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Old 06-18-2006, 04:25 PM
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Default Said goodbye to delamination.

I finally got a set of tails (thanks Chris) to replace my heavily delaminated and water-filled ones. Besides the paint, the back end looks MUCH better now It wasn't very appealing before. Trips (tripscarcare95) did a good job tinting them, they look pretty sharp.

BEFORE:
lots of condensation!


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I have to align the inner piece better




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so you bought a nice set of tails just so you could paint them?

I must be missing something
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Originally Posted by corvettecrazy
so you bought a nice set of tails just so you could paint them?

I must be missing something
Yeah you're missing something. I didn't tint them, Chris did (tripscarcare95) as stated. One of the outers has very minor delam, and the tint covers it up. If I didn't get these and ever did find another set I probably would have tinted them. It'* something I wanted to do with this car anyway.
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That looks sharp against the color of the car. Very nice
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It was really wrong to have so much water in some tail lights....did you see the turn signal bulb on the passenger side Pete?...eesh I took SO much water out of there on night....

Looks great with the new tails...tinted at that!
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Jim, I emptied out the driver'* side light twice within a month I think. There was water in one of the sockets there (naturally). The passenger side was empty though. I did the photoshop a long time ago of tinting the tails, among other things. I knew then that tinted tails would look good on this car.
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two thumbs up Pete, Much much better.
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now those look good

all of the tinted tails iv seen have a Mat finish on them and these dont....

love how they shine, makes me wont some
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looks great, I see your on a similar path with the SSEi,
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Originally Posted by bandit
now those look good

all of the tinted tails iv seen have a Mat finish on them and these dont....

love how they shine, makes me wont some
These have clear coat over the tint paint which makes them nice and shiny Chris put about 3 coats of clear on them I believe. It'* pretty easy to do yourself. I would have done it but Chris saved me some time by having them tinted already If you want a test taillight to do it on I can send you one.

Thanks for the compliments. Now for the headlights


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