grayrally

Howdy everyone, I decided to tint my tail lights. Check them out here. This is what I used . It's a much cheaper option than getting ES tail lights.

roblaza

iTrader: (22)

Haha looks good. I also did this about 3 months back. I agree it looks much much better than the oem chrome look.

grayrally

I was thinking of placing black tint on the bottom part of the lights but again, I'm not sure how legal/safe it would be. It would look good though :P

roblaza

iTrader: (22)

i personally wouldnt take the chance. being hassled by cops is not worth the trouble

CrAnSwIcK

iTrader: (5)

i got pulled over for a very lightly tinted license plate shield...

roblaza

iTrader: (22)

not me. whenever i get pulled over it's usually for something like speeding... or being tooo cool.

Raikiri

iTrader: (21)

i like the idea of amber tint placed on top of the turn signal in our tails. someone did it here and it looks really good

roblaza

iTrader: (22)

amber is also very legal.

95gst16g

Looks good.I did something similar to my 8.I used blue fineline tape to tape the signal part it had a nice mold line to follow,then scuffed the rest with gray scotchbrite.I used basf glasurit clearcoat and just dumped some red into it.It worked great I cannot stand the clear chrome look,IMO it just looks cheap.saved myself $700 instead of buying jdm 7 tails.

stockley1234

iTrader: (1)

I'm not a fan of the black tint on tails but the red does look much better then chrome. I agree with 95gst16g, i think the clear lens with chrome backing looks cheap. In my opinion when it comes to clear lens and colored backing: Black>Red>Chrome.

Sidnakit

iTrader: (8)

i cant find the red paint for sale only the black one

Resurrected RA

I would like to paint my taillights color matched to the car. I'm having trouble find a good match in a spray can. (short of getting a can mixed, which I want to avoid) There is so much unused taillight area on the sportback.

I was also thinking of making a fiberglass cover, to maintain the integrity of the factory taillight.

Something like this...

roblaza

iTrader: (22)

Why not find a vinyl company to get some colour samples. They may have a silver that will match pretty damn close. That way you can put it on and cut out any design you want, and if it doesn't work for you peel it off and try again. Or if you want to get fancy, why not try some of that carbon vinyl?

Resurrected RA

You know, vinyl is a great idea. I will head over to the vinyl shop today. I might get the hood done that way too.

Thanks.