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Old 08-29-2010, 06:38 PM
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I have E60 2004 Blk on Blk and i want to tint a tail lights?
Does anyone know the best way to tint?
Should i use regural tint and what kind? Or spray it? king of scared to trust with spray paint??
And would you recomend living white strip or tint it all??? ( i like the White strip not to be tinted )

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you should do it like the last pic just the red and leave the white out and I think it would look the best.
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yea don't tint the white part.
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Originally Posted by JDM99
you should do it like the last pic just the red and leave the white out and I think it would look the best.

Originally Posted by Howitzer
yea don't tint the white part.

yeap that what i was thinking, but what kind of tint should i use?? Should i just go to the windows tinting shop and ask them for the darkest tint for a lights?
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Do it like mine!!!
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damn really, I actually like the white part tinted
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Never mind! Do it like Da_Meister_22. The white part really looks good tinted like that with the black car!!!
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Originally Posted by tonymac
Never mind! Do it like Da_Meister_22. The white part really looks good tinted like that with the black car!!!
Its actually not my car, is another member in the forums. He sent me those pics when I was buying my Miro's time attack!
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Originally Posted by tonymac
Do it like mine!!!
Yea, i like it a lot!!! That how i will do it can u tell me how u tint it and what kind of tint?
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At first I used a standard vinyl overlay that I got from decalfx.com

I put the vinyl it on there just like glass tint made sure all the bubbles were out and then cut right along the edge of the white. After a while I decided it was what I wanted and so I took the Vinyl off and got it painted. BTW, I also got the reflectors sprayed to match.



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