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      03-15-2022, 03:48 AM   #1
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DIY how to tint your tail lights using any light tinting film

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I’ve made a video on how to tint your tail lights using any film. I’ve already tinted my tail lights using APA light smoke film and decided to try VviVid BIO pulse HEX+ tint and that’s the darkest shade they do and so I decided to just tint over the existing tint to darken it up a little bit more for the effects that’s on the film

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Each to their own. I like my rear lights as bright as possible.
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man, that's a brave tint!!!
Had my pre-lci tinted a bit, but in the lightest smoke - just to take some of the orange out
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man, that's a brave tint!!!
Had my pre-lci tinted a bit, but in the lightest smoke - just to take some of the orange out
I’ve already tinted my rear lights with a light smoke film. I thought I’d tint over it to experiment to see what it’s like. Definitely different as I like to try out different films. I do this as my side job and detailing as it’s my passion and wanting to turn my career around and do it full time in the future and have my own indoor space. For the main time it’s weather dependent and me trying out different films that I can offer

This is my car with the light smoke
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Someone seems to have photoshopped a weird green line on the bottom of your car pal.

Looks like a Corsa you'd see in Max Power!!
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wow that looks proper shit
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Each to there own, but it's not my cup of tea.

Personally I like all my lights as bright as possible to see and be seen, tinting headlights is like driving round with dirty lights.

I've seen the cill lines & bottom of the splitter done in silver befor on a black car which in fairness wasn't bad, just think the colour is a clash with the EB.

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Someone seems to have photoshopped a weird green line on the bottom of your car pal.

Looks like a Corsa you'd see in Max Power!!
Haha awesome! Bringing back max power
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wow that looks proper shit
Such kind words… 👀
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Each to there own, but it's not my cup of tea.

Personally I like all my lights as bright as possible to see and be seen, tinting headlights is like driving round with dirty lights.

I've seen the cill lines & bottom of the splitter done in silver befor on a black car which in fairness wasn't bad, just think the colour is a clash with the EB.

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I’ve seen a black e90 with the yellow stripe, I think it looks nice. But saying that, any accent colours goes well with black car. On the other forum someone had a black e92 with the grills wrapped in satin rose gold.

Each to their own as you said, the same as decorating your own house to your own taste
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Such kind words… ��
Better as it was imho
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wow that looks proper shit
A bit harsh, he was brave enough to show a pic on this site of something different and what he has done. I think the concept he is using looks good and makes a contrast on the diffuser/side blades.

Maybe the colour does not go with EB, or in person it may look ok.

Also tinted lights, a light smoke would be ok on the rear. LED's are bright so any visibility with a light smoke is fine. Would never do on the front though.
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A bit harsh, he was brave enough to show a pic on this site of something different and what he has done. I think the concept he is using looks good and makes a contrast on the diffuser/side blades.

Maybe the colour does not go with EB, or in person it may look ok.

Also tinted lights, a light smoke would be ok on the rear. LED's are bright so any visibility with a light smoke is fine. Would never do on the front though.
Thank you!

I was just only showing the technique I used in the video if you want to try DIY tinting your own lights (doesn’t have to be the same film I used. Light smoke, dark smoke, carbon fibre tint etc)

You’re my hero though 💪

I’ll be wrapping the full car in the future
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Each to there own, but it's not my cup of tea.

Personally I like all my lights as bright as possible to see and be seen, tinting headlights is like driving round with dirty lights.

I've seen the cill lines & bottom of the splitter done in silver befor on a black car which in fairness wasn't bad, just think the colour is a clash with the EB.

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Damn, I like those wheels!
They are VMR wheels, I liked the look of them as well but just marginally better than cheap alloys so I read but not cheap!

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