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Project "Make everything super black" begins! (Ebay LED tail lights inside)

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Old 05-07-2011, 06:38 PM
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Man, these things are a royal pain in the *** to remove (primarily the driver's side one).

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yeeelloow ?
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what are you doing with the LEDs?
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he's lightly smoking them, its gonna look sick i cant wait to see pics
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They look pretty hot, need to wash her but pics will be coming very soon
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Yup having a black car means washing every 2-3 days but when its clean there is nothing as beautiful
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Cant wait to see the led's..good job
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Spray or film? I want to tint mine also since I blacked out the chrome, but I don't want spray.
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Still haven't washed it (waiting to finish blacking out the window trim this week first), but here's a quick iphone pic

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Spray or film? I want to tint mine also since I blacked out the chrome, but I don't want spray.
Film, used a translucent film on the lens, a matte black film on the chrome.
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Can you take a picture both nighttime and daytime with the drl on? Just wondering if it has any effect on the brightness
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The DRL's are still pretty visible in the daytime, I can see them reflecting in the back of cars in front of me. It's a marginal decrease in light output, plus those are just lights to be more visible, the DRL's aren't used to actually illuminate anything.
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The DRL's are still pretty visible in the daytime, I can see them reflecting in the back of cars in front of me. It's a marginal decrease in light output, plus those are just lights to be more visible, the DRL's aren't used to actually illuminate anything.
The led's are almost too bright sometimes. I bet these look great during the day and they also look great on the car.
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Very nice job so far, I am surprised that you still have the side molding on. Are you gonna keep those?
I love what you did to the LEDs
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Very nice job so far, I am surprised that you still have the side molding on. Are you gonna keep those?
I love what you did to the LEDs
Thanks! Yeah that's next on the list, I'm going to see what the molding looks like with the matte black vinyl on it, if I don't dig it, it's coming off entirely. That's on the list for this week, along with blacking out the chrome around the windows.
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The front looks good... A front lip spoiler will finish off the package
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Got the AMG spoiler on last night. Best advice I can give you- have a friend help, and do it in a very well lit area. once you clean the area and use the primer, that thing is a true ***** to pull off. Trust me I know. That being said, the $74 ebay spoiler looks great, paint matches perfectly, and is nice and glossy! Came very well packaged too.

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Also I used the black vinyl to black out the chrome strips along the bottom of the doors, came out great!

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Looks good but a little chrome is peeping out of the trim. I did hat on my '08 on the '11 I just took it off looks better IMHO.
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Originally Posted by AskDrTodd
Got the AMG spoiler on last night. Best advice I can give you- have a friend help, and do it in a very well lit area. once you clean the area and use the primer, that thing is a true ***** to pull off. Trust me I know. That being said, the $74 ebay spoiler looks great, paint matches perfectly, and is nice and glossy! Came very well packaged too.

The spoiler looks great. Mind to share which ebay seller?
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Looks good but a little chrome is peeping out of the trim. I did hat on my '08 on the '11 I just took it off looks better IMHO.
Not sure why it showed up like that but it's not, no worries, I was careful. I actually did have to re-do one because some chrome was showing.
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The spoiler looks great. Mind to share which ebay seller?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=320690284932

Same guy. Showed up pretty fast considering it was coming from overseas. Surprisingly surprised with it's quality at the price too.
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Not sure why it showed up like that but it's not, no worries, I was careful. I actually did have to re-do one because some chrome was showing.
You know I was only messing with you.
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