Tail Light Tinting Hampshire

Tail Light Tinting Hampshire

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Stefan Tapp

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Thursday 26th March 2009
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Can anyone recommend anywhere in Hampshire that can tint tail lamps? I've had a go with some film and whilst I like the look (18% tinted) I'm not happy with the finish!

Stef

Stefan Tapp

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Friday 27th March 2009
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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.

Stef

Edited by Stefan Tapp on Friday 27th March 07:14

Stefan Tapp

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Sunday 29th March 2009
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Thanks for that, they look pretty cool.

I'm still trying to decide now whether to tint mine or leave them! Decisions decisions!!





Stef

Stefan Tapp

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Monday 30th March 2009
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Yeah I think you're right. Problem is that you can't just go and get chrome bulbs from your local car accessory shop, they have to be sourced from the USA!

Stef

Stefan Tapp

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Monday 30th March 2009
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Problem is that the bulbs in my SRT8 are American fitment and nobody in the UK sells them, I have got some in the front headlamps which I got from the States, should have bought 2 pairs! The bulb number is 3157/3757.



Stef

Edited by Stefan Tapp on Monday 30th March 19:10

Stefan Tapp

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Tuesday 31st March 2009
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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? wink
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

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Tuesday 31st March 2009
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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