Anyone have any tips before I do mine??? I'm so scared to fuck them up.. never worked with tint before...

 

thats my car..i think it would look bad with the whole tail light tinted..its possible on certain cars that it would look good..i still say do it the way i did

 

Take your time...make sure to keep everything wet and clean..including your fingers! If you have a tough time getting the tint to contour to the light you can heat it slightly with a hair dryer..just be light with it. Good luck

 

Alright guys, I'm gonna go take my tails off and bring them inside (too hot out) and do this!! I'll post pics in about an hour... if I do it right lol

 

 

mine are tinted dark like MisterTL's..heres a shot showing how you can still see the tail light reflector fine through it..



and another..

 

mine were painted with black clear coat..the clear was taped off while the taillights were out of the car and then sprayed..i think thats one reason why mine look so good is cause it was paint. i was at an acura dealership and was looking at it done to a honda accord with my wheels on there actually and the owner worked at acura and said for 50 bucks he would do it for me he just needed to pop em out haha so i got lucky as hell

 

Well I failed with one of the tail.. Was doing great.. had the first one done perfectly.. then the second one towards the end I was getting really impatient and heatet the damn tint too much... Now it's fucked up .. So I just took the tint off both of them

I guess it's time to pay up for some one to do it

 

damn, 50 bux for both!!!

 

I didn't even use a heat gun or blow dryer and mine are perfect

 

yea 50 bucks for both..to me WELL WORTH IT there shine and arent dull i could not believe they came out that well

 

damn.. I fail at tint

 

I tried to tell ya man...sorry to hear you fugged them up...

Buy another set?

 

yea mine where painted too.. wish i only paid 50... i did it a few years back and it was much more.. but holds up amazing.. sick shine ftw

 

Yeah, I'm jus gonna order another set from ebay and give it another shot.. meh, I only paid like 16 bux so it's cool

 

I would love to paint mine.. but here in Cali, I'd much rather use tint.. that way, when I get a fix it ticket for them, I just take the tint off, go to court, and then put them back on for cheap... rather than having to get another set.... But yeah, the shine on painted is soooo nice!!

 

i dont see how you could get a ticket if your lights shine through jjust the same without it..but i have heard cali is a little more strict than most places..seems thats where i hear about most of the lame laws

well there are a few laws i like alot

 

yea your taillights looks really nice sick shine ftmfw

 

=D I had my Accord lights painted as well. Tails, corners, and bumper lenses. Guy just put a few tablesppons of black into some clear and voila! beautiful. Now I need him to paint the tails on my TL and color match my spoiler.
(If anyone needs a spoiler, Magautoparts on ebay is selling genuine Acura spoilers for cheap!) I bought a brand new, still in box, for 69.99+30 for shipping+tax. Sorry off topic.

 

Yeah, I got a fix it ticket for having tints up front... but theyre 35% and you can see fine right in at night.. He pulled me over when it was like 100* out and the damn sun is shining right through the windows!!!! His "partner" said I wouldn't get a ticket for it.. but the other douche still gave me the damn shit..

Oh, and I've been pulled over for my yellow fogs too

 

i think it depends on what color your car is, and which lights you have....also, if you leave your badges on, the tinted bottom and white top, accent those and make a sexy ass-end

 

wow to me thats ridiculous. cause i have 5% on my windows with black leather. Black taillights. and i never get fucked with. Georgia State Troopers love the tint but i rarely see them on small roads vs the highway so i get lucky i guess

 

i was thinking the same thing for my WDP. I might do half but not too dark just a light tint.

 

Im from San Diego too. I was gonna put on tint my tails too bit I guess not anymore... I have a 03 TLS and was gonna leave the clear part... sad...

 

i never get bugged by any cops. and my cars already heated out. i got full tint i put the 20% tint on the tails

 

from what all the different stories I've heard recently it def depends on where you live completely.d

 

^ thats for sure

 

twistedwedge, where did you get the kit for your tinted lights? or is it just regular window tint?

 

^ check out rvinyl

rvinyl.com

I used that VHT paint once, worked fine just takes a lot more time. and the second time I did it I used an rvinyl kit cost me like 10 bucks.

pretty easy to apply

I took it off btw. in the end I just liked the way it looked stock. and I have the amber tails...