how dark is that on the tails?

 

Equivalent to 70% tint.

 

I was about to ask if you ever actually drive that car after seeing the 93 on the odometer, then I looked closer lol. Looks better and better every time I see this thread, really gonna have to see it in person if you go for that Texas job lol.

 

^ Thanks and yeah, that's the temp. I have over 17K miles on my car.

 

How did nobody comment on the fact that the badge is missing!!??
Whatcha doin with it?

 

Just plasti dipping it. I'll post better pics (with the emblem back on) in a day or 2

 

How deep are those holes behind the emblem?
Do they go all the way through the hatch?
Are there pins on the emblem that go into those holes?

 

Holes go all the way thru that hatch cover piece (not sure exactly what to call it) and the emblem does have pins that go in the holes. They are just to align the emblem though.

 

i just did my emblem last week. but ima add a lil color to it. right now, it's still pure black...

good work on your LED swap btw...

 

Good job on the LED swap, I personally love the JDM orange that we have for stock (cannot tell you how painful it was swapping my EJ1 to an orange interior)...but I can see how cool it would be to swap this out and play with it.

...and did you say they actually painted the lights? It isn't like a tint overlay? That looks pretty damn pro.

 

Thanks guys. And yes, all the smoked lights are painted. Guy who did them does custom paint, so it was no big deal for him. Tried overlays first and just couldn't get the wrinkles out.

 

Vinyl and tint can be a pita to work with when you are a noob, especially an impatient noob. I have a whole roll in the trash myself. Still ____ed about that. Car is lookin good bud. How much did the paint job for the lens covers run you?

 

And I am definitely a noon at overlays. Spray tint ran me $100

 

Better picture of the back of my car. With the emblem back on this time.

 

I rlly want my tail lights like that, it'll match my license plate cover. Now to find a pro painter...

 

the tail lights look great. did they have to remove them in order to paint them? I'd like to do the same on mine.

or something like this:

 

I didn't have to pull the lights off, but the guy offered me a discount to pull everything off so he didn't have to tie up a whole booth to bake them. And because he didn't have to pull the other car he was working on out of the booth, he was able to get the lights back to me the same day.

Thinking about getting my wheels done by the same guy. Flat black like they are now, just something more permanent.

 

Odd question....once you smoke your tail lights by painting them. Is there a way to remove it and not hurt the lens?

 

I believe wet sanding them would restore them to the factory look.

 

when you plasti dipped:

Did you remove the index cards after each coat?
After you were done, the plasti dip should be both and the cards and the rim so technically if you pull them out then you will peal the coating off the rim as well???