Hey Guys

I know everyone has been thinking how to take the tail lights apart to black them out on the inside, well I had one left over from my gts that the lense was cracked. I was bored tonight so I decided to play with it, Im going to not give out alot of details on how I did it yet due to this being the first proto type Let the pictures speak for themselfs let me know what you think

 

I think stock looks better.

 

did u bake the tail light? how'd u get it apart? my sportback is in need of some blacking out

 

go to the auto parts store and just buy nite shade and paint em black, mine are dark as hell, match my car, and look great

 

gotta use a dremel and a special blade for it. ive done this before the end result is decent but it takes way too long .

 

That isnt the same as what was done here. That will limit light output and covers the entire tail light. This is painting part of the INSIDE of the taillight black.

 

u have to dremel the thing apart? what did you use to seal them back up... and whatsthe special blade?

 

some silicone sealant or epoxy, i forgot what the special tool is...

nvm while posting this i rememberd and looked it up


diamond wheel by dremel.


http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Attachme...l.aspx?pid=545


take your time as it will get hot and start melting the plastic.

 

yes i know this, however instead of making a long drawn out process and going through all this hassle, you could just do this and be done within an hour. and come out with nearly the same results. ill post a pic of my back end and let yall see what you think, not putting down this project at all, just seems like alot of work for something that you may be able to do with the paint.

 

It has no lense on it I was just exploring with an old tail light. I baked them for awhile and then cut open.

 

I would rather do it the RIGHT way. It's my car and it deserves the best. Even if it takes longer. Besides, it would be illegal to black out the tail lamps in NY. Just my 2 cents. Looks good.

 

Ive worked with nite shades and smoke vinyl a bunch, its not even close to the same a what was done here.

 

Very true I think night shades looks like **** bigtime.

 

+1, ive used it a bunch of times; i ended up just removing it and using tint instead

 

if it looks like **** then you must of did something wrong, my car looks amazing with it. Now thinking about it though, it may be the color of the car that does this, i dont think a red car or a white car may be able to pull off the niteshade since it makes it so dark. For me my *** end is black and it looks fine! still never took the pic but i will once this rain gives me a chance to do so.