Pinstripe Covering For Taillights

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This is a great alternative to eurolights or blackouts, and it only costs about $20 to do. I've sent this out to 3 people in the last 2 months so thought i'd post a how to.
This is a much cheaper way of doing your tails, and can be done in any colour or pattern you like. I'll tell you how i did them and then you can modify the procedure anyway you like.
I bought 4 rolls of chrome 1/4 inch pinstriping and 1 roll of 1/8th inch pinstriping. The 1/8 inch is just used for spacing so it can be in any colour you want as it will not be staying on your car. The vinyl pinstriping goes on easier then the chrome or gold because it stretches a bit, and the vinyl is more transparent when your brake lights are on. You should be able to find it to match the colour of your car.
Find a line on your taillights to use as a starting point to make sure everything goes on straight, i used the seem just above the clear reverse light and the blinker light. do one section of taillight at a time, say start with the outside of the drivers side. Now stick a stripe of the 1/4 inch all the way across the outside section, following the line and rub it on well with your finger. it can hang over the edges of the light for now because your gonna cut all the extra off at the end so that the stripes all line up in the end. Now place an 1/8th inch strip right above that one, and then put another 1/4 inch strip above the 1/8th inch one and rub it on good. Peel the 1/8inch one off and place it above the 2nd 1/4 inch stripe.
You can use the 1/8th inch stripe a couple times before throwing it out. Just keep doing this leapfrog of stripes until you get to the top of the section of tail light, then do the bottom part of the light. when the section of light is covered cut off the extra pinstriping hanging over the edges of the light with a blade and rub all the stripes on again with your finger so that they are well stuck around the edges of the light, you don't want them to peel.
Do the same for the other 3 sections of taillight and your done. Try to get creative, put them on at an angle, or change the direction for each section of tail light. I think i'm gonna cut flames in mine to keep with the pattern on the inside of my car. anyways heres a picture of how mine turned out. I had silver vinyl on mine for 3 years and decided to peel it off and put the chrome one on. My chromes been on for 1 1/2 years now and i will be redoing it again this year as it has a few bubbles in it.
Takes about 2 hours for each section of taillight if you use 1/8th inch spacing, so about 8 hours in total. You get quicker as you go from tail to tail and fall in a groove. Hope this helps.
Post pictures on here after you've done the procedure so everyone can see what they turn out like. Keep modding