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Meanies, I like em. BTW they didn't sell. There were a better pair on there with chrome backing rather than black, I liked those better but listing ended before I could post it.

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hopefully tinting mine 2moro, will post up pics of before and after. will methelated spirit (sp?) be okay to clean them down first? then wash them with lots of clean water afterwards? im getting the spray from halfords then gonna polish em up... this sound okay? cheers, godders

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right i was all set up and ready to smoke my rear lights today, washed em down with meths and then rinsed em with warm water and dried em off. covered the shed (lol its as close as i get to a garage at uni ) with newspaper and gave the lights a light misting with savage tail light tinting spray. all good so far, went away came back half an hour later, not much had happened so gave them a thicker spraying and left em again to go into town, came back an hour and a half later, and shock horror they were basically white! all clouded up and basically ****ed! i proceded to shout expletives and took em inside and washed em a thousand times with more meths but to no avail... here is the damage:



so it seems tomorrows job is to go out and buy some wet and dry and get rubbing! so basically what im asking is, what the **** happened!?! and how can i stop it happening when i do it again tomorrow?

cheers for ur help, godders

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It seems that you havnt prepared the surface correctly, athough your method is correct. Many people have this problem for some reason, and i think it might come down to the type of polish that is used on the car. 1200 will take it off yes, but after that id clean it with thinners, not methys as methys stays on most things, so that could also be a problem if you used that to clean it before hand with the soap also. Also, id applythe coats within 20 minutes of each other, as by then the surface has dried enough to accept another coat, then leave when you are happy with how dark it is. I did mine with 4 coats, getting progresivly heavier with each coat (by a very slight amount) as each time there is more decent foundation to coat onto (i you know what i mean). As some paints dont like to adhere to the same surface when its completely dry

Jordan

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Can't think why they turned out like that?? what was the weather like, was the air moist, was it cold, all that affects it i believe

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it was a rather nippy yeah which i have been told makes a difference. so gonna bring em inside when i do it again 2moro put them by a radiator between coats.

what thinners should i be using then mate?

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Yeh make sure its warm too, forgot you said it was in a shed lol
Any thinners that are for automotive paints are good, tetrosyl are good and fairly cheap. just make sure after you've scrubbed with soap and water to get rid of methys, you wash off with normal water (warm, then wipe completely dry, then wash over with thinners, pressing hard, then buff the thinners of with a seperate rag that isnt coloured otherwise the thinner may deposit the dye on the lights without you knowign giving the same or similar effect. Then spray a light coat, then in 20 minutes or sooner if its inside, spray a very slightly heavier coat, and continue till you're happy with that finish. I did mine within 2 hours and they were on the car after that in the rain on the way to pick someone up, lol i got back and the car looked like this but the lights never got affected, and the car was sold with them on as they still looked perfect:








Jordan

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awesome cheers mate ur lights look mint! will that tetrosyl stuff get the current tint off or will i have to wet and dry it?

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Thanks

You might actually be lucky and the thinners may get rid of the paint for you with a bit of elbow grease but while you're out id get some 1200 wet and dry anyway just incase

Jordan

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yeh sounds like a plan dude, wheres the best place to get tetrosyl from?

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hmm i say tetrosyl, but any automotive paint thinners should do, weather its cellulose or 2k etc, whatever your paint is that you've used, looking at a spare can of savage that i have here, its doesnt say what it is, so id just go for cellulose as this is what i used to clean mine. Local paint/panel factors will stock it, as its what they deal in lol, but ay local parts supplier like brown brothers if you have one near you should stock it.

Jordan

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a1 motor stores? lol!? not sure of any paint suppliers near me dont know the area too well only in my 2nd yr here at uni.

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Give em a try? worth a shot. If not, they should be able to point you in the right direction

Jordan

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good thinking, il let u know how i get on 2moro, thanks a lot buddy

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Just got my new rear lights (plastic coated to tint them)

Look quality imo! will post pics soon i expect

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Sprayed mine with laquer with black paint added.

It passed MOT too.

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i hate tinted lights its a cheap tacky mod that makes ya car look crap soz guys

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I'm with boostboy on this...tinted rear clusters are getting common as muck...that's why I have these babies...

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crabbo_1 said:

I'm with boostboy on this...tinted rear clusters are getting common as muck...that's why I have these babies...

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They're way tacky, black lights go with anything, whereas they don't match anything else on the car, nothing else is chrome bar the badge! And your adding colours, that aren't consistant. They're way more common too, the lexus style. Id say that would be the more general opinion too.

I like that white punto with the tinted lights, although the vinyl is questionable

Jordan

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people are getting carried away nowerdays like every little mod is an extre 10 points or summat,i prefere more subtle modsand clean smooth lines wich is y i just had bump sprips removed all round and smoothed,people need to start thinking more quality than quantity but heres that famous phrase again everyone to there own !