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I've been looking into doing something with my lights and am leaning towards matte tinted film. Is the film very hard to apply and has anyone used the matte film? I can't seem to find aftermarket lights I like and dont want my factory ones standing out so much. Attachment 7749
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Don't take this wrong, but what I hear is you cant afford anything better at this point. There are plenty of great options if you can afford them like blacked out interior with true HID conversion (what I did). This will cost your around 1100.00. To simply put a film over a crappy headlight to begin with only makes the light worse.
I'm more interested in a matte finish on the exterior than the color inside or hid/led lights.
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In that case you have made your decision. There's only one option for that and it will reduce light output further.
I used the tint spray on my rear tailights and its not bad but like stated, the light output will suffer.
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Was the spray gloss or matte? The film seems easy to remove if I dont like it. I only put a few hundred miles a year on my truck so I'm not concerned with output so much.Originally Posted by Dude's Diesel Performance
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It was the matt finish. As far as getting it off i have no idea as i just left it on there. It looked like it would be a pain to remove.
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I used the spray can from the autopart store "designed" for tinting on my 06. They looked matte if sprayed on in light coats. You have to hammer it to get a gloss look which is tough because it wants to run. I did no prime or sand at all.
Light output was pretty bad- I left my 3rd brake light stock for some added light and it wasn't too noticeable with headache rack anyway
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Another option would be to contact a MINI dealership and ask who they go to get film work done. They add clear to colored film on their cars a lot. If you don't like, warm it up with a blow dryer and pull off. Could be same as the spray color and could dim the light out put. LED's would help there.
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