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Old May 13, 2013 | 07:12 PM
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I have started to black out things on my car, I did the back, now I want to do the window trim and the front grille, does anyone have a pic of what the front would look like blacked out? I can find the sedan grille, but not the coupe.
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Old May 13, 2013 | 08:26 PM
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That looks really good but IMO I think you should untint the white part of the taillights. What did you use to black everything out?
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Old May 13, 2013 | 08:50 PM
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That is what I am thinking. I want to have the shop black out the window trim and then have them untint the rears and redo them. They used tint and I think I want them to use spray this time. What are your thoughts on the spray?
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Old May 13, 2013 | 09:29 PM
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That is what I am thinking. I want to have the shop black out the window trim and then have them untint the rears and redo them. They used tint and I think I want them to use spray this time. What are your thoughts on the spray?
Definitely black out the window trim, and I wouldn't recommend using the spray because the spray requires you to sand the actual taillights before spraying, so the taillights would pretty much be ruined if you ever wanted to remove the spray. I think you should use the tint again but don't cover the white part or I've also heard of people having them painted professionally, but it's not reversible so your best bet would probably be tint. Also, did you think about getting black side markers or having the shop do something with them to black them out?
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Old May 14, 2013 | 06:54 PM
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Good call on not spraying. That could be bad. I will rip the tint off and then get it redone.

I will post pictures.
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Sounds good, looking forward to pics
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