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06-28-2012, 02:23 PM | #1 |
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FR-S smoked tail lights and reverse lights
Just had a customer stop by yesterday at the bodyshop to get his tail lights and reverse lights smoked. I use all PPG paint, just a simple clear coat with black paint mixed in and that makes it translucent. Light output is the same as factory, but the lights get that nice smoked looked.
We're color matching the front bumper side markers also but i'm not done painting those yet. Those will have NO light output once completed. This is just for those who are wondering how it would looked, I do offer the service for those in San Francisco, you would either need to drop your car off for 2-3 days or bring your lights to me off of the car. On to the pics!! FINISHED RESULTS Last edited by jjdrivesajazz; 06-28-2012 at 07:38 PM. |
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Looks great, wish I had an extra set of tail lights I could mail you.
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looks great. how much will these go for?
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Core exchange?
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Really diggin that look on the whiteout!
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There's always a cheaper alternative and is to use tint film, but the quality will never be as good, you'll see where it wraps around the edge and it will eventually peel, plus you don't get that shine on top of the light anymore, I like to spray clear coat with tint because it will never fade as long as you take care of them the exact same way you would take care of your car's paint job, and it looks 10x better, from far away and up close. |
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For those that aren't local to me, if you have a body shop you trust, you could always ask them to do the same thing I did, i'm in no way trying to make money off of everybody, I just want to contribute to the entire FR-S/BRZ crowd.
I use PPG clear coat with a little bit of straight black paint mixed in (however dark you want is how much you would add, it takes a bit of trial and error to get it correct), and you would just prep the surface like normal, give it 3-4 good coats and let it dry, and ENJOY! |
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I know with vinyl overlays, chrome housings can sometimes look greenish in the sunlight. Do you see any of this with the painted ones? It doesn't look like it in the pictures.
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I love the way the lights look.
How much is the light ouput affected? |
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exactly the right amount of smoke on those tail lights but a better picture will determine that
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