Thread: clearing/painting tails 101

Looks great, would be even better on the back of my car

i agree the reflector needs some tinting but they look great regardless... just need some installed shots with lights on now

Nice Work

Did you see any way to get the black stripes off the lens bio?

Originally Posted by JoRoW99

Did you see any way to get the black stripes off the lens bio?

you can probably break them out, but it's going to take you A LOT of time that i didn't want to take on these. youd have to cut them down all the way to the side so they wouldnt be noticeable that you broke them out. IMO a huge waste of time.

Damn. thats the main reason i hate these tail lights and why i tinted mine.

im giving them back to the guy on saturday. he said we could put them on the car real quick for some snapshots. i will post back up with them on a car (his is medium gulf blue).

Yeah honestly, this whole thing is really kind of bust unless there were a way to have really clear lenses and no black lines.

im not sure why the black lines bother you. they make the tail have shape and hold together the way it 'works'. however, if someone wants me to try and take the lines out of a set (if i can, but i have a feeling im just going to **** them up) then ill try. im not going out of my way to buy a set to mess them up though, you have to send me yours to **** up.

Just need to invent new stock-style aftermarket tails with no black lines... if one could contact a company that makes stock-replacement tails, how hard would it be to ask them to custom make a set that doesn't have the black lines?
Other than the assload of money it would cost...

the aftermarket ones have no lines? those would be interesting to cut open.

Originally Posted by Bio248

the aftermarket ones have no lines? those would be interesting to cut open.

They don't??

that was a question, not a statement.

I just asked how hard would it be to get a set made with no black lines.

here is the final product, installed on a car. enjoy.

looks good.

Looks good, but somehow I think if I passed by these I wouldn't even notice. They might look better in person?

they are pretty subtle, to be honest. maybe someone can make a paint matched set? those would probably stand out a lot.

I would be on that, but my car is black. >_>

Originally Posted by Bio248

they are pretty subtle, to be honest. maybe someone can make a paint matched set? those would probably stand out a lot.

I just got a set of stock tails from a buddy of mine, i had tinted my originals too dark. But i think i might paint the backing of mine white since my car is white and see how theyd look. I also want to put semi LEDs in them.

do you remember what the black lines are made of? rubber or plastic