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Old 05-31-2009, 02:41 AM
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Question Tinting the break lights with store tint film.

I am going to tint my breaklights with tint from wal mart.
Do I need to tint the inside or outside of the breaklights?

Also is there a thread where it tells how to remove the break lights?

Thanks!
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Old 05-31-2009, 08:13 AM
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I used a regular 50% tint on my front bumper lights a year and a half ago and have no issues. My machine's a daily driver and it's still holding up good:


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Old 05-31-2009, 12:03 PM
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Ok.......

I'm glad it held up, but my question had nothing to do with that. It was what part (the inside or outside) of the breaklight do I tint and is there a thread here on how to remove the lights.
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Old 05-31-2009, 07:55 PM
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Old 06-01-2009, 07:07 AM
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I guess if I'd read your entire post and not skipped words I'd see you were asking about the brake lights Sorry to throw a useless post in here
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Does anyone have a "how-to" for tint the taillights with either the window tint or vht niteshade?
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Originally Posted by KcMstang
Does anyone have a "how-to" for tint the taillights with either the window tint or vht niteshade?
There is a write up in the HOW TO section for the VHT.
But there is NOTHING using window tint and this is what I am asking about.
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Old 06-01-2009, 11:47 AM
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You need to tint the outside of the brake lights. I tried using tint from walmart a few weeks ago and gave up after about 2 hours of frustration trying to get the tint to conform the the edges. I ended up going to O'reillys and got a can of VHT Niteshades and was a thousand times happier. Not telling you not to use the tint but have fun and let us know how it goes.
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Originally Posted by memphisstylee
You need to tint the outside of the brake lights. I tried using tint from walmart a few weeks ago and gave up after about 2 hours of frustration trying to get the tint to conform the the edges. I ended up going to O'reillys and got a can of VHT Niteshades and was a thousand times happier. Not telling you not to use the tint but have fun and let us know how it goes.
How long did it take you to use the niteshade? Did you follow the how-to that is posted on the forum? I'm going to try tinting my tails after work today, got to make up my mind film/spray before I head to the auto store!
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Originally Posted by iluvmycar
I am going to tint my breaklights with tint from wal mart.
Do I need to tint the inside or outside of the breaklights?

Also is there a thread where it tells how to remove the break lights?

Thanks!
ha i never wandered into this thread because i figured you'd get a quick answer, guess not. You need to tint the outside. To take out the tail lights, get everything out of your trunk (makes everthing easier) and tak out the liner that covers the floor of the trunk. After that you have to take out the plastic trunk piece that covers the lights. There's about 4 of those plastic push nails just like the ones on your radiator cover that you need to pop out. Theres also two plastic screws that have to be turned out, one on either side. After you take off that plastic you have to unscrew the 6 nuts (3 on each sides) that are holding the lights on the frame. Since this is your first time doing this there might be rubber grommets covering the screws but they peel off easy once you start twisting.
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