Lincoln MKS Progress

[Woody]

My car so far.  Tinted 5% on the back and sunroofs, 20% on the sides and 50% on the windshield.  Painted the fog surrounds and installed yellow fog bulbs.  I have Lamin-x films for the headlights and tail lights on the way.  Here she is all cleaned up with some new Turtle Wax Jet Black on the tires.  Said to last "up to 1 year."  I'll report back in month and see if it made it that long.


2014-05-11 14.35.42 by Randal Smith, on Flickr


2014-05-11 14.36.18 by Randal Smith, on Flickr


2014-05-11 14.36.27 by Randal Smith, on Flickr

 

[4DRHTRD]

Looks great!
I wonder what it would look like if those fins were painted the same "color" as the headlights across the grill section...

 

[panther427]

Like a boss

 

[ShoBoat]

^^^^ what he said


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[Woody]

Looks great!
I wonder what it would look like if those fins were painted the same "color" as the headlights across the grill section...

Do you mean the chrome in the upper grill?

Thanks for the comments. I'm really happy with the way things are progressing with this car!

 

[TSS]

Looks good - I am toying with getting the chrome waterfall grill painted body color myself.

 

[SHOdded]

Joleat's MK-Sinister!  Nice pics of your ride, Woody.

 

[Woody]

Tinted all the lights this weekend.


MKS Laminx-20140518-005 by Randal Smith, on Flickr


MKS Laminx-20140518-006 by Randal Smith, on Flickr


MKS Laminx-20140518-008 by Randal Smith, on Flickr

 

[SHOdded]

Very nice?  What %?  25-30?

 

[Woody]

Laminx "tint" on the headlights, yellow on the fog lights and "smoked" on the tail lights. The tail lights were a you know what to install. I still might cut the strip off the clear section because there were a few wrinkles in it I couldn't get out.

 

[BiGMaC]

Looks great Woody!  Pics of the fogs/driving lights on in low light conditions would be great.... tails look good too.... I used "charcoal" Lamin-X there, but the "smoked looks excellent on the silver MKS!

 

[SHOdded]

I have often thought of applying tint to the windows, but nightmares of bubbles and wrinkles have kept me at bay

 

[Joleat]

Looks great!

Woody and I have been PM'ing back and forth regarding light tint and color matching. I was the guinea pig for color matching and he's the guinea pig for tint. Now, it looks like I need to add the tint to my already lengthy "recently purchased" list.

 

[BiGMaC]

I have often thought of applying tint to the windows, but nightmares of bubbles and wrinkles have kept me at bay

Manu.....While anything os possible.... wrinkles and bubbles come from stretching the film (which looks bad and uneven too, even without bubbles), from trying to go too fast, and most commonly from compound curves on the surface being filmed... Windows  don't have these compound curves... so you should have no problem.  Polish/clean the glass first.

 

[SHOdded]

Is there any special lighting you can use to double check your work, Tom?

 

[BiGMaC]

Not really any "type" of light... but low angle tangential lighting will show any defects just like on paint finish

 

[Woody]

I paid to have the windows done.  The tricks he seems to use is to cut the film outside the car and use a heat gun to get it to conform to the curves of the glass before taking it inside the car to apply it.  He also places a light inside the car to help trimming the film outside.  I personally wouldn't attempt doing windows myself.

BiGMaC - I am certainly planning to get the tripod and the 5D3 out to do some night shots.  So far all the pictures I've taken of this car have been with my iPhone 5S.  The camera has gotten so much better in the phones I'm using my DSLR less and less.  But the phone will not do what a DSLR can do at night.

Thanks guys.  And good luck, Joleat.  The headlights are a breeze.  The tail lights suck.  There are some extra contours on them that you don't even notice until you start trying to stretch a film over them.  I've got a couple lines and bubbles I still need to work on.  And don't get me started on the fog lights.  Ugh.

Here is a shot from early in the process on my first tail light...


MKS Laminx-20140518-002 by Randal Smith, on Flickr

 

[BiGMaC]

One last comment on the lights… be sure to examine them first of any inject mould "nipples" or moulded writing, etc on the lens… really anything that makes the exterior surface unlevel…. they'll make bubbles every time.

 

[panther427]

Where did you buy the film?

 

[Woody]

lamin-x.com