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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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paint VIII tail light lens red

can it be done like the black-out? Instead of painting over the chrome, you spray clear red on the inside of the clear plastic?

Basically wanna mod it to look like vii tails, just with the clear turn signals.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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I was thinking the same...
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 08:52 PM
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I did mine and they turned out excellent IMO. I even taped off the little lines over the blinker, they look very simular to VII's.

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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 08:56 PM
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I knew you were gonna post on this thread Evan i've seen the tails in person and they really do look great
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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Thanks Josh.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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2 questions

1- what paint did you use?

2. did you paint the inside or out?
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 09:11 AM
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^ +1. Am I the only one who thinks that paying a couple hundred $$ for VII tails is a little ridiculous?

Get some wet sand paper some clear paint and call ti a day!

More info pls!
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by evo_domination
I did mine and they turned out excellent IMO. I even taped off the little lines over the blinker, they look very simular to VII's.

this looks really good. A little darker than VII's... but worlds better than the altezza style. Also, the turn signals look a little pink. Maybe the color settings on the camera was screwy?
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 09:56 AM
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ah I see what happened... you taped up the turn signals so when you sprayed you got the little red lines in there like the true JDM tails.

Personally I prefer full white turn signals... not pink :P
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 10:20 AM
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how did you smooth out the paint?
I got some weird lighting going on with the paint job i did.
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 11:54 AM
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from what i've gathered so far, you'll want to first wetsand with 1500 grit, then wetsand with 2000 grit sandpaper from autozone or someplace.
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 08:23 PM
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What about this stuff? This looks like it might work nice. PLus if you screw up, you dont need to buy new tail lights.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Red-O...spagenameZWDVW
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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lets keep this going
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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I bought candy apple red testers paint and some clear coat. I'm going to give it a shot this weekend. if it doesn't work im gonna get the red tint film.
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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please post pictures when you do it!
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