Anyone use this? Prius Tail Lamp Tint Kit for Toyota Prius Local shop wants like $250 to paint them, just wondering if this works?
Here are a whole bunch of threads found with a search using "tail light tint" as the search term: PriusChat Forums - Search Results Enjoy! The search tool is your friend. :cheer2:
I tried that and I got 5 threads about replacing a tail light, wonder what happened. But thanks for pointing it out Capt. Obvious. And besides, I asked if anyone has used this, which in your search, has no answers.
Why would you PAINT tail lamps? You can get any tint shop to do them for about $50 but it will be a quick way to get pulled over all the time.
From what I understand, painting them is not as dark as a tint, but still gives it a different look. When the tint shops tint the tail lights, do they take off the lights and tint on the inside? The paint is on the outside with a clear coat.
The 1st 2 years of Gen II were delivered that way .. dark on top already. But brake lights? I personally like 'em as unobstructed as possible to up my odds the guy behind me will more likely see 'em. .
here are pics of my tail-lights tinted. I even tinted the third brake light. At night, the lights pass through just fine. They are very bright and does not hinder the light output. All of my lights have been swapped to LEDs. I think it looks great and don't even think about spray tint. At least with vinyl tint, you can remove it without any damage done to the stock tail-lights. I bought the vinyl film from ebay. Just seach under "vinyl dark smoke." installing them takes some patience and its best to remove the entire light so you can wrap around the corners for a nicer clean look....good luck.
Why would you darken something that is meant to signal to other drivers that you are stopping??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Just because you do not like it does not mean others will not. I have smoke lights on my truck and they are just fine, even brighter than stock since they are LED's. On a charcoal car the lights look like a huge whitehead pimple on a nice nice person. They have to go away.
Thanks, the film is pretty resistant to scratch. Unless of course you deliberately use a key or some metal object just to see how resistant they are. Otherwise, normal usage, such as washing your car, running it through the car was and such will not show scratches. As far as peeling, that is why I recommend removing the whole taillight to work on prior to applying the film. Also you must use a heatgun to assist in corners, bends, and curves. Removing the lights will allow you to wrap the vinyl film around the corners. Thus far, minimizing the chance of something snagging the exposed corner and leaving it prone to peeling. After your done with the wrapping, it is recommended that you run the heat gun on the edges/corners of the film that way it adheres the vinyl film firmly in place. I found it to be way easier with another person assisting. Besides, if you don't think it looks good tinted, all you have to do is peel it off and....... abracadabra. back to stock. here is a pic of a scion tc taillight that I did just a few weeks ago. Tinted vs. Stock
I have always been told the film they use on the windows is very sensitive. I have to use certain kinds of glass cleaner, ones without ammonia I think. I have also been told not to even put finger prints on the film since it may eat away. I just cannot believe people are using window tint film on the outside of their car.
It is definitely not window tint. Its much thicker. DONT MISTAKEN IT FOR REGULAR WINDOW TINT. I got mine from ebay, search, "rvinyl smoke out tint film."
dark vinyl film is not window tint film they are total different film, I just did mine because this is first time put on so my corner doesnt look that good, will try again soon
Ah, I just found some smoke out film and wondered if anyone had pics of it on a prius, of course someone did! Here's what I found, don't know how it compares to ebay prices: Metro Decals | Smoke Out Film How hot is that heat gun? Would a hair dryer work? I take it the heat is to allow it to stretch around corners? I'm a little worried about those pesky corners but at least I can peel it off and try again. Any tips on that?
How much did you end up using for the back? And front too if you did those. (I don't have my car yet, will have it in about a week.) Do you mean remove the entire light kit or just the lens?
