Brake light overlay

[shenandoah24]

I recently ordered a Third brake light overlay from www.grafxwerks.com It was a great shopping experience and the overlay looks great on my Vibe. I highly recommend this company for any or your overlay needs. I don't normally brag on companies, but these guys were great and very affordable.

[Triton]

quote:I recently ordered a Third brake light overlay from www.grafxwerks.com It was a great shopping experience and the overlay looks great on my Vibe. I highly recommend this company for any or your overlay needs. I don't normally brag on companies, but these guys were great and very affordable. I have placed orders with them also. Awesome product and even better service. I will be posting pics soon of the stickers I have. I have all of the bage and center cap overlays, including the pontiac arrows. Definately recommend doing business with GrafxWerks!

[DopeVibeGT]

Thanks for the link, man!! I'm ordering one. I have one on my GA and it looks cool!

[MrMke]

I got one not too long ago....looks good. http://nicksimkins.com/vibe/people/mrmk ... unegt7.jpg

[d_m_kolb]

I did a custom one but it says USCG.

[Frosty]

Derek: How did you do it? What did you make yours from? Thanks.

[d_m_kolb]

I made mine from some thin cardboard lettering I bought at a craft store. Most craft stores sell different size lettering so buy the size that will be able to be seen best in front of your 3rd brake light. (To large and all the letter wont show up making it hard to see what's there, to small and all the letters will be seen but hard to see unless very close to the vehicle) Getting the correct size will make sure all parts of the letter are showing and still easy to read from one to two car lengths away.Ok now that you have bought your letters or lettering pick the letters you will be using. (I used USCG) I got these letters and spray painted both the front and back of them with flat black paint. After they had dryed I used black electrical tape on the back side (Side facing light Not facing rear glass) to attach and hold the letters together. Make sure none of the tape is covering any part of a letter.Now you can go out to the vehicle and remove the 3rd brake light so you can start securing the brake light over lay in place. (Realise I did my over lay on Kia so the install will be a little different but not much) Once you get the 3rd brake light off figure out if it will be best to secure the over lay right to the glass or if it would be better to secure the over lay to the brake light itself. On mine car it was best to secure it right to the glass since once it was installed the brake light fit snug up against the glass. I'm not sure if the Vibe is the same so you'll have to play with this and see which will work best.I secured my over lay in play useing electrial tape again because it's black and doesn't allow light to penitrate it. Plus if you get most the bubbles out of the tape it doesn't look like crap on the glass. I centered the over lay while putting the brake light back in position to see if it was actually where it should be. Once centered I used anything I could find to put a little pressure on the brake pedal so the brake lights would stay on. Now I can see if there was any light coming from around the over lay instead of through it like I wanted. If there is light coming from around the over lay you can use the electrial tape to block the light. Make sure to get all the bubbles out of the tape so it doesn't look bad. Now your done. Install and screw everything back in place.Total cost. Less than $2.00Click on the pic below to see mine. Sorry the pic isn't that great.

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[Lancer]

I got one on my Ninja that reads 'Ride Nakid'. You only see it when the brake is on.

[tau166]

quote:I got one not too long ago....looks good. http://nicksimkins.com/vibe/people/mrmk ... unegt7.jpg From the picture it appears that the sticker must be under the glass. Is that correct? The description on Grafxworks' web page say it goes on the glass surface. Also, how thick are the overlays? Are they real thin or puffy or what? Thanks.

[shenandoah24]

The one from Grafxwerks goes on the glass surface on the outside. It is very thin and looks great!!!!

[Zamboni Guy]

Anyone have any tips for properly putting the Pontiac overlays on over the existing Pontiac symbols?I was planning to wait until warm weather, and just follow the directions that came with the shipment, but was wondering if anyone had any additional tips.

[Pawel]

nice