smoking my corners right now - United Bimmer Community

**brien4787** · 07-15-2005, 03:09 PM

i am smoking my corners at the moment.... updates with pictures... doing what rooz did... so far looking pretty sweet, but still drying.

is clear coat really needed? i thought i read that clear coat isnt needed with this spray... vht stuff... hmm need to do some research

my camera and computer connection is being a butthole right now...

**///Menace328i** · 07-15-2005, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by brien4787

my camera and computer connection is being a butthole right now...

^^^

^^^ i wanna see...

**brien4787** · 07-15-2005, 03:32 PM

OH NO!!!! DID SOMEBODY STEAL MY NEW AND BRIGHT WHITE CLEAR CORNERS!!!?!?!?!

**brien4787** · 07-15-2005, 03:36 PM

here are the corners just after being sprayed... i dont think they lighten up after spray or darken, or anything, or or or...blah

so far they ar elooking nice... since this is a picture from a point and shoot camera, in an overcast day(or it was 10 minutes ago)... and i dont care too much for photoshoping a while trying to get the colors right, here are some pictures... pretty close... of course it looks like i missed some spots, but that is just the lighting...

ill probably put them back in in a few minutes and hopfully it will look better than ORANGE or BRIGHT FREAKING WHitE

**brien4787** · 07-15-2005, 03:54 PM

going to buy some clear coat because they told me too..

**Rooz** · 07-15-2005, 04:20 PM

Man, you used the wrong spray.....

VHT Nighshades is for corners.....

And yes, Clear coat is needed bcs it protects the layer of "tint spray"

**brien4787** · 07-15-2005, 04:32 PM

i dont think it will matter... though i screwed up with the clearcoat... need to go buy some paint thinner : /

it was looking great, until... clear coat

when i was spraying, some black specks came out too.. just a few, but its ruined... PAINT thinner to the rescue!

**Rooz** · 07-15-2005, 04:47 PM

Yeah, that "tint" takes for ever to dry, but the nightshades pretty much dries instantly...

**brien4787** · 07-15-2005, 05:20 PM

any tips for applying the spray clear coat? if you mess up, you have to use paint thinner, dry off, repaint, wait for it to dry, then do it again, rarrg haha

**Rooz** · 07-15-2005, 05:30 PM

humm, spray it from a good distance and little by little.

**brien4787** · 07-15-2005, 06:40 PM

it turned out okay, but the corners i bought were cheap as hell.... ended up putting a little crack at the bottom of one....but hopfully the layers of clear will seal that up water tight.

the clear i put on left thema little duller than i wanted, but oh well, still looks good... if you look close enough, you can tell that one is duller than the other, but no worries, this is my exterior stock 318 minus the corners, that i will probably be selling soon.... it looks a lot better than stock corners or the bright whites.

im thinking about smoking the side turn signals, but not sure if i should just leave them orange color...

also thought about smoking the rear tail lights, but i am afraid they will look like crap

one last thing, what do you guys think: keep the bulb i have now, or get some white light ones. the ones i have now create a kind of cool orange effect(amber, whatever) when they are on or when blinking.... not sure if i should keep it like that, or just go with some that will not show amber color

**brien4787** · 07-15-2005, 07:15 PM

well finally done. i think it probably looks better in person. i recommend doing this if any of you buy clear corners because, CC are too bright most of the time imo. this makes it blend in with the car a lot more than bright white or orange.

if i did it again, i would probably use a clear coat with some shine, but any work just fine.

**Rooz** · 07-15-2005, 08:02 PM

Looks much better, GJ

**brien4787** · 07-15-2005, 08:07 PM

Tanks

**94bmw325i** · 07-15-2005, 10:37 PM

So what spray can would I need? I finally have some money for small mods, might as well get clears with the new fogs I need, one is cracked from recently which sucks because they were perfect originals by the looks of them.