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Cybereye04 12-28-08 10:09 PM

Anyone got pics of their smoked or tinted taillights?
 
I am trying to change my tailights but i dont know what to do.. I want to smoke out my taillights but i dont know

Sytfu_IS 12-28-08 10:21 PM

Here's a picture of all different taillights, pictures don't do justice...my smoked tails look different when it's sunny and when sun is going down. But if your car is SGM, I think light smoke looks really nice..just not black out haha. jw but are you in norcal or socal?

Sorry, I don't have close up pictures of mines
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a45...f21e1a27_b.jpg

ELL Y 12-28-08 11:21 PM

I say you leave the tail lights just the way they are.
Tints make it harder for people to see your car at night when you're turning, etc.
Many a time have I cursed at cars with heavily smoked lights because you can barely see them
also, they're sexy

AM1 12-29-08 01:31 AM

ill post mine in a bit. imo nothing looks better then a car with dark smoked tails. mine are smoked and same with the reflectors.

IS_NIICE 12-29-08 02:33 AM

https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/IMG_0113.JPG

Nellyhx 12-29-08 10:39 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...1222008544.jpg

Cybereye04 12-29-08 07:30 PM

thanks im getting a better idea about what i should get.. o btw "yayitscola" i live in SOCAL. also i have a black IS so what percent tint for my lights should i get?

josh250 12-29-08 07:54 PM

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...0/L1010033.jpg
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...PICT0762-1.jpg

AM1 12-29-08 11:02 PM

get the smoke overlays from aerotect. or have them painted. i need to get my car clean so i can take pics.

Sytfu_IS 12-29-08 11:06 PM


Originally Posted by AM1 (Post 4120794)
get the smoke overlays from aerotect. or have them painted. i need to get my car clean so i can take pics.

Ya, mines are steel...perfect for SGM imo but for black maybe the darkest smoke?

http://aircraftpaintprotection.net/a...d7b553bb0540e4

shadow191 12-30-08 06:22 AM

I would say get them painted. I had the Aerotect, and they were fine. But then I decided to have them painted and it looks so much cleaner. It just looks more natural. From a distance they looked the same, but up close, the paint looks factory while the aerotect had seams and not the same shine.

Plus the cost isn't that much more. I think I paid $65 for the aerotect and having a body shop paint the tails was only $100.


Originally Posted by AM1 (Post 4120794)
get the smoke overlays from aerotect. or have them painted. i need to get my car clean so i can take pics.


slee18 12-30-08 09:43 AM

This is phil888 ride
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1230534469

kayotik 12-30-08 10:58 AM

lightly smoked is okay.. but i find it hard to see people braking in the daytime when they have smoked tail lights.. that's definitely gonna be an issue

KrapWerdna 12-30-08 11:42 AM

i had some cheap ebay brand smokes.
it was really light but also dark enough to notice i had smokes. there was no problem with seeing my brake lights.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...smoketails.jpg

this is the only picture i have of it.

but i took them off kuz some lady rear ended my and ruined my taillights. and it wasnt because she couldnt see my brake lights, she was on the phone and wasnt paying attention. :cry:

if you want a light smoke for tails, go to aerotect.net and get the steel (35%) light smokes. and they do a really good job of installing.

AM1 12-30-08 02:06 PM


Originally Posted by shadow191 (Post 4121113)
I would say get them painted. I had the Aerotect, and they were fine. But then I decided to have them painted and it looks so much cleaner. It just looks more natural. From a distance they looked the same, but up close, the paint looks factory while the aerotect had seams and not the same shine.

Plus the cost isn't that much more. I think I paid $65 for the aerotect and having a body shop paint the tails was only $100.


believe me if i actually owned the IS, thats would i would do. i had the tails from one of my past cars painted and it was much darker and looked much better. unfortunately there are cons to doing that. since my car is leased i have to stick with overlays. :uh:


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