Smoked my rear side marker lenses

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Since nobody seems to offer a set of reasonably-priced smoked/tinted rear side markers for this model-year, I decided to tint my own.
Had some trouble removing the lenses, but eventually popped them out from behind the rear bumper cover after removing the forward screws and the plastic pushpins at the side bottoms, then popping outward the bumper cover:

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And once installed, after 2 coats of "Lens Tint" (bought at Autozone for $14 but Walmart also sells it for $12), and 2 coats of clear:

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The front eBay-sourced smoked markers:

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Gabe

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Thanks guys ... I love the overall outcome.
Only thing missing is window tint and some lowering ... lol
 
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