 
Exactly! But hey, the car makes up for it in so many other ways!! I managed to get my best 0-60 time of 4.16 seconds this morning. I think I'll leave the bulbs and spend the money on petrol!!;-)
Stef
Stefan Tapp said:
Karlos69 said:
Bugger! Just done a quick search and I can only seem to find the orange ones of those. Damned Americans - why do they always have to be different?
Exactly! But hey, the car makes up for it in so many other ways!! I managed to get my best 0-60 time of 4.16 seconds this morning. I think I'll leave the bulbs and spend the money on petrol!!;-)
Stef
Yes it's the kind of look I was after, some fellow owners in the USA have had their's colour matched with the paint of the body and they look very good, but there's then the issue of falling foul with the law I guess.
These are done by a US company using the same paint as the car body and more the kind of look I was originally after
The more I look at mine the more I think I quite like that big chunk of red on the rear end!
Stef
These are done by a US company using the same paint as the car body and more the kind of look I was originally after
The more I look at mine the more I think I quite like that big chunk of red on the rear end!
Stef
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