14 results for month: 10/2015

Lumilor training is going great!

It's been a great week so far! TD Customs is here in Las Vegas getting certified in electroluminescent paint application, and it couldn't be going better. There is a lot to learn. Lumilor is so cool! Seeing the light come through after applying the coating system, especially for the first time, is awesome. Tim is absolutely loving the class. He is learning all about the product, how to create the electric charge, apply it to all different kinds of surfaces, and how it reacts with other topcoats, etc. It's a fairly complex application process, so he and the others in the class have been working on painting flat square panels and speed shapes ...

What colors does Lumilor come in?

One question we keep getting is, what colors does Lumilor come in? Most of the electroluminescent paint we have seen has been in the original white or blue/green Lumilor color. This is the color that is most intense and allows for the most light to shine through. It is also the most sought after color at this time because of its overall look and functionality. What colors does Lumilor come in? The Short Answer: Lumilor comes standard in white, green, blue, aqua, and orange. Certain other Lumilor colors may be available upon request, such as bright pink. This is a sample of the typical color that Lumilor comes in: The Long Answer: The ...

TD Customs is at Lumilor Labs’ Training Center!

TD Customs is finally here at the Lumilor Labs headquarters in Las Vegas! Tim is learning all about the Lumilor product and its application system so we can bring the coolest (and only!) electroluminescent paint product back to the East Coast with us! TD Customs will be one of the first shops in the United States to become certified in Lumilor. Others have been certified from Australia, the UK and even the Middle East. We are excited to get in on the ground floor of this new technology, and can't wait to get to work on some awesome projects! The first day of class was great. Tim is loving it and learning a lot. They talked about the paint ...

We’re so social! Follow us!

What's up Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google+? Oh hey hashtags, nice to meet you. TD Customs is here to share all kinds of cool shop happenings, including our upcoming trip to Las Vegas for Lumilor training and the 2015 SEMA Show! We will be posting all  kinds of pictures and cool updates about what's going on. You won't want to miss it! We've been doing Facebook for a little while, and have now joined the wonderful worlds of Twitter, Instagram, and Google+. (Man, there are a lot of social media sites!) We'd love for you to follow us and keep up with everything we have going on. Maybe even share us with a friend that might be ...

Electroluminescent painted bicycles just made night cycling way cooler

Night cycling just got way cooler. Forget about reflectors, cheap lights or old EL wires. With the Lumilor® Electroluminescent Coating System, TD Customs can make your bicycle light up on command through the paint itself. Lumilor may be the next big thing to hit the cycling industry. It is the world's first sprayable electroluminescent coating system, and easily adds both function and decoration to the average bicycle. When lit, it allows your bicycle to turn into a real light with an electrical charge. When Lumilor is not lit, all you will see is a simple, clean paint job. You control it with a simple switch. Electroluminescent ...

Land Rover Restoration: Complete!

The Land Rover restoration has been successfully completed and the customer was very happy! This is a '95 Land Rover Defender that has been stripped completely down, repainted a clean white color, and has gotten lots of new parts. This Land Rover restoration has been a complete, ground-up restoration. Since there was extensive work done on this this Land Rover restoration project, we've posted a few updates to cover all the different phases. There was a lot of parts to disassemble on this one, and body work to be done on some rust and dents and dings, which we wrote about here. From there it was primed and wet sanded, which we discussed in ...

Lexus uses Lumilor to build car with human heartbeat

Lexus Australia uses Lumilor to show how thrilling it is to drive their new RC-F, also known as "the Lexus Heartbeat car". In the new Lexus ad campaign, they have professional drivers race the car at night while wearing a heart rate monitor. The heart rate monitors are connected to the wiring in the car's exterior paint job. And thus, makes the car seem like it's come alive. This electroluminescent paint is called Lumilor. It is a special coating system that allows a paint job to illuminate when connected to an electrical charge. It can also be wired to sync with music or in this case, a heart rate monitor. It can also be used as a lighted ...

What makes us such an affordable auto body shop?

Customer Satisfaction Series: What makes us such an affordable auto body shop?  TD Customs is an affordable auto body shop and has heard plenty of times that we are the least expensive estimate a customer has gotten out of several body shops in the area. The truth is that our prices generally do come in at a lower cost than others. Sometimes customers will let us in on other auto body shop's prices, and we are usually surprised, asking ourselves what they were factoring into that cost. This is why we are always confident in telling people to shop around for estimates because we stand by our fair pricing and know we'll typically come in ...

Electroluminescent Paint Lights Up the Dragon Bike

The electroluminescent Dragon Bike is one of the most well known electroluminescent paint jobs out there. Darkside Scientific debuted their dragon bike at Daytona Bike Week 2013 to a crowd that was blown away at seeing this new technology. A glowing paint job that is electrically charged has been unheard of until now. Darkside Scientific has invented the Lumilor™ Electroluminescent Coating System that can make anything into a light. This video is great. The interview with Shawn Mastrian, CEO of Darkside Scientific, really explains a lot about the product itself and how the coating system works to create the electric charge. “It’s the ...

Excited for SEMA Show 2015!

We got our SEMA Show passes in the mail! In less than a month, TD Customs will be in Las Vegas for Lumilor™ training and the 2015 SEMA Show! We're so excited we get to be there for both. The SEMA Show is an annual automotive trade show that attracts industry leaders from all over the world. It is open only to industry professionals, and is a great place for businesses to showcase their new products and services to other businesses, as well as unveil them to the public. And there are LOTS of insanely cool custom cars. Basically this is the place to show off the best of what you've got. For a look at some of last year's cars, check out ...