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Old 03-17-2007, 05:38 AM
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Smoked eyelid and side marker


Smoked third brake light

Also did my friend's Mazda 6's headlights




Custom Grill


Best part...it didn't cost me more than $20...
vinyls are from Walmart...$3 for a roll of about 4ft...it is thick and strong, not those thin window film...3 rolls to do all plus my friends civic's eyelid and side marker cover... i had mine for 6 months now then had just decided to do my friend's for fun...
the grill is from Home Depot...im not a pro at cutting grills so i had to spill some blood...
bumper nipples are Home Depot as well...i did both cars...
im not advertising either, just want some comments...good or bad, your all welcome...
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Old 03-17-2007, 05:58 AM
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Looks good man. So the vinlys are still good on the side markers after 6 months?
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Old 03-17-2007, 06:01 AM
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yea...they're stuck on there, i had just washed it today and i was hosing it down really hard...didn't peel off...not even at high speeds(i limit myself at 110mph)...but hecka easy to peel off by hand because there's no adhesive...
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looks cleeeean man.. good work!
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Old 03-17-2007, 06:24 AM
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the smoked overlays on the mazda 6 is nice!
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Old 03-17-2007, 07:36 AM
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thanks...yea, my friend is lovin it...its looks really cool from a far, but there are some rough edges up close that aren't very noticable til mentioned...
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Old 03-18-2007, 02:24 AM
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Where exactly did you get those from at walmart? Like.. the section I mean? Looks like some pretty cool mods for a small chunk of change. Thinking about putting overlays on my lights all around. I think thatd look pretty sweet.
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it's in the automotive sections by the window tints...its in a small box...and doing the tails might be hard cuz while its about 4-5ft in length..its only about 4-5 inches in width, that's why im only able to do eyelids, tbl and the mazda headlight...its charcoal grey in color and its meant to be applied inside the car on the upper part of the wind shield as tint...
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Old 03-18-2007, 03:38 PM
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yey! my 3rd brake light is to shiny
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Old 03-18-2007, 04:00 PM
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I can see where you cut the vinyl, but it looks great nonetheless.
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Old 03-18-2007, 04:18 PM
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HUmm...I dunno!..I will be *silent*
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I tried it but I guess i'm too much of a perfectionist, because I didn't end up finishing the job. When I tried cutting the eyelids it didn't come out to be a perfect straight like all the way across the light so I had to scrap it, then I tried tinting the turn signal only and the curve around the light wasn't even either. I mean it looked alright from a few feet away but to get up and look close at it was sad.

Guess I don't have the touch, lol. I'll have to stick to buying stuff pre-made.
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Old 03-19-2007, 04:23 AM
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You could always buy some overlays for about $15 bucks and you know they are cut nice.
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Just did mine and my friend's tail lights...20% tint


5% on the tbl
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Nice esp for that price.
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I had a hard time doing the one on the left...im going to redo it tomorrow because as it may look flawless from the picture...it has a really rough edge at the top by the trunk that isn't very visible...but because i know its there is enough to make me redo it...the one on the right is perfect...the tbl is pitch black but is still bright (at night that is)
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Old 03-20-2007, 01:21 AM
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looks clean
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thanks!
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Does anyone have a pic or the third break light from far away, I have the vinyl for it but I don't think it will look any good with out my windows tinted or my tails tinted.
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