 Smoked and Redded Tails, Woot my first DIY mod |
 Jul 9, 2005 - 3:57 PM
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I decided I didnt want the yellow anymore, and I decided I wanted darker tails. Therefore, I decided to do both with the help of Testors candy apple red, black window tint, and clear coat. I am really happy with the results:
   These taillights came from coomers purple celi |
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Jul 10, 2005 - 1:30 PM
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Haha, glad to see some purple Celi parts.
 Do you guys have trouble seeing your turn signals/brake lights in direct sunlight? I know I had too much paint on mine and my friends would always complain that I never used my turn signals, but it was just because they were so hard to see. Also, how much clear did you use and how thick did you shoot it on? It doesn't look very glossy. I sanded the paint off of my tails and then wetsanded with 600 grit before I shot two coats of clear on it, and they look very, very glossy now.
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Jul 11, 2005 - 7:24 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 7, '04 From Germantown, WI Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
[quote=Coomer,Jul 10, 2005 - 6:30 PM]
Haha, glad to see some purple Celi parts. Do you guys have trouble seeing your turn signals/brake lights in direct sunlight? I know I had too much paint on mine and my friends would always complain that I never used my turn signals, but it was just because they were so hard to see. Also, how much clear did you use and how thick did you shoot it on? It doesn't look very glossy. I sanded the paint off of my tails and then wetsanded with 600 grit before I shot two coats of clear on it, and they look very, very glossy now. [right][snapback]310788[/snapback][/right] [/quote Well I pretty much scuffed my tails, and then went at it with the paint. I began by spraying the red all over, 5 coats on the yellow corners and 1 on the red part, to equalize the red all over. I then used 5 coats of window tint spray, followed by 3 coats of clear. All of my coats were very very thin and I didnt wetsand or anything between switching colors, and no they are a very matte finish, not gloss at all. I may want to redo it somehow in order to get the glossier appearance. I believe I can see my turn signals just fine in direct sunlight. |
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1900WattCelica Smoked and Redded Tails Jul 9, 2005 - 3:57 PM
dustin15brown ehh not my cup of tea but good job Jul 9, 2005 - 4:18 PM amysmojo Wait wait wait, u mixed red & black together? ... Jul 9, 2005 - 4:34 PM 1900WattCelica Your taillights are pretty much black, there reall... Jul 9, 2005 - 4:46 PM 1900WattCelica I will post more pics of them in the sunlight tomo... Jul 9, 2005 - 4:49 PM amysmojo ooooh I see actually mine arent THAT dark....pics... Jul 9, 2005 - 5:36 PM bloodrain thats black..... Jul 9, 2005 - 11:46 PM 2003cbgts those tinted tails are very nice! Jul 10, 2005 - 1:02 PM
dustin15brown There's my tails..... wait those are just the ... Jul 10, 2005 - 2:24 PM coldbluesteel Mine were that dark then I got a ticket Jul 10, 2005 - 4:11 PM dustin15brown as dark as whose? Jul 10, 2005 - 5:48 PM d-roCk when i had some smoked tails i had the same prob a... Jul 11, 2005 - 12:23 AM 1900WattCelica This ones alittle redder and has alittle more sunl... Jul 12, 2005 - 9:46 PM dustin15brown take them off and put JDM's on Jul 12, 2005 - 10:35 PM
Silver GT dont like blacked out tails it looks cheap and ric... Jul 13, 2005 - 3:01 AM 1900WattCelica QUOTE(Silver GT @ Jul 13, 2005 - 8:01 AM)dont... Jul 13, 2005 - 7:49 AM |
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