| darkened taillights - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| import_3000 |
| ok, is it possible to paint your tail lights dark? maybe some kinda clear black paint? |
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| Mekanik22 |
Yep, it's possible. It is also legal to a certain degree. You'll have to check up on the laws or whatever. But if you don't want to paint your taillights, you could get smoke lenses. Smoke lenses are a piece of plastic made for your car and it's tinted black already. Here's an example:
The left hand side is without the lenses and the right is with the lenses.
Here's another example. This is a headlight one, but it's the same idea as the rear ones:
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| import_3000 |
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Originally posted by Mekanik22@Jun 14 2003, 06:50 PM
Yep, it's possible. It is also legal to a certain degree. You'll have to check up on the laws or whatever. But if you don't want to paint your taillights, you could get smoke lenses. Smoke lenses are a piece of plastic made for your car and it's tinted black already. Here's an example:
The left hand side is without the lenses and the right is with the lenses.
correction, the left hand side is with the white lens
yeah i dont really want to spend much on this though |
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| Mekanik22 |
| I'm not sure then. I don't think I've heard of black transparent paint :dunno: Sorry I couldn't be of much help. |
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| import_3000 |
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Originally posted by Mekanik22@Jun 14 2003, 07:06 PM
I'm not sure then. I don't think I've heard of black transparent paint :dunno: Sorry I couldn't be of much help.
thanks anyways :D |
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| HKSpowers |
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Originally posted by import_3000@Jun 14 2003, 06:23 PM
ok, is it possible to paint your tail lights dark? maybe some kinda clear black paint?
Clear Black Paint?????? Just kidding |
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| SplineZ |
If theres room, you could use window tint on it...
say if there is a clear pastic cover overtop of the colored stuff, you could tint that :)
depends on the car... I know I could do mine.. but it'd be a pain in the ass
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| gillAteen |
nite-shades spray tint:
You can get it at JB's for about $12/can |
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| ChromeDragon |
As far as I know it is actually illegal to do this, any change to the intensity of the original mfg's lights is not allowed. Check with Officer Jim to confirm this though.
Chromey
P.S. I know for sure that the GTO covers are illegal, that's why it says 'Off Road Use Only' on the package. |
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| import_3000 |
| thanks for the info guys! |
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| DeathRat |
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Originally posted by gillAteen@Jun 15 2003, 12:04 AM
nite-shades spray tint:
You can get it at JB's for about $12/can
That's what I use & sell too (that's right - SELL!). :wub: Check out my sig, "More of Bone-Evil" on page two near the bottom of that page for actual pics of how it looks afterwards with lights on. B)
As far as the "illegal" issues are, so far 3 years no problems! B) |
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| import_3000 |
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Originally posted by DeathRat@Jun 15 2003, 11:00 AM
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Originally posted by gillAteen@Jun 15 2003, 12:04 AM
nite-shades spray tint:
You can get it at JB's for about $12/can
That's what I use & sell too (that's right - SELL!). :wub: Check out my sig, "More of Bone-Evil" on page two near the bottom of that page for actual pics of how it looks afterwards with lights on. B)
As far as the "illegal" issues are, so far 3 years no problems! B)
cool, so just one thin coat and thats it? |
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| gillAteen |
Mine were about 4coats,you can do as dark or light as you choose.I never got busted for it,in the day they look just a bit dark,at night they were black,but the red light shines through regardless.
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| SplineZ |
Can you clean the stuff out if you get tired of it?
hrm..this might be an interesting solution to the window tint "problem"
everybody's having :) You cant peel it off... it'd look stock eh?
Just a thought....
James Z |
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| DeathRat |
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Originally posted by gillAteen@Jun 15 2003, 05:53 PM
Mine were about 4coats,you can do as dark or light as you choose.I never got busted for it,in the day they look just a bit dark,at night they were black,but the red light shines through regardless.
Rob
Mine are 7 coats thick! :o
And no you can't wipe it clean once it is dry! :wacko: |
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| Z3r03rr0r |
| import you drive a VW golf don't you? you can grab the tail lights off of any of the mkIII gtis they came stock tinted |
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| import_3000 |
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Originally posted by Z3r03rr0r@Jun 17 2003, 03:41 PM
import you drive a VW golf don't you? you can grab the tail lights off of any of the mkIII gtis they came stock tinted
how much? think i can find it in a junkyard? |
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| MightyMidget |
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Originally posted by ChromeDragon@Jun 15 2003, 01:50 AM
As far as I know it is actually illegal to do this, any change to the intensity of the original mfg's lights is not allowed. Check with Officer Jim to confirm this though.
Chromey
P.S. I know for sure that the GTO covers are illegal, that's why it says 'Off Road Use Only' on the package.
righteo matt.....cant do it legally guys. and you guys want to get sued by the guy who rear ends you cause he couldnt see you braking???
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| SilverZ24 |
You actually can remove it after it is on your car. I had a paint shop remove mine when the car was in for some work and they removed it perfectly. You couldn't tell it was ever there. I'm not exactly sure what they used, but they mentioned that they polished it off with something or other.
And for the very reason that schlong69 mentioned, I would never put the stuff on again. That is the main reason I took mine off actually. |
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| BlueTurboEGG |
| I re-did mine a few times, you actually have to sand it off or some sort of abrasive or checmical remover. |
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