SMOKED TAILS...THE RIGHT WAY
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RE: SMOKED TAILS...THE RIGHT WAY
We have a little bit of everything....Even...DUN DUN DUN...AMERICAN CARS...haha...This helps with shows becuase we can place in different catagories and its more eunique to have different cars with similar features...Smoked tails and black rims (Don't ask...I get my rims next week and i'll get pics up)
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RE: SMOKED TAILS...THE RIGHT WAY
My car isn't a show car yet. I just bought it and have only done minimal engine mods...It will be a long time until I can enter my car but KonVex is helping me get there...My old rims will be up for sale...Interested?
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dude little heads up I did the show scene with my old car and I will never do it again was the most boring time of my life sitting at a show for 12 hours plus you can only walk around so many times other than that you are just sitting there playing with yourself it sucked *** don't waist you time and money if you have money burning a hole in your pocket do engine mods that is something worth while
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RE: SMOKED TAILS...THE RIGHT WAY
ORIGINAL: konvex
I HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME SMOKED TAIL LIGHTS BUT NONE THAT HAVE BEEN SMOKED PROPERLY...I KNOW EVERYONE IS INTO THE DIY THING AND THATS FINE BUT IF YOU WANT A GREAT JOB TAKE YOUR TAILS TO A PAINT SHOP...THIS IS WHAT THEY DO...THEY LIGHTLY WET SAND / COLOR SAND THE TAILS TO GET ANY IMPERFECTIONS OFF OF THE LENSES...THEN THEY SPRAY 1 COAT OF DUPONT BLACK PAINT OVER THE LENSES...THEY DO ANOTHER COLOR SAND AND THEN THEY DO A COAT OF CLEAR..AFTER THIS THEY DO ANY OTHER NECESSARY SANDING AND PUT ANOTHER COAT OF BLACK AND ONE MORE COAT OF CLEAR...THEY POLISH THE LIGHTS AND YOU ARE LEFT WITH LENSES THAT ARE SMOKED BUT ARE STILL TRANSLUCENT...THIS IS THE KEY...WITH THIS TECHNIQUE YOUR TAILS WILL LOOK LIKE THEY CAME LIKE THAT FROM THE FACTORY, ALSO YOU WILL GET LESS TROUBLE FROM THE COPS...TAKE IT FROM ME OUR WHOLE CAR CLUB HAS SMOKED TAIL LIGHTS USING THIS PROCESS AND ITS GREAT...MAYBE I CAN GET SOME PICS UP TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE...HOPE THIS FORUM HELPED SOME THAT WERE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO DO IT...PS. DON'T USE NIGHT SHADES OR VINYL STRIPS...PAINT LASTS 100 TIMES LONGER AND LOOKS 10 TIMES BETTER!
I HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME SMOKED TAIL LIGHTS BUT NONE THAT HAVE BEEN SMOKED PROPERLY...I KNOW EVERYONE IS INTO THE DIY THING AND THATS FINE BUT IF YOU WANT A GREAT JOB TAKE YOUR TAILS TO A PAINT SHOP...THIS IS WHAT THEY DO...THEY LIGHTLY WET SAND / COLOR SAND THE TAILS TO GET ANY IMPERFECTIONS OFF OF THE LENSES...THEN THEY SPRAY 1 COAT OF DUPONT BLACK PAINT OVER THE LENSES...THEY DO ANOTHER COLOR SAND AND THEN THEY DO A COAT OF CLEAR..AFTER THIS THEY DO ANY OTHER NECESSARY SANDING AND PUT ANOTHER COAT OF BLACK AND ONE MORE COAT OF CLEAR...THEY POLISH THE LIGHTS AND YOU ARE LEFT WITH LENSES THAT ARE SMOKED BUT ARE STILL TRANSLUCENT...THIS IS THE KEY...WITH THIS TECHNIQUE YOUR TAILS WILL LOOK LIKE THEY CAME LIKE THAT FROM THE FACTORY, ALSO YOU WILL GET LESS TROUBLE FROM THE COPS...TAKE IT FROM ME OUR WHOLE CAR CLUB HAS SMOKED TAIL LIGHTS USING THIS PROCESS AND ITS GREAT...MAYBE I CAN GET SOME PICS UP TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE...HOPE THIS FORUM HELPED SOME THAT WERE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO DO IT...PS. DON'T USE NIGHT SHADES OR VINYL STRIPS...PAINT LASTS 100 TIMES LONGER AND LOOKS 10 TIMES BETTER!
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And you're not that far off my nutts...That issue has already been resolved...Go start trouble elsewhere!
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RE: SMOKED TAILS...THE RIGHT WAY
By the way this is an informative post...Take it or leave it...There is no more reason to post comments here unless its a success story using the method I advised or a question..Thanx