[V8] Who wants tinted taililghts?
Seamus O'Carey
cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com
Mon Feb 23 19:56:07 PST 2009
I don't know if anyone has seen these overlays before: *
http://www.empiregfx.com/shop/pages.php?pageid=10*, but I've used them on my
Corrado and they look great. Unfortunately that company doesn't offer kits
for our car yet. I sent them an e-mail to see what it would take to develop
a V8/200 kit, but in case that doesn't work I was thinking about doing the
next best thing and going directly to the source to buy a bulk roll of
tinted laminex film (Empire gets the film for their kits from Laminex).
They come in rolls of 12"x15', 30', or 60'. By my initial calculations, a
roll of 12"x15' should be enough for 3 of our cars (I'll go out tomorrow
during the daylight and double check with fabric tape, and make sure to add
room for the edges of each lense).
For darker tails we have the options of tint (as shown below), gunsmoke, or
charcoal. I've already requested samples of each so I can see what they all
would look like on our tails and I'll post pictures later.
Here is a pic of the overlays on my Corrado taillights. The upper section
is amber from the factory, so the light on the left has a red overlay on top
(nothing on bottom) and the one on the right has tint (pinstriping tape on
bottom).
http://home.comcast.net/~lordseamus/TailsComparison01.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~lordseamus/TailsComparison01.jpg
Anyway, is anyone else interested in doing this? If we can do 3 cars with a
15' roll, that would be only $40* + shipping for great looking tinted tails
that won't ever fade. In my opinion it's the next best thing to having
Tresers. Let me know what you think.
Seamus
*$29 each if 6 of us went in on a 30' roll, or $25 each if 12 of us went in
on a 60' roll.
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