it looks liek 35 ???

 

that was my guess.

 

mines 18 if you wana see how dark that is...just click on the link in the sig!

 

looks HOT..im just worried about being able to see out at night, haha

any problems?

 

My tint is 20% all around, and the tails are from Moss MINI, which I'm assuming is the Charcoal...

http://www.mossmini.com/Shop/ViewPro...eIndexID=42957

As far as night driving: For me if there are no street lights, I'm driving (or backing up from a driveway usually) blind. Now that might sound bad, but all you really need to do is roll down the windows and look. If I could do it again I would actually go with 15%. I love my tint.

Thanks for the kind words guys!

-Cody

 

hmm problems: 4 way stops, sometimes people cant see you
somtimes looking out of a back rear window, when pulling out of a parking lot and i need to look down at the traffic its a bit straining.

but besides looking great, i find at night i dont switch the rearview mirror to night mode, my tint does all the work haha, my car is actually cooler a bit in the summer, keeps people from seeing directly into your car , unless they try really hard, gives you some protection and plenty other adv.

-LOVE IT.

 

what about the headlights? anyone smoke those too?

Hans

 

I received my Lamin-X smoke out kit for the tails and side lights. The instuctions are missing a chunk of print. Does anyone have the installation instructions and, if so, can you post them? Thanks!

 

I put yellow LaminX covers on my rally lamps, but have since removed them only because the color kind of clashed with my car. With those lamps I removed them, took out the glass lens, then installed them. That step shouldn't be necessary for the tail lamps though.

The hardest part will be getting them centered, but the material is thick enough that it can be removed and replaced fairly easily.

I would start by lining up the bottom, then working my way up. If you don't have a plastic squeegee use a credit card, I placed a microfiber cloth over mine in order to avoid scratching the film. Slowly work the product up with the squeegee, pressing out the air bubbles, if one persists peel the film back and rework. It should be fairly easy to install, just take your time.

 

The directions that I see talk about wetting........ and then there's no print. My question is how do you put them on? Thanks!

 

Nevermind. I found the instructions. In case anyone else is interested or gets the kit with misprinted directions, they are here: www.lamin-x.com/info-install-lamin-x.php

 

I installed the Lamin-X kit today. Tail Lights, Rear Fogs and fender markers. It went pretty well, although the tail lights are a bit tricky. If you do this install, definitely do a wet install, and wet the lenses well. It took me several tries to line it up properly and smoothly and, if you don't wet the lenses, it can be a real pain. Also, Lamin-X suggests you may want to use a blow dryer to soften up the plastic. I would definitely recommend doing so. The plastic is fairly think and the lenses curve much more than it appears they do.

I put a couple of pictures in my gallery.

 

After installing 2 sets of Lamin-X tail light film kits on MINIs, I'd like to offer some tips. I am by no means an install expert, but would like to pass along what I learned. First off, Lamin-X's instructions seem more interested in showing how easy they are to install, rather than providing some needed information. In deed, in the 2 kits I received over a month apart, the directions were illegible in significant part.

1. Lamin-X suggests that when applying the film to small areas (e.g. fog lamps) you can apply it dry. While I did not attempt the dry install, I can comfortably say DON'T. The adhesive is very sticky and the film would be extremely hard to pull off, if repositioning is needed, without stretching/warping if applied dry.

2. Lamin-X states that the lamp or adhesive side of the film should be very lightly wetted. I found it necessary to liberally wet the adhesive side in order to reasonably reposition the film and, even then, it was not an easy move. Although I did wet it fairly well --- using a spray bottle and filtered water --- the film gripped well and dried bubble/haze free.

3. Lamin-X says to start in the middle or on a side and move the squeegee across the wetted outside of the film. They may not look like it, but the MINI's (R56's anyway) tail lights are extremely curvey with angled sides. This makes it very difficult to get a good perspective on how the film will line up. After numerous attempts, I found this to be best: Holding the top and bottom install tabs, line up the edge of the film with the outer side of the tail light lens, but do not press the film down there. Once lined up, lightly touch the film to the center of the tail light lens. Then lightly push the film out from there in both directions until the film is lightly settled on the lens. If the film lines up well, then do the following. If not, pull the film off, re-wet both sides of it and try again. Stay calm and patient. Once the film is lined up, wet the outside of the film again thoroughly and begin squeegeing from the center out toward the edges, moving first up toward the top of the lens and then down toward the bottom. At this point, the film WILL scallop by the corners of the top and bottom of the lens. Don't worry about it yet. Make sure you have squeegeed out all the bubbles/spaces and have secured the left and right sides to the lens. If you have a noticable bubble, pull up the film from the edge point closest to the bubble and re-set it, again wetting the outside of the film. Don't completely pull off the film again; pull up the least amount possible to release the bubble.
4. Using the chrome light surround as a guide, cut off the installation tabs with an exacto, box cutter, etc. with a NEW blade.
5. Lamin-X suggests that you can use a blow dryer to stretch the film around corners, but makes it sound like an unnecessary step. Use it! Going back to the scalloped corners now, starting at the top corners of the lens, blow dry the film to soften it up. Wet the surface again. Then, keeping the blow dryer going in one hand, with the other hand, starting on either the left or right side of the lens, using the squeegee/applicator, press each scallop around the corner of the lens. The scallops magiacally fade away as you do this. Then follow the same process for the bottom of the lens.
6. Let the film set and do not wash the area for 2 -3 days.
7. On one occasion, I had a scallop that would not stay pressed down. I thought I may have wet the adhesive too much. I let it sit overnight and the next morning, I simply pressed it down with my thumb and held it under pressure for approximately a minute and it stuck down.
8. The rear fog lights and wheel arch marker lights are very easy to cover. However, despite Lamin-X's suggestion that you need not use the wet install method, use it.

Although this seems like it's taking a long time and it is easy to get frustrated/impatient while having to reposition the film, it less than a half hour to do the tail lights, rear fogs and side markers in the wheel arches. It just seemed like it took forever.

Hope this helps!

 

you could not have timed that post better. I am going home after work and putting mine on. Thanks

 

I hope my post helps. Just remember that having to pull up and reset the film several times is no big deal.

 

put mine on last night. I will post pics later, once i pop a bubble or two

 

what did you get, so i can compare pictures. smoke? charcol?

 

charcoal.... are we going to end up with the same car?

 

 

not my cup of tea diablito but very well done. are the headlight rings wrapped in vinyl?

 

 

So how did it go?

 

pretty well. i stuck a safety pin in the two bubbles and smoothed them out. cant even tell. overall it wasnt too bad. It just takes alot of patience

 

Cool. Yep, like I said, be patient.

 

FINALLY I GOT IT DONE. UGH that was not as easy as i thought it would be. But it looks great.

Shot at 2007-08-14

what do youll think. black plate, 18% tint, black lights. going well : )
for more pictures of my car, click on the cardomain link in my sig.