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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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wanted to black out my tail lights..im in socal. anbody know where to get the overlay for the lights?
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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Don't do overlays. They look cheap. Do it right, and get them painted.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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any other way 2 do it without makin it look cheap besides painting them?

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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 12:39 AM
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i disagree with overlays looking cheap. if you get the right types of overlays and installed properly it will look good. that being said i would say aerotect makes good ones.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 08:14 AM
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dude if you live in los angeles. you shouldnt tint ur taillights, the CHP will pull over automatically if they see your taillights tinted.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by UCLAJimmy
dude if you live in los angeles. you shouldnt tint ur taillights, the CHP will pull over automatically if they see your taillights tinted.
I agree +1
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 09:51 AM
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Any recommended brand/type of tint spray? Do you wetsand and clear coat over it?
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 05:42 PM
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my color is glacier frost wat tint on tail lights(steel or smoked) would look bes???
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by UCLAJimmy
dude if you live in los angeles. you shouldnt tint ur taillights, the CHP will pull over automatically if they see your taillights tinted.

i dunno about that one maybe im just lucky. my IS350 is the 3rd car that i have owned that has had the tails smoked dark. my first car that i had smoked i had them smoked jet black and had it that way for at least 3 years. and i never got a ticket or even stopped for it.

Originally Posted by jordanm
my color is glacier frost wat tint on tail lights(steel or smoked) would look bes???
i always like it as dark as possible. even though some people dont like it, i think having dark smoked tails on a Gfrost looks good.
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by AM1
i dunno about that one maybe im just lucky. my IS350 is the 3rd car that i have owned that has had the tails smoked dark. my first car that i had smoked i had them smoked jet black and had it that way for at least 3 years. and i never got a ticket or even stopped for it.



i always like it as dark as possible. even though some people dont like it, i think having dark smoked tails on a Gfrost looks good.
Do you ride on the freeway a lot?
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 09:17 AM
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Do u have any pics of your gfm with smoked tails??
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by UCLAJimmy
Do you ride on the freeway a lot?
depends....sometimes yes sometimes no. i also dont have my front license plate on my car same with my other two cars. only got stopped one time for no front plate at LAX in maybe 9 years of driving. maybe i have good luck?
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by javyLSU




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goddamn that looks nice
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 05:36 PM
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if u put overlays on will they last pretty long anybody knoww???(painting is not an option)
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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I got two fixing ticket in less than 2 weeks on the 210 by the CHP. 1. for tint 2nd for front plate (he gave me that because I already had a tint ticket) horrible I swear.
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