tinted the tails with reverse cutout

Bl0ck · 09-28-2012, 07:34 PM

i know not a lot of people are a fan of tinting the tail lights. i however think it gives a nice aggressive appearance. used the lamin-x from over at **********s and cut out the reverse with a xacto knife. here is the results. please dont mind the dirty car and iphone camera

camera fun

donsaxena · 10-02-2012, 02:45 PM

I'm usually not a big fan of tinted lights but those look good! Great job!

Järppä · 10-03-2012, 04:18 AM

Looks good. i'm waiting to do mine.

Riley1524 · 10-03-2012, 04:47 PM

Looks really good !!!! What darkness did you go with ?

lakylester · 10-05-2012, 04:05 PM

Looks great! Would love to see a pic with tails illuminated

Looks nice on a 3

Järppä · 10-13-2012, 03:10 PM

Here is mine rear lights wannabe prefacelift blackline

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Weasel410 · 10-13-2012, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Järppä

Here is mine rear lights wannabe prefacelift blackline

What % tint film did you use or did you spray it?

Riley1524 · 10-13-2012, 08:13 PM

+1 what did you use?

chrisN · 10-13-2012, 09:30 PM

wow that looks good

Boosted_N54 · 10-13-2012, 11:04 PM

check out mine

ShocknAwe · 10-14-2012, 06:33 PM

Yup more info please!

Weasel410 · 10-14-2012, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Da _Grk_Tuner

check out mine

What tint film % or was it sprayed?

Boosted_N54 · 10-14-2012, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Weasel410

What tint film % or was it sprayed?

spray tint best way

Järppä · 10-15-2012, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Weasel410

What % tint film did you use or did you spray it?

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Originally Posted by Riley1524

+1 what did you use?

I did not use spray, i use Lamin-X film color: TINT
Check it out here: http://www.lamin-x.com/Lamin-x-Color-Films-s/1367.htm

ChristianReyess · 10-17-2012, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Järppä

Here is mine rear lights wannabe prefacelift blackline

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wow that looks amazing!

bee_afraid · 10-26-2012, 10:42 PM

I'm not a fan of tinted tails but some of these look fantastic.

uberschnell · 10-28-2012, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ChristianReyess

wow that looks amazing!

+1

Looks fantastic. Exactly the right amount of tint

///S55 · 10-29-2012, 11:10 AM

Medium Smoke. Looks sexy when lights are on, but when lights are off =

lol

MaDoNiOn · 10-29-2012, 04:26 PM

Wow good job on all your tinted backlights so far everytime someone tries and tint its too black but these look amazing! Might not even have to buy LCI tailights anymore and just do this oneday haha

ipitythefoo · 11-06-2012, 12:15 PM

Has anyone thought about doing red-outs on their LCI tail lights (tint the signal part so the whole tail light is red)? I can't find any pics so I'm assuming no one has ever done that yet?

Kirst · 11-06-2012, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ipitythefoo

Has anyone thought about doing red-outs on their LCI tail lights (tint the signal part so the whole tail light is red)? I can't find any pics so I'm assuming no one has ever done that yet?

It's been done, mostly using VHL paints
To be honest, from what I've seen, mixed results, and takes even longer than black to get right

I'm quite the fan of these: http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com.au/viewitem?itemId=160845774412&index=1&nav=SEARCH&ni d=02056439897

As far as the black goes, but they do also do a red aftermarket tail light

FIRST1 · 11-13-2012, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ipitythefoo

Has anyone thought about doing red-outs on their LCI tail lights (tint the signal part so the whole tail light is red)? I can't find any pics so I'm assuming no one has ever done that yet?

sry to bring this back from the dead, but have you ever found that yet? I've been wondering what it would look like to have completely red tail lights on a 1er.

09-28-2012, 07:34 PM	#1
Bl0ck Gray on Gray 109 Rep 189 Posts Drives: 2023 M3CX Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: South Florida iTrader: (0)	tinted the tails with reverse cutout i know not a lot of people are a fan of tinting the tail lights. i however think it gives a nice aggressive appearance. used the lamin-x from over at **********s and cut out the reverse with a xacto knife. here is the results. please dont mind the dirty car and iphone camera camera fun
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10-02-2012, 02:45 PM	#2
donsaxena Private First Class 14 Rep 165 Posts Drives: BMW 135i Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: oklahoma city iTrader: (0)	I'm usually not a big fan of tinted lights but those look good! Great job! __________________ BMW 135i Jet Black AT. Hpf intercooler, Hpf exhaust, injen intake, ER competition oil coolers, ER charge pipe, Tial BOV, AR catless DP,BMS OCC, VMR 718s 19s, BMW performance spoiler, agency power rear diffuser, slek lip (on highway somewhere), FXomar abs lip, Ohlins Suspension, All M3 bits, Cobb protuned, turner 3 clutch LSD, Escort 9500ci
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Järppä Old fart 5 Rep 108 Posts Drives: F48 X1 xdrive25 + E53 X5 V8 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Behind barn iTrader: (0)	Looks good. i'm waiting to do mine. __________________ F48 X1 xdrive25 2020 E53 X5 4.4i V8 2001
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Riley1524 Captain 63 Rep 638 Posts Drives: A Slow Ass BMW Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Atlanta, Ga. iTrader: (4)	Looks really good !!!! What darkness did you go with ? __________________ 2015 428i Coupe 2009 328i E93
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10-05-2012, 04:05 PM	#5
lakylester Private First Class 14 Rep 130 Posts Drives: 135i, A4 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: nj iTrader: (0)	Looks great! Would love to see a pic with tails illuminated Looks nice on a 3 Attached Images
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10-13-2012, 03:10 PM	#6
Järppä Old fart 5 Rep 108 Posts Drives: F48 X1 xdrive25 + E53 X5 V8 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Behind barn iTrader: (0)	Here is mine rear lights wannabe prefacelift blackline Before: After: __________________ F48 X1 xdrive25 2020 E53 X5 4.4i V8 2001
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10-13-2012, 08:13 PM	#8
Riley1524 Captain 63 Rep 638 Posts Drives: A Slow Ass BMW Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Atlanta, Ga. iTrader: (4)	+1 what did you use? __________________ 2015 428i Coupe 2009 328i E93
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ShocknAwe 1Addict 5381 Rep 9,254 Posts Drives: N54 E82, M57 E70, 964 C4 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Charleston iTrader: (22)	Yup more info please! __________________ 2010 E82 1 Series M Clone Hydra Performance augmented OEM+
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10-26-2012, 10:42 PM	#16
bee_afraid New Member 0 Rep 22 Posts Drives: Just a stock 135i Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ruston, La and Dickinson, ND iTrader: (0)	I'm not a fan of tinted tails but some of these look fantastic.
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10-29-2012, 11:10 AM	#18
///S55 Lieutenant 47 Rep 566 Posts Drives: 2015 M3 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Edmonton iTrader: (0)	Medium Smoke. Looks sexy when lights are on, but when lights are off = lol __________________ Add1cted
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MaDoNiOn Lieutenant 29 Rep 469 Posts Drives: 2008 Bmw 130i E81 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: SouthAfrica iTrader: (0) Garage List 2004 Polo Tdi 1.9 [8.00]	Wow good job on all your tinted backlights so far everytime someone tries and tint its too black but these look amazing! Might not even have to buy LCI tailights anymore and just do this oneday haha __________________ Wishlist... Bmw 135i Convertable White...
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ipitythefoo III II VIII XI 2 Rep 75 Posts Drives: 2013 328xi Sport Line Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: GTA iTrader: (0)	Has anyone thought about doing red-outs on their LCI tail lights (tint the signal part so the whole tail light is red)? I can't find any pics so I'm assuming no one has ever done that yet? __________________ 2013 BMW 328i xDrive 2011 BMW 135i DCT
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