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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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Minor mods from this afternoon, got bored at work...

I decided to tint my tails with niteshades and also added a stubby AMI antenna.

I know it's nothing big, but what do yall think?







 
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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Looks good with the reverse part of the lense untouched
 
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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Looks good
 
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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they came out good !! now paint them headlights
 
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 07:05 PM
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Did you clear coat the tail lights? They look awesome.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 4x4wolf
Looks good with the reverse part of the lense untouched
My thoughts exactly. Nice job!
 
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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they came out good !! now paint them headlights
haha, how do you think i should do them? just tint them or paint the inside of the housing?


Originally Posted by NASSTY
Did you clear coat the tail lights? They look awesome.
nope, just wet sanded and buffed the final layer of the niteshades. The finish came out so well that im afraid to put the clear over it.

Thanks for all the comments guys, im glad yall like them too!
 
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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paint the inside
 
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 03:41 AM
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looks great good job
 
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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i just niteshaded my tails and was suprised how glossy and smoothe it came out like yours. A few years ago, I niteshaded a few tails for my friends and I and it came out very matte. I had to do alot of work to make them even semi gloss.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 08:31 AM
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i just niteshaded my tails and was suprised how glossy and smoothe it came out like yours. A few years ago, I niteshaded a few tails for my friends and I and it came out very matte. I had to do alot of work to make them even semi gloss.
yea dude, tell me about it! i was just bs'ing with my roommate and we were talking about the old niteshades formula. it was horrible! i remember when I did the tails on my old acura tl and it took me 2 days of wetsanding and buffing and repainting and all over again before it was a satin finish.

the new formula is amazing and required so much less work. i buffed them anyway because im **** about that stuff, but im happy with how they turned out.

thanks for all the comments guys!
 
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 01:13 PM
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the new formula is amazing and required so much less work. i buffed them anyway because im **** about that stuff, but im happy with how they turned out.
so it is a new formula? cuz i thought i did something different, or it was the new tip on the paint can
 
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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so it is a new formula? cuz i thought i did something different, or it was the new tip on the paint can
new formula, i stock it at my store in boca. for a while it wasn't available and they reformulated and relabeled it. now its awesome! it would have been nice back then though, it would have saved me about 15 hours.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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Looks great man!
 
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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looks good dude i would have done the last coat light over the reverse but thats just me.
 
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