Sedan - Painted chrome on trunk and smoked the tails (pics).

[Herbicidal]

Originally Posted by KCALB SIRAY

looks great!! any closer pics of the film?

Thanks!

Not at the moment. I can take a pic or two in the next day or so. I'm kind of a perfectionist and to me, it's a little rough (in some places) up close, but I'm hoping it will smooth out as it dries out. My daughter (12) says it "looks great Dad!" and she wants me to do it on her car when she gets one. It's a real booger to get it smooth right from the get-go. Practice (and heat!) definitely makes a difference as you get a 'feel' for how it works. As I mentioned before, the product is pretty forgiving and allows you to remove and reapply multiple times to get it where you want it. Heat and wet fingers are key!

[KCALB SIRAY]

Originally Posted by Herbicidal

Thanks!

Not at the moment. I can take a pic or two in the next day or so. I'm kind of a perfectionist and to me, it's a little rough (in some places) up close, but I'm hoping it will smooth out as it dries out. My daughter (12) says it "looks great Dad!" and she wants me to do it on her car when she gets one. It's a real booger to get it smooth right from the get-go. Practice (and heat!) definitely makes a difference as you get a 'feel' for how it works. As I mentioned before, the product is pretty forgiving and allows you to remove and reapply multiple times to get it where you want it. Heat and wet fingers are key!

great, thanks!

[shaneeezy]

Looks fabulous :]

[fujiwaru]

is there a DIY section on applying the film on the lights?

[Herbicidal]

KCALB SIRAY - by the time I got home last night it was dark, so no close-up pictures. I'd rather use natural light versus a flash. I'll see how tonight goes.

Originally Posted by shaneeezy

Looks fabulous :]

Thanks!

Originally Posted by fujiwaru

is there a DIY section on applying the film on the lights?

I haven't gone looking for one, but I think I mostly covered it in my initial post. The directions provided with the film are pretty good too. Just read them a couple of times and have a bowl of water to dip your fingers into and a decent source of heat. Lamin-X provided a tiny little squirt bottle that shoots a very fine mist, keep that handy to mist the tail light while working with the film. Lamin-X recommended either a blow dryer or a heat gun. I didn't use a blow dryer because I was afraid it would dry the water even quicker than my halogen work light. The film is pretty thick, and heat is your friend to help stretch and massage it into place, just not too much heat in any one place at any one time.

[Herbicidal]

Darn daylight savings time! I now get home from work just as the sun sets. Anyway, shot a couple of close up pics this evening. The sun was just about down and there were clouds in the sky too. So there is reflection in the lens. The film has laid down pretty darn smooth, only if you are really close can you see some small bubbles, hopefully those will go away. Not sure if you can even see them in the pics. So far, so good.

Left lens:


Close up left lens:


Right lens, you can just see the edge of the film at the bottom of the lens as I didn't get it 'pulled' quite all the way to the bottom edge:

[JBougie]

That is awesome! I had no idea there was a film you could just put on it ..... I thought you had to take the tail light apart and smoke it from the inside ... that is so awesome! lol

[KCALB SIRAY]

Looks like a great job to me. Thanks for the close ups. I really like the way it looks

[Herbicidal]

Originally Posted by KCALB SIRAY

Looks like a great job to me. Thanks for the close ups. I really like the way it looks

You're welcome and thanks! I was a little stressed during the install but it seems to have turned out pretty good.

Originally Posted by JBougie

That is awesome! I had no idea there was a film you could just put on it ..... I thought you had to take the tail light apart and smoke it from the inside ... that is so awesome! lol

Thank you! Nope, the Lamin-X film has an adhesive that reacts with water (that's why they include a small misting sprayer) and these are applied to the outside of the lens. It took about 15 minutes per light. I have no idea if they will ever come off, not that I'm going to try.

[fujiwaru]

looks good man. thanks for the close up pics.

[kimona]

Not a fan of smoked tails, but I do like the painted chrome and the new badges very much.

[YAR1S]

MUCH better!

[Herbicidal]

You're welcome and thanks everyone! The ol' Yaris has been totally transformed with relatively small cosmetic touches. When I'm driving around no one knows what the heck it is (other than a Toyota) and I like it like that! I've watched some other Yaris drivers looking and wondering WTF is that?!? Kinda looks like my car...but....

[Pitt Yaris]

Looks real good. I don't know what I like better, chrome or painted. Some yaris' like this look better painted, then others don't look very appealing.

[Herbicidal]

Originally Posted by Pitt Yaris

Looks real good. I don't know what I like better, chrome or painted. Some yaris' like this look better painted, then others don't look very appealing.

Thanks! May have to do with the cars body color, dark colors look better painted, lite colors maybe better with chrome?

[Herbicidal]

No one really asked, but I decided to take two nighttime shots so you could see what the Lamin-X film does to the degree of light coming from the tail lights normally and with the brakes on. The pics are kind of grainy due to it being dark. But you get the idea. I think they light up pretty well in spite of the smoked film.

With the lights on <no brakes>:


With the brakes on:

[slothman86]

Very VERY nice!

[CtrlAltDefeat]

Originally Posted by Herbicidal

No one really asked, but I decided to take two nighttime shots so you could see what the Lamin-X film does to the degree of light coming from the tail lights normally and with the brakes on. The pics are kind of grainy due to it being dark. But you get the idea. I think they light up pretty well in spite of the smoked film.

With the lights on <no brakes>:


With the brakes on:

looks good...kinda evil like