Just smoked my tail lights for $5

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04-06-2008, 11:46 PM

dieselstation

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Just smoked my tail lights for $5

hehe.. i kinda ghetto'd it by using paper towels (yeah.. don't do that.. i didn't have any used newspaper in the house). but it still turned out pretty decent. And all for $5 using Pactra spray window tint for RC Cars.

04-06-2008, 11:49 PM

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looks really good

04-06-2008, 11:51 PM

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Nice job. It looks like you are a rattle can master. I don't really see too many imperfections.

Did you wetsand and clear?

04-07-2008, 12:06 AM

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thats night where did you get the tint from? and if you every run out of news paper again. you can you aluminum foil,

04-07-2008, 12:11 AM

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Tails look great but I gasped when I saw the paper towels! I hope you didn't get any overspray on that beautiful paint job. You could have taken the tails off... it's really not very difficult.

04-07-2008, 12:25 AM

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Looks nice! Hopefully that will hold up for a long time. I see you're in SoCal so you won't have to worry about weather conditions. You may want to consider wetsand and clear.

04-07-2008, 12:33 AM

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wow, that looks great! What clear did you use?

04-07-2008, 12:38 AM

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lemme know how you did it step by step, or did you follow the existic night-shades DIY?

also, this could be a new replacement for night-shades, and did you just use one can or multiple?

04-07-2008, 12:41 AM

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NICE!!!

you got some hella big *****... doin it while its still on the car...with a rattle can...using paper towels

04-07-2008, 12:53 AM

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Wow I love it! I've been wanting to smoke my tails but I don't really wanna take them out... Let us know how this holds up and more pics (closeups) Pleeeeease

04-07-2008, 12:55 AM

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The Pactra stuff works really well. I used it on my tails about a year and a half ago. I did 4 coats. Haven't gotten pulled over yet. (crosses fingers)