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Old Sep 20, 2003 | 09:57 AM
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I know they make some tint spray (lost link i had) for tailights and such....is there a certain reason why people are buying the smoked reflectors instead of spraying their stock ones?
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Old Sep 20, 2003 | 10:03 AM
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http://www.pjhbrands.com/vht/smokewindowtint.htm

check it out
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Old Sep 20, 2003 | 10:20 AM
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I used this on my old car and it works great. Plan to do the same once I get the Z.

Just make sure the prepping is done properly, and it should look great.
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Old Sep 20, 2003 | 11:12 AM
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i used smoked tape from lamin-x.com

it looks really good...its much better for the rear turn signals than the front ambers
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Old Sep 20, 2003 | 12:44 PM
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Originally posted by havabooz
i used smoked tape from lamin-x.com

it looks really good...its much better for the rear turn signals than the front ambers
Same here...was riding in my friends car, saw he had some leftover and took it to use on my side markers.

This was from a bad camera...it actually looks perfect in person
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Old Sep 20, 2003 | 01:47 PM
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havabooz, what size did you get and how many did you have to get to do the front ambers and rear turn signals?
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Old Sep 20, 2003 | 02:55 PM
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I tried to smoke the sidemarkers, they didn't taste very good.

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Old Sep 20, 2003 | 02:56 PM
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Originally posted by Mike Wazowski
I tried to smoke the sidemarkers, they didn't taste very good.

Victor
haha
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Old Sep 20, 2003 | 10:34 PM
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check out this thread back from july:

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....threadid=37209
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Old Sep 20, 2003 | 10:38 PM
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yeah, mgl definately used the film from the link provided above.
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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 07:45 AM
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you only need 1 7X16 sheet ( i think thats what i bought)

anwya..it was one sheet and it was $19.99

the rest is all up to you

and by the way..the amount that i had left no margin for error...so dont make a mistake!!
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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 09:47 AM
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but the spray is only like 7$...i wouldn't buy a sheet for 20$ when i can buy the actual smoke reflectors for 25$......i know you smoked out the rear too, but i only plan on doin the front reflectors so i just need a lil bit
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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 01:53 PM
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yeah Im not sure Id want to spray paint the reflectors... donno, sounds like something a civic owner would do... film is better, but then you may as well buy them presmoked for the cost.

the only real application I see here is film onto clear reflectors, so they are "smoked" instead of "smoked amber", but now your at 70-80$... which is a bit high.
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 08:50 PM
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arright....the spray w/ shipping is gonna come out only a few dollars cheaper then actually buying the reflectors...now i know why people don't do it....i'm just gonna buy them., but one problem, i can't find where i saw them for 25$....courtesy parts has them for $30, strictly z has them for $50...any help on this?
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 08:58 PM
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courtesy was 25...

SOAB

they jacked their prices up, thats just gay.
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Old Sep 23, 2003 | 03:38 AM
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Victor beat me to it but I was gonna write:

"I tried buy they wouldn't stay lit"
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Old Sep 23, 2003 | 04:10 AM
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Originally posted by Dr Bonz
Victor beat me to it but I was gonna write:

"I tried buy they wouldn't stay lit"
great minds think alike.
























NOT

Victor
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