So today I decided to tint my reverse lights since I didn't like that clear/chrome too much. Went over to a friends house and he helped me with everything. I wanted to do a DIY oh removing the back bumper but only thought about it once my bumper was completely off so it was a little late. But its really not that complicated. First thing you gotta do is remove your tail lights, and then just look for any screws and plastic clips holding your bumper in place and take them out. Be careful not to break anything, I broke one of the plastic clips thats near the tail light but it's really not that important and looks just fine without it.

Anyways here's the bumper off the car

me = +1
Z = 0



and here's what the Z looks like with no back bumper





the reverse lights are screwed into the bumper with 2 screws, 1 on each side.



sprayed the lights off with some Windex to make sure they're clean before putting the tint on



I applied the tint very carefully and tried my best not to get any air bubbles in it. I got most the air bubbles out using my Costco card, but there were still a few very small ones I couldn't get out . I also bought this liquid that you're supposed to mix with water and apply to the light and also to the tint film itself so you can move it around a little once it's on the light. But for some reason, I ended up not using it. I'm not sure if i did the tinting correctly since I've never tinted anything before but I was pretty happy with the outcome so I'm not worried about it.



trimmed off the excess tint with a razor blade



and here's the finished product



before and after shot



at this point I got a little tired, so I decided to take a little break



screw the lights back into the bumper using the 2 screws on each side



and it's finished...(and also dirty)



bumper is back on the car. For some reason the lights look really dark in this pic, but they're a little lighter. EWWWWWWWW my bumper looks nasty



next step: make a baby!! and I made one!! (jk..that's my friends son)



future 350Z driver



Sorry this wasn't much of a DIY since I forgot to take pics of the bumper removal but I hope you get the point. Also if you have any tips on tinting lights, I'd love to hear them since I couldn't get all the air bubbles out. But since there are only a few very tiny bubbles, I'm happy with it.

 

hobobeard ftw.

 

you know it

 

that looks so cozy

 

^^it WAS

 

yeah mmm bugs, dirt, ants.......cozy.

 

girls afraid to get dirty FTL

 

^do u know definition of sarcasm

 

I'm not a girl. I have ***** of steel....they just haven't dropped yet.

 

future 350Z driver



That's fantastic.

 

 

^lol

 

you know you're just jealous, calin.

 

stop spamming on my thread little girl!!

 

Nice write up! However, if you buy the overlays precut as several vendors here sell, it takes mabe 5 minutes to install. No tools needed, except for a rubber squeege.

 

anyways, I enjoyed your foodie DIY's better.

 

thanks! Ya I know, but with the overlays, if you put the overlay on and you mess up, theres not much you can do since it'll look nasty if you try to take it off and do it again. (holy-run-on-sentence-batman). Plus I kinda wanted to make this a little project that I can spend some time on. And I gotta say it was fun

 

Great work! Love to see different pics that dont make it look so dark...BTW Clean your car!! hehe

 

she's getting a wash tomorrow

 

I got blue bat's overlays, quick install and I didn't have to remove my bumper