Overlay Install (BlueBatmobile, Tail Lights)
#1
Overlay Install (BlueBatmobile, Tail Lights)
Finally a guide for you that have my tC Full Smoke Taillight Overlays . All you really need is a bit of time and most of all, patience.
1. Tools of the trade: hairdryer, squeegy or credit card, soft cloth.
2. Peel the backing off the overlay and dip it in a bucket of soap and water. Just a squirt of dishwashing liquid will do the trick! Or you can spray the surface of the taillight with soap and water.
3. Position overlay on surface. Move around to desired position.
4. Work the water and bubbles from the middle outward with your squeegy wrapped in soft cloth.
5. Here's where some people have problems due to the curvature of the top portion of the taillight. What you want to do here is stretch the overlay little by little and apply heat with your hairdryer and pressure with your squeegy, or work your thumb or index finger over the vinyl.
6. tada!
7. trim excess vinyl with a razor blade.
I hope this helps! I've been meaning to create a thread like this for some time now. Now you have it . The results are well worth the effort
Bat™
1. Tools of the trade: hairdryer, squeegy or credit card, soft cloth.
2. Peel the backing off the overlay and dip it in a bucket of soap and water. Just a squirt of dishwashing liquid will do the trick! Or you can spray the surface of the taillight with soap and water.
3. Position overlay on surface. Move around to desired position.
4. Work the water and bubbles from the middle outward with your squeegy wrapped in soft cloth.
5. Here's where some people have problems due to the curvature of the top portion of the taillight. What you want to do here is stretch the overlay little by little and apply heat with your hairdryer and pressure with your squeegy, or work your thumb or index finger over the vinyl.
6. tada!
7. trim excess vinyl with a razor blade.
I hope this helps! I've been meaning to create a thread like this for some time now. Now you have it . The results are well worth the effort
Bat™
#12
Originally Posted by SquallLHeart
hehe... anyone that needs help in the bay area...
great stuff bat!
great stuff bat!
Bat™
#13
Damn, I scratched lens while using the razor blade!
Guys, use of a heat gun/hair dryer is a must. Can't do it w/ou that source of heat,. But Here is what I have in mind, I mean a pictures of what it will look like when I finish the overlay. I am cutting a piece of tint for the top portion of the TYC light.
Guys, use of a heat gun/hair dryer is a must. Can't do it w/ou that source of heat,. But Here is what I have in mind, I mean a pictures of what it will look like when I finish the overlay. I am cutting a piece of tint for the top portion of the TYC light.
#14
Originally Posted by DrNima
Damn, I scratched lens while using the razor blade!
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haha... i'm still up too.. body's saying it's only 12am... (just flew back in from o'ahu today... err... yesterday...)
but yeah Bat... i've gotten a bit of practicing in now.. i think i'm almost as good as you! i dunno... might get in on the overlay business too and give you some competition... ... j/k andy..
yup, yup... sure! just lemme know
but yeah Bat... i've gotten a bit of practicing in now.. i think i'm almost as good as you! i dunno... might get in on the overlay business too and give you some competition... ... j/k andy..
Originally Posted by mwuf15
i'm from the bay area, u help me do it?