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Kloogy 02-02-2011 12:55 AM

Black sapphire X5 owners
 
I experimented with something and it worked out great. I picked up a couple of strips of Limo Tint from a local tint place. $5 bucks. I came home, and applied them on my ugly Amber side reflectors. Trimed them and got the bubbles out. I took my heat gun and hit it with that for a few minutes. To my surprise , they now look like they would of I had them painted at a shop. Cost me all of $5 bucks ! I'll try to take some pics tomorrow when the sun is out. Figured I would pass this along to my fellow X5 community .:thumbup:

Surveyor 02-02-2011 04:26 AM

Looking forward to the pictures, I have a 2011 black sapphire X5 on order.

Franklin Joseph 02-02-2011 03:20 PM

in for pics...

dbox 02-02-2011 03:35 PM

sweet, thnx.

smuggymba 02-02-2011 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Surveyor (Post 801339)
Looking forward to the pictures, I have a 2011 black sapphire X5 on order.

my 2011 X5 35d sapphire black coming 2nd week of Feb....waiting for the pics

alvam 02-02-2011 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by smuggymba (Post 801466)
my 2011 X5 35d sapphire black coming 2nd week of Feb....waiting for the pics

When did you order?

smuggymba 02-02-2011 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by alvam (Post 801507)
When did you order?

1/3/2011 last day of the holiday incentives:p:

xoutpostking 02-02-2011 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Kloogy (Post 801311)
I experimented with something and it worked out great. I picked up a couple of strips of Limo Tint from a local tint place. $5 bucks. I came home, and applied them on my ugly Amber side reflectors. Trimed them and got the bubbles out. I took my heat gun and hit it with that for a few minutes. To my surprise , they now look like they would of I had them painted at a shop. Cost me all of $5 bucks ! I'll try to take some pics tomorrow when the sun is out. Figured I would pass this along to my fellow X5 community .:thumbup:

Good work cluegie!

I never thought of these limo tints, I got a small sheet of the reg dark smoke tail light tint from Laminex and did what you did, looks great. Sure beats the painted reflectors they want $100 for. :nanana:

smuggymba 02-02-2011 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by xoutpostking (Post 801553)
Good work cluegie!

I never thought of these limo tints, I got a small sheet of the reg dark smoke tail light tint from Laminex and did what you did, looks great. Sure beats the painted reflectors they want $100 for. :nanana:

pics please

Kloogy 02-03-2011 12:15 AM

Laminex would probably last longer since it's made to withstand elements. Tint is supposed to be inside a vehicle. Either way, I don't plan on keeping my vehicle for more than 2-3 years, so it should be fine. I just found it kind of silly to pay $100 bucks for 2 black reflectors. Sorry, I havent had time to take pics. I've been very busy. I'll try tomorrow.


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