Kyle09
10/14/2007 7:08:34 PM
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ORIGINAL: chaos92287
thanx everyone. the car is pretty black now lol. and yeah the taillights were sprayed with that transparent paint they sell at autozone. im probly gona do a DIY writeup on how to paint the rims and calipers tomorrow. i took lots of pics and everything. but i've been drinkin all day and dont feel like doing one now lol
Does that tail light transparent spray stuff actually work if you have no experience painting.
turbo kraut
10/14/2007 7:44:57 PM
or you can get some rc window tint at your local hobby store
except for the s4 bumper and year.... our cars look alot alike
onepoint8tee
10/14/2007 7:50:31 PM
Wheels look good. Headlights, not so much
onepoint8tee
10/14/2007 7:55:10 PM
Tinted tails are a bad idea imo. It reduces the chances of people behind you seeing your brake lights, especially during the day. Sort of dangerous, but you can just call me "party pooper."
kemp_travis
10/14/2007 7:56:09 PM
did you paint the calipers when on or off the car?, what do u think the easiest way is?...and what did you clean the calipers with before painting....what paint did you use?
UpstateNYA4
10/14/2007 8:01:19 PM
LOL, not trying to carp on ya, but man you really need to paint the lowers now:)
chaos92287
10/14/2007 9:25:59 PM
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ORIGINAL: Kyle09
Does that tail light transparent spray stuff actually work if you have no experience painting.
if you can spray paint a few light even coats. thats all it is.
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ORIGINAL: onepoint8tee
Wheels look good. Headlights, not so much
yeah i wasn't sure about them when i decided to do it, but it actually looks really good in person. it looks sexy from some angles but not so much from others. but i like having something different than everyone else. and its just a temp thing until i get some ecodes
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ORIGINAL: onepoint8tee
Tinted tails are a bad idea imo. It reduces the chances of people behind you seeing your brake lights, especially during the day. Sort of dangerous, but you can just call me "party pooper."
you'd be surprised how bright they are in person. audi must use some good bulbs in there
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ORIGINAL: kemp_travis
did you paint the calipers when on or off the car?, what do u think the easiest way is?...and what did you clean the calipers with before painting....what paint did you use?
painted them on the car. just masked off the surrounding area and brushed it on. i did a DIY writeup
http://www.audiforums.com/m_672863/tm.htm quote:
ORIGINAL: UpstateNYA4
LOL, not trying to carp on ya, but man you really need to paint the lowers now:)
lol yeah i know, thats next on the list
Lebe Frei
10/14/2007 10:40:05 PM
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ORIGINAL: chaos92287
thanx everyone. the car is pretty black now lol. and yeah the taillights were sprayed with that transparent paint they sell at autozone. im probly gona do a DIY writeup on how to paint the rims and calipers tomorrow. i took lots of pics and everything. but i've been drinkin all day and dont feel like doing one now lol
yeah i def. wanna read that writeup because im thinking about doing my wheels too
onepoint8tee
10/14/2007 11:06:37 PM
Yeah but during the
daylight they are difficult to see. Ive seen them in
person 
chaos92287
10/15/2007 10:40:09 AM
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ORIGINAL: Lebe Frei
yeah i def. wanna read that writeup because im thinking about doing my wheels too
http://www.audiforums.com/m_672863/tm.htm quote:
ORIGINAL: onepoint8tee
Yeah but during the daylight they are difficult to see. Ive seen them in person
i meant you should see mine in person lol they're bright compared to others. all my friends tinted their tails too and you can barely see their tails, but i only did a few light coats. in the sunlight it actually has a slight red tint to it
ironman
10/15/2007 11:37:59 AM
Looks nice man i want to paint my calipers buty im going to wait till i get wheels so i can chose a color that will match what i want
chaos92287
10/15/2007 12:37:45 PM
ok so this idea popped into my head. i was lookin at the car and the whole thing is black and it has the red accents on the wheels and the calipers are red so i was thinkin of changing the front or back (or maybe both) rings to red also. but i would have to see how it looks first, before i wana try it. can anyone photochop it and make the rings red in these two pics? thanks
chaos92287
10/15/2007 6:14:28 PM
opinions? anyone with photoshop skills? i think it might be too ricey so i wana see what it looks like first...
Lebe Frei
10/15/2007 8:10:12 PM
thanks for the link man... im no picture editing master but hope this helps. as long as its done as good as those wheels im sure itll look fine
Lebe Frei
10/15/2007 8:12:57 PM
oops man for some reason those pictures i edited didnt work hang on ill see if i can try that again
Lebe Frei
10/15/2007 8:45:32 PM
Leifer
10/16/2007 2:05:52 AM
I decided to get artistic with it:
chaos92287
10/16/2007 10:27:25 AM
haha thats an interesting pic. but after seeing it, i dont think it a good idea. i might do the rings on the back since their small but the front i think will stay chrome....hmmmm maybe black rings with a red trim...
ItsThat2.0T
10/16/2007 10:31:02 AM
awful looking w/ the red rings...
badjoke
10/16/2007 11:16:47 AM
I think it looks awesome with the red rings.
Leifer
10/16/2007 3:08:14 PM
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ORIGINAL: chaos92287
haha thats an interesting pic. but after seeing it, i dont think it a good idea. i might do the rings on the back since their small but the front i think will stay chrome....hmmmm maybe black rings with a red trim...
Haha, you don't like my pic? Gee thanks, I made that just for you
Fine, you don't like the red? Here's the blue:
Yes, I know there's pattern creases. I'm not blurring them out for you, since you oh so hated the red one
chaos92287
10/16/2007 4:48:00 PM
thats a sweet pic
and i never said i didn't like the first pic, i just meant after seeing the pic i dont think its a good idea to do it to my car, can u chop a pic with the rings black and the trim around the grill red??
Leifer
10/16/2007 5:14:42 PM
Yeah, here's two. One is with the entire grill red, the other is just the trim and a slightly lighter set of rings:
Pic 2
The trim around the red is kinda vibrant; I can tone it down if you want to see what it'll look like when it's subtle. It's just so you can see what it looks like without any additional opacity changes.
hiwords
10/16/2007 5:16:56 PM
Leifer is da **** lol those 2 pix remind me of vampires for sum reason haha
