not sure on the bowtie issue, but most people smoke their tail lights with auto paints, not tint films.. a buddy of mine does them for minimal cost. he's very reputable on a lot of forums for smoking tail lights. so you won't have to worry about him screwing up your lights.

send me a pm if you want his contact info..

 

i used goo gone, and fishing line, and TOOK MY TIME. I think a heating gun would work a little better, but just be careful not to do anything to scratch the paint...I painted mine black, and my truck is greystone metallic...it looks awesome.

 

Just heat it up with a hair dryer or park it in the sun, then use fishing line or weed eater string and start at a corner and work your way around top to bottom...kinda like a sawing motion. The line wont damage the paint. I then used 3M General Purpose Adhesive Remover to get all the remaining glue off.

The bowtie has a solid piece of tape on the back so you will have to clean that up real good and put new tape to re-use

I just removed mine...looked much better IMO and its easier to clean/wax.