Installed Bat's 3/10 tail lays

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AlexN09
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Car: 2011 Nissan Altima Coupe S 2.5
Location: Nashville, TN

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Hey everybody,

I bought a pair of 3/10 full coverage overlays from BlueBatmobile last week! I got them in the mail last wednesday and installed them that night. I flew out to CA that night so hadn't posted good pics yet. I apologize for the cell phone pictures but I hope they're representative of at the least the color and tint.

Bat was great to order from and his products came fast!

Installation was not a breeze at all though, I know how to shrink and install tint and did so on my own vehicle and expected the vinyl to act in the same way as tint. Well it didn't take me long to realize that vinyl needs to be stretched for the most part around corners rather than shrunk like tint does. After realizing that on the first light I changed my approach and had a much easier time installing the second one. I had a few air bubbles in the job that I punctured, heated and smoothed out and they completely went away. I didn't remove the tails from the car although this would have worked much better and would have been easier to tuck all the sides over and I would have loved to have a second set of hands to apply heat too. I used a soapy water solution and a heat gun to apply and stretch the overlay.

Enough talking here are the before and after!

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Here is the right tail done and the left stock in full sun:

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Sorry about tons of pics but I figured it might help somebody decide between 6/10 and this lighter 3/10.
I don't see a lot of people doing 3/10 tint but on my car color I think it looks perfect.

Thanks for all your help!


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Very nice job on the install!

B@t™


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