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I never hand sand also, I always use my electric sander so I'm gonna wet sand on it with an electric sander and I should come out even. I'm gonna focus on the front of the headlight, but leave the parts where there's amber dark. I've also noticed this lens tint dries in an almost glass like to the touch finish. I'm planning on painting my trim, molding, cadding, whatever anyone wants to call it. The gray part on my car on the outside, but anyways I'm planning on using this lens tinting stuff to paint it and my grille because of the finish it dries to. Also it'll make it black after 3 coats so it'll take a few cans but if it comes out with the same finish as it has on the headlights, it should come out really good. I'll start out by testing it on something, possibly the grille, but that'll give me an idea of how it'll come out.

With something as delicate as the headlights, I would handsand over using a sander, but to each his own...just be careful. I'm sure you know what you're doing.And I'm all for experimenting...ESPECIALLY with paint, but if you're going to do the cladding, be SURE you scrub with dish soap, rinse very thoroughly, and maybe even prep with alcohol and let airdry before you paint it. I'd hate to see bad results. Just be careful.

Me too, and the reason i use electric is how even it comes out. Also I'm not to sketchy about it since i'm just wet sanding and not doing any low grit. I'm also buffing it after i'm done sanding to make sure it comes out with a nice finish. Just keep me in your prayers, lol. And how did yours dry? Did it have the same finish as mine or was I just lucky. Mine feels somewhat like a mirror. In any post now where I see someone saying they're gonna tint the lights, i'm going to highly unrecommend it just because they don't know what they're getting into. After wetsand, it should be fine with some halogen to back it up but even after wet sand, it'd be super dark with stock bulbs.

yeah mine had the same finish on mine. I never even clearcoated my headlights. Just that tint and then wetsand and buff. It's good stuff. cost me $12 a can here. how bout you?

Same here, I was gonna get some lucas engine cleaner but once he said $16.80, I was like HUH???? Def not cheap and not worth all the trouble it causes.

looks like i have missed a lot on this progress. were you still planning on wanting to hellaflush this sucker?

I plan on geting some spacers for the rear to make them more flush, but I don't plan on slammin it. Maybe if I had a vdub

Brandon if you could drive it slammed that Vibe would look SEXY slammed on the 20's

You KNOW I want to....Just too much maintanence involved in doing it with 20"sIf I had 18"s like another certain Frosty I know....it'd be another story!

Did you apply the overlays yet?

Sure did! The one on the back was a royal pain!! lolAnyways, pics soon. I may wash the car today

sweeeeeet. except for the royal pain part. can't wait to see the pics!

sick vibe man. you got it easy with a white one to do the black and white theme. any clue where i can get some new badges?

Hey thanks man. I like the black/white too. And on uld badges... I'd say start a thread and ask for people to sell em. Surely someone has debadged and wants to sell. ANd the rims look perfect man! Good choice

thanks man. yeah, my parents bought the car almost brand new back in 2005. dad had to replace the head unit for some reason and it's missing the rear GT badge.

Black & White=(removed) lol thats what I'm doing too, car looks good (psycho) Have you repainted your car??? My white looks dual not enough shine, ima prolly have it repainted or go Black

Simple fix for your missing gt badge would be to debadge JUST the back. Leave the badges on the doors. and then you can mount the "Vibe" badge from the hatch to somewhere in you car or your engine compartment...

Here are some shots from yesterday. I [assed an OHV Park and decided to pull in there on the way home and snap a few pics.And then there's the Bomz Intake.... it looked all shiny, so I pulled my Engine cover off and put a LOT more clear coat on it and then wetsanded it and polished. it's waaaayyy more noticeable now.Oh, and the grafxwerks decals... Also some led's I have done. The grilles all lit up, and the engine bay. I stopped working on the leds there because I started thinkin I may go red instead.

lookin supersharp!i bet that rear decal was a pain, just like you said. turned out nice though.i like the green leds too. if you go red, how many more are you going to install?

If I decide to go red, I'll replace all the greens and go all the way around the bottom

im liking the green a lot! and also for the engine cover id would have gone with the grafixwerks overlays for the vvt-i 16valve instead of painting it and the arrow head on the cover too.

Daaaaang! I've never seen 20" rims on a Vibe before, but I like it! The interior looks pretty sweet too. Awesome job with the car

WHERE WERE YOU 3 DAYS AGO??? coulda used another vote for VOTY Thanks for the compliments. Lotta work done and all by me!

First time I look at your PICs the car looks sweet.

Thanks. You have no idea how much I appreciate the commentsMy car is my passion

My fog lights....I removed the tint from the fogs and got yellow Lamin-X for them....BEFORE:AFTER:All feedback is appreciated...what do you think?

Nicely done! So what's the diffrence driving at night?

oh it's waaaayyyyy better! i didn't expect much, so i was thoroughly surprisedplus the ground is all pretty and yellow and screams "look at me" (which is a plus)

Bright yellow fogs looks clean man! Have you gotten HIDs yet??& you have a PM inbox!

Thanks....and I'm holding out on the headlights, but when I do..Keith is getting my dough

Ok, I'm bumping my garage thread so everyone can see my spoiler now.Coated it in Plasti-Dip. Installed it myself

Dang, Brandon. Talk about following through on every project you mentioned! I love the constant contrast/reversing of the black and white theme. Very nice.Still planning on the hood group buy?

You going to leave that spoiler black? I'm planning spoiler(s) and really considering leaving them black since my scheme is going to be lava/black... I think this looks BA the way it is!

Quote, originally posted by jkm311 »Still planning on the hood group buy?Thanks, and i'm out on the hood purchase for at least a few months...even longer if i decide to go to the Meet Quote, originally posted by CAMOGIRL »You going to leave that spoiler black?yeah, it was grey primer when i received it. I coated it with plasti-dip, a rubberized coating.

looks good Brandon!

Very nice man. I did some plasti dip painting about a week ago, just have not shared any pictures yet. When I get some up you'll have to check igt out. I think what I did would look sweet with what you've got too. Our cars are similar with the black accents, mine will hopefully have a different spoiler tho. Keep up the sweet work on the vibe

Thanks guys! Means a lot.

Man, that spoiler looks great, and I REALLY like the yellow fogs - reminds me of cars in Europe.

here's a couple shots from today....

Nice composition on the reflection shot!

Great looking ride. I really like the green lighting.

So... I noticed the sig:Did someone lower their ride? Or, are we continuing our Photo-chopping mastery...

just playin with my pictures.lol is the closest i'll ever come to lowering it, unless I sell the 20's

nice. you getting the top spoiler as well or just the bottom?

nah, just the mid-gate spoilerthe top spoiler is too ricey-lookin for me. I dunno

ill probably be getting both. i have seen other vibes here with both and i dont know.. i just like em both.

In my opinion, BOTH only looks good on the neptune....Maybe abyss too, but everything else looksout of place to meLike BlueCrush's? His looks real nice.I just hate parking next to my mom's xB and the Vibe is taller! lol

We're still waiting on pics of your new lights... the 5 from facebook aren't enough!!!The Mob is just itching to be let out!!!

Haha...ok, ok.I'm workin 12hr shifts today and tomorrow, so Tuesday i'll see what I can do