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Old 06-26-2008, 06:48 PM
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Smoked film for headlights

I've seen a lot of U.S. Minis with smoked head lights and i'd like to do something similar.

Someone of you opened the light box painting it...but i want something reversible.

I've read of some SMOKED FILMS made for Mini's head lights ready to be applied on the light surface

(something like this http://lamin-x.com/showcase_smoke.php)

Here in Italy i can't find anything with a pre-cut profile...do you know a dealer of them who ships to italy???

Obviously it should be a nice product.

Thanks a lot

Giulio from Italy
 
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Old 06-27-2008, 09:55 AM
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Pick the year of your car on the left side and then find what you want.

http://rockblocker.com/store/28877.htm

I'm pretty sure they ship to the UK, so Italy shouldn't be a problem.
 
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Old 06-27-2008, 12:08 PM
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you sure you want precut? sometimes precut is kind of hard especially when you have to mold it..
im a window tinter but i personally have no experience in using headlight/tail light film
(different kind of films)
but i used a precut one to tint my cousin's civic and i made creases here and there.. came out bad but he didnt care..
but i did mine with a larger sheet along with taking off my tail lights and tinted them..
they came out CLEAN..no creases or bubbles..

but just trying to add some of my input..whether you decide to buy precut or cut pieces of the film.
 
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Old 06-27-2008, 12:18 PM
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Just like in window tinting, you use a soap and water combo which allows a good bit of mobility so you can slide the film to get it right on. For the turn signals, there isn't much room for mistake so those you don't have to soap them up. I also took a good 20 minutes making sure I had the right film matched to the right light. A good bit of forethought goes a long way.
 
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