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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 11:49 PM
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I took my 2012 e350 by the local tint place and they had the car for 6hrs. At the end of the day they could not get around the bubble in the rear tail lights to get the tint to lay flat. Yours look awesome. Any tips or suggestions to find somebody that can tint these odd shaped rear tail lights given their bubble/bulge on the corners of each rear tail lamp? Thanks!
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 12:46 AM
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They sprayed mine. The W212 rear lights shine brighter than most cars that the lights shine fine even with the tints.
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 07:13 AM
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Painting them is the way to go! If the car is leased than obv vinyl tint it is.. My opinion medium tint is perfect, at night looks dark but still classy, in sunlight looks cherry. On a white car def leave the "white strip in the center" white.
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by bharkey
I took my 2012 e350 by the local tint place and they had the car for 6hrs. At the end of the day they could not get around the bubble in the rear tail lights to get the tint to lay flat. Yours look awesome. Any tips or suggestions to find somebody that can tint these odd shaped rear tail lights given their bubble/bulge on the corners of each rear tail lamp? Thanks!
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 05:25 PM
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Painting them is the way to go! If the car is leased than obv vinyl tint it is.. My opinion medium tint is perfect, at night looks dark but still classy, in sunlight looks cherry. On a white car def leave the "white strip in the center" white.
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 10:07 PM
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Painting is the way to go if you know a painter than does them. I had my show truck done in 1993 and they still look superb today.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 11:15 PM
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would you mind telling me what shade of tint you used (10%, 20 %...) ?
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Originally Posted by jp2369
looks great so thats the vinyl tint right? im gonna bring it to my shop tommorow and get it done...thanks for the pics
would you mind telling me what shade of tint you used (10%, 20 %...) ?
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