smoked taillights

[nick_sixx]

hey i know this should probably be in the appearance gallery, but nobody ever goes there so not worth it. anyways, today i saw a black crx driving on waterworks road with tinted/blacked out taillights and it looked fcuking hot. anyways thinking of doing the same thing to my eg so i can look like this http://youtube.com/watch?v=s8GkAQuaSkQ does anyone know if you can diy it with model car window paint? or should i buy something like this http://cgi.ebay.com.au/92-93-95-HOND...QQcmdZViewItem. prefferably not the altezza route...

[Nismo3oi]

best to paint them but u'll probaly get defect for it depending on the police.

[nick_sixx]

yeah not too worried about that. ive been pulled over maybe 8 or 9 times, and am yet to get defected for: bald tyres, illegal exhaust, open pod, lower than 10cm in some parts, and (haha) different headlight bulbs. so yeah how do you go about painting them?

[connorling]

i got a spray print from the shop, got home, and tape it around the light, covered most of the rear with news paper, and just spray it on.

ob the bottle, it says not to spray more than 3 layers, otherwise people cannot see the light.

i did it on my car, my car is white, it looks nice....... u should do it

[nick_sixx]

i got a spray print from the shop, got home, and tape it around the light, covered most of the rear with news paper, and just spray it on.

ob the bottle, it says not to spray more than 3 layers, otherwise people cannot see the light.

i did it on my car, my car is white, it looks nice....... u should do it

what paint did you use? i will do the same

[rayb3na_]

i saw this on a dc2r yesterday actually but they way he did it looked pretty legal to me? it looked like he gave the light a quick once over and then accented the parts where the lights dont light up like the housing kinda thing and blended it in quite funky (Y)

[nick_sixx]

yeah i think ill do like 2 layers over where the bulbs are, then 3 layers or so around where the housing is. so yeah still confused as to what paint i use? just black spray paint? or what? im so lost...

[Dell99]

there are tinting paint u kno

[Stcmon]

u cud just purchase vinyls and stick them on ur taillights, there are vinyl kits on ebay

[rayb3na_]

you could use actual window tinting too if u wanted but dont use spray paint cos u wont see no light lol theres spray on tint <---- there really is sucha thing!

[nick_sixx]

thanks i just bought the tint film off ebay, $16US, cant go wrong, plus i can peel it off if/when i get defected

[Boban]

might be going off topic a bit here, but has anyone tried painting them from the inside, pulling the cover off and than putting it back together??? IMO it would look less illegal as the red/yellow would still show just be a bit darker

PS, a mate had an old laser and we painted his taillights and headlights black (left only 2 small holes) and had no probs with the police, but i guess it depends what officer you get pulled over by

PPS, nick, give all automotive imports a call (look in yellow pages for # as i cbf), a friend picked up a black steering wheel for $50