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03-04-2012, 10:56 AM
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As a commercial driver, I see tinted tails once in awhile. I will rephrase that, I see the lack of COMMUNICATION tinted tails shows. With the right ambient lighting conditions, I can't even tell if its a car or a horse in the road.
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03-04-2012, 11:52 AM
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lol. most states require that you be able to see the taillights 500 feet away at all times. i found 30-40% tint film achieves this nicely on my car and my girlfriends 02 civic coupe.
03-04-2012, 11:53 AM
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Careful here. Most states do not allow tampering of DOT regulated factory lighting equipment. It'* one thing if its a show car, but as a daily driver, you can be fined. If not worse.
As a commercial driver, I see tinted tails once in awhile. I will rephrase that, I see the lack of COMMUNICATION tinted tails shows. With the right ambient lighting conditions, I can't even tell if its a car or a horse in the road.
As a commercial driver, I see tinted tails once in awhile. I will rephrase that, I see the lack of COMMUNICATION tinted tails shows. With the right ambient lighting conditions, I can't even tell if its a car or a horse in the road.
03-04-2012, 12:00 PM
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https://www.gmforum.com/detailing-appearance-109/my-tinted-tails-how-i-did-298180/
03-04-2012, 12:08 PM
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[QUOTE=eltatertoto;1554405]i can do you one better. go to advance auto, and get some gila tint for $5. id recommend the tint with adhesive for your car with how sculpted your lights are but i used the peel and cling.
https://www.gmforum.com/showthread.php?t=298180[/
On my way now ill post pics when im done, thanks for the heads up eltatertoto
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On my way now ill post pics when im done, thanks for the heads up eltatertoto
03-04-2012, 12:13 PM
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no prob. just keep in mind, if you get adhesive my instructions in that thread were useless lol. lots of soapy water underneath, a credit card or some type of squeegee and a whole lot of patience is about the best advice i can give for adhesive tint because it doesn't really stretch.
i think unless you just stretch the peel and cling across all the grooves in the top of your lights adhesive is probably your only option though.
i think unless you just stretch the peel and cling across all the grooves in the top of your lights adhesive is probably your only option though.
03-04-2012, 12:43 PM
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no prob. just keep in mind, if you get adhesive my instructions in that thread were useless lol. lots of soapy water underneath, a credit card or some type of squeegee and a whole lot of patience is about the best advice i can give for adhesive tint because it doesn't really stretch.
i think unless you just stretch the peel and cling across all the grooves in the top of your lights adhesive is probably your only option though.[/QUOTE]
GXP tails dont have the grooves in them so i should be able to knock this out easy.
i think unless you just stretch the peel and cling across all the grooves in the top of your lights adhesive is probably your only option though.[/QUOTE]
GXP tails dont have the grooves in them so i should be able to knock this out easy.