Has anyone done this on their IS before? Basically instead of blacking out the outside of the tails, you take them apart and black out the inner chrome. The effect you get is a "midnight taillights" effect that come on the newer style bentleys. I'm not a fan of straight up blacked out tails, but feel these will match very well on a SGM

Here is an example on a g37 (taillight work done by Oneighty in NYC)




Without adieu, progress so far on my 09 tail light.

Dremeled apart, interior components removed (pita) and ready for paint!



Will paint later this week as its getting late. Can't wait for the final results!

 

Can't wait to see the end result!! it will definitely look better than black out taillight

 

sweet..........

 

waiting for the results!

 

hmmmmmmmmmm

 

tight can't wait to see the finish product..

 

Nice, I was thinking of doing the same thing too. But couldn't you bake the tail light to remove the housing instead of Dremel?

 

Unfortunately the taillights are sealed shut unlike the headlights which you can bake and soften the silicone. Only way to open was to dremel them . I had a spare 09 tail light lying around and used it as a tester. Just finished painting and waiting for it to cure. Reassembly by this weekend

 

We need pictures!

 

if youre blacking out the insides of the stock taillights, I don't think yoiure gona notice it much once the lights are fully reassembled. But id like to see the outcome

 

wow that sucks. I don't know how i feel about taking a dremel to my taillights, but the results do look much better than smoking them.

 

In for the pics, I am also after this look, actually getting my car back today, but did it a different method . Ill share pics once I pick up my car.

 

Can't wait to see pics.

 

Can you take some pics before you seal them up?

Also, don't use silicone to reseal the lights! I've seen my friend do retrofits a few times and he always uses butyl tape for no leaks.

 

Interested in the end result. I painted mine (the outsides) and they have a dark maroon-ish look that i love. LOL. In direct sun theyre mostly just red and in low light they are a darker hue. They used to be black tho