DIY - Custom R32-Style Taillights

**absoluteczech** · 03-20-2007 09:35 PM

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Can we get an image rehost please?

done

**LAXlt84** · 03-20-2007 09:36 PM

ya that makes sense, sounds pretty typical, im just unfamiliar with this kind of stuff and wasnt sure if it is applied like spray paint or if it bonded differently to the plastic, thanks!

**mujjuman** · 03-21-2007 03:33 AM

how is the paint holding up so far? or is it too early to ask...

**svander** · 03-21-2007 03:43 AM

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how is the paint holding up so far? or is it too early to ask...

It's probably too early to ask; a few coats of clear after this should protect the job nicely though. That's what I would do anyway.

**mujjuman** · 03-21-2007 03:59 AM

thats cool. i think you can get clear coat from an autozone or something similar

**LAXlt84** · 03-27-2007 08:55 PM

well i just tinted the tails on my jetta with this DIY and let me just say they turned out GREAT! ill post pics as soon as i get around to taking them. you guys were right, taping off perfect circles was really easy and didnt take too long. the only thing im concerned about is i might want to go a little darker and ill have to order another can and retape all over again. the stock jetta tails look so much more aggressive and work well with the blacked out grille and tinted windows i have. sorry ill post the pics and then get into it more...in the meantime thanks for a great DIY!

**J4xoR** · 03-27-2007 09:24 PM

Quote, originally posted by LAXlt84 »

well i just tinted the tails on my jetta with this DIY and let me just say they turned out GREAT! ill post pics as soon as i get around to taking them. you guys were right, taping off perfect circles was really easy and didnt take too long. the only thing im concerned about is i might want to go a little darker and ill have to order another can and retape all over again. the stock jetta tails look so much more aggressive and work well with the blacked out grille and tinted windows i have. sorry ill post the pics and then get into it more...in the meantime thanks for a great DIY!

No problemo, told ya.

**mujjuman** · 03-28-2007 12:01 AM

thats awesome man!

**squitiere** · 04-10-2007 07:04 PM

bump...

how's the spray holding up with those who have sprayed their tail lights?

**dsd1stu** · 04-10-2007 11:42 PM

the warning says

Warning don't throw this into fire

**trikstir99** · 04-11-2007 09:21 AM

Quote, originally posted by LAXlt84 »

well i just tinted the tails on my jetta with this DIY and let me just say they turned out GREAT! ill post pics as soon as i get around to taking them. you guys were right, taping off perfect circles was really easy and didnt take too long. the only thing im concerned about is i might want to go a little darker and ill have to order another can and retape all over again. the stock jetta tails look so much more aggressive and work well with the blacked out grille and tinted windows i have. sorry ill post the pics and then get into it more...in the meantime thanks for a great DIY!

post sum dam pics already.....

**jxmoth** · 04-11-2007 09:49 AM

I just used the same can as the OP to tint my mirror signals and they came out great.

It's nice that the clear is mixed in with the spray. It doesn't run much, if at all, but it does along the curves(gravity FTW).

The spray comes out liberally so I think I have enough for one coat on the tails. I'm going to try and tackle it this weekend, but I might spray the whole thing rather than R32'n it.

**Ken Adams** · 04-11-2007 11:00 AM

With the amount of effort it took you to mask the car, you could have simply removed the tails. Other than that, not too shabby.

**squitiere** · 04-11-2007 02:07 PM

Quote, originally posted by jxmoth »

I'm going to try and tackle it this weekend, but I might spray the whole thing rather than R32'n it.

Please post some pics when you're done

**trikstir99** · 04-11-2007 08:36 PM

post some pics of this on a jetta i know someone has it done....also how are they holding up i would assume u would need to sand it down a lil to get it to grip on but i could be wrong... and do u need a clear coat since it in the paint??

**LAXlt84** · 04-11-2007 08:58 PM

sorry i havent been able to get my pics of my jetta tails yet, my camera was broken and once i got it fixed its been raining and now even snowing for the past few days. even in this weather the finish has held up just fine though. i didnt put a clear coat over them because im still thinking of going a bit darker, which means i basically have to retape everything and do it all over again. but even without a clear coat they look pretty good. once again, sorry i dont have pics yet ill get them asap.

**trikstir99** · 04-18-2007 10:34 AM

so how are they holding up????

**TPizzle** · 04-18-2007 11:49 AM

Quote, originally posted by trikstir99 »

post some pics of this on a jetta i know someone has it done....also how are they holding up i would assume u would need to sand it down a lil to get it to grip on but i could be wrong... and do u need a clear coat since it in the paint??

X2

**trikstir99** · 04-21-2007 12:18 AM

i need a lil help....i did this step by step with the same spray and let sit for 3 days and when i washed them all the tint spray came right off....do i need to sand the tails lightly or should i go buy clear coat??? help please

**mujjuman** · 04-21-2007 12:58 AM

whoa thats weird... are you sure its the same kind of spray? i didnt think this would happen

**IchBinDarren** · 04-21-2007 01:20 AM

nice work! that is done very tastefully.

**trikstir99** · 04-21-2007 08:07 AM

Quote, originally posted by mujjuman »

whoa thats weird... are you sure its the same kind of spray? i didnt think this would happen

yea same spray ordered it from the link on the 2nd page

Modified by trikstir99 at 9:29 AM 4-21-2007

**06MKVGLI** · 04-21-2007 09:24 AM

Why didn't you just take the tail lights out instead of masking off the car? Did you want to do a bunch of unnessasary bs? Takes 1 minutes to pull them out? How long did it take you to mask of the rear and still risk overspray?

Modified by 06MKVGLI at 6:25 AM 4-21-2007

**jxmoth** · 04-21-2007 11:21 AM

I did my tails/mirror signals with the same spray linked on the second page.

It was raining the whole week after I installed them and they've held up quite nicely. No marring or flaking or peeling of any sort.

I ran out of spray because I was messing around too much at first so I ordered another can and will be doing another coat to the tails.

I can post pictures up in a couple hours, but they won't look much different than the stock tails. They just stand out a bit more than the stock red, but they're nowhere near as deep yet as the R32 tails.

**trikstir99** · 04-21-2007 11:38 AM

Quote, originally posted by jxmoth »

I did my tails/mirror signals with the same spray linked on the second page.

It was raining the whole week after I installed them and they've held up quite nicely. No marring or flaking or peeling of any sort.

I ran out of spray because I was messing around too much at first so I ordered another can and will be doing another coat to the tails.

I can post pictures up in a couple hours, but they won't look much different than the stock tails. They just stand out a bit more than the stock red, but they're nowhere near as deep yet as the R32 tails.

i think im just gonna throw a coat of clear on it this time

**lokthis** · 04-21-2007 01:11 PM

Ill pay you 50 bucks to do this to my tails

nah but really I would rather have someone with experince do it I think I would go to heavy on the coats

Looks good btw its PFM!

**jxmoth** · 04-21-2007 07:11 PM

Here are the tails...I'm going to take them off and do them a tad darker than they are now.

In the sun, they're still stock looking just deeper so it still stands out.

**alanbrito** · 04-21-2007 08:15 PM

Quote, originally posted by absoluteczech »

where can i find that 2.0t badge? help meeeeeeee

**mujjuman** · 04-21-2007 08:34 PM

Quote, originally posted by alanbrito »

where can i find that 2.0t badge? help meeeeeeee

Audi

**alanbrito** · 04-21-2007 10:10 PM

Quote, originally posted by mujjuman »

Audi

that says a lot...

**mujjuman** · 04-22-2007 12:30 AM

Quote, originally posted by alanbrito »

that says a lot...

Audi A4 2.0T

you can get it from someone who debadged it. its free.

**alanbrito** · 04-22-2007 02:35 AM

Quote, originally posted by mujjuman »

Audi A4 2.0T

you can get it from someone who debadged it. its free.

can anyone point me in the right direction? can u get it from the dealer? agh...

**absoluteczech** · 04-22-2007 02:36 AM

try parts4vw.com

**jxmoth** · 04-22-2007 02:42 AM

Quote, originally posted by alanbrito »

where can i find that 2.0t badge? help meeeeeeee

ECSTuning has them too!

**alanbrito** · 04-22-2007 03:10 AM

thanks u 2 for the replies, but i cant find the specific one, audi 2.0t with red T... guess ima have to paint it :|

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