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Old 02-03-2014, 02:58 AM   #1
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Cool Tail Light vinyl

Dear friends,


I have white Boxster S with chrome led tail lights.

And I`m planing to redesign them without changing, and need you advice.

Current:



That I want:



Tail lights manufacturers are the same, I think to cover with red vinyl, how you think it will work?

And maybe you know manufacturer of good red vinyls for this job.

Thank you.

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Old 02-03-2014, 05:36 AM   #2
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you might be able to pull it off. Most of the vinyls are not semi transparent. Try amazon and search for vinyl wrap. I have seen lots of different flavors of red. Good luck
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Old 02-03-2014, 06:21 AM   #3
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I used transparent red vinyl over the orange of standard tail lights and it worked very well except because of the compound curves it's a real difficult to get the shape without creases!

The one on the bottom is the wrapped one;

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Old 02-03-2014, 07:37 AM   #4
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Suncoast porsche sells red vinyl for 986 tails. I bought it to turn my tails all red. But im sure you ciuld cut the vinyl to whatever shape you want.
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Old 02-03-2014, 10:36 AM   #5
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Many thanks, I will order and try myself later will post result.
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Old 02-09-2014, 10:39 AM   #6
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Here is the before and after. After on the right. The color is a more vibrant red but my finger print smudges were all over it since I had just put on the vinyl.

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