drodrigues09

Hey guys!

New member here and I've been searching but can't seem to find any pictures of this but does anyone have their rear tail lights tinted or "smoked"?

In addition to the tail lights, has anyone also gotten rid of the amber turn signal indicator in the front headlight housing or covered it with tint as well?

If so, if we can get some pictures for reference that would be dope. I have a 21' Platinum White Pearl RDX.

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

tinted or smoked tail lights were left in the 2000's

JB in AZ

The 2020 CR-V mid-cycle refresh added tinted rear tail lights. Maybe you meant they wee left in the 2020s?

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

okay okay, lol

the aftermarket scene of exterior shading tailights have left the building....


if one is going to tint the tail lights, one will have to do it from the inside... meaning taking the tail light apart to tint it....

drodrigues09

I tinted the tail lights on my previous car which was a VW GTI and it looked good. I just had them not tint the reverse light and i liked the look. Then i switched them out and installed the Golf R tail lights which already come tinted from the factory. Pics below

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

the Golf R lights look so much better because they were tinted from the inside...

please do not shade the RDX tails from the outside, because it looks cheap. and has died. dont resurrect the stupid trend.

if you gonna do it. do it correctly and open the lights and tint the insides to make it look stock/factory.

Showkey

Crv……they do not look all that tinted………

Type X

i put 2020 crv tails on my 2017
they are significantly darker

left is 2020 and right is 2017-2019

Ludepower

OP its your car but messing around with aftermarket bulbs and illegal tint is just asking for trouble and nobody likes to buy cars that are modded.

dopeboy1

You can try to see if laminx has pre cut tint film for your vehicle. It's really easy to put on since it's pre cut and laminx has great material. Also it's easily removable. They also have different darkness including gun smoke.

Type X

Like stated above you can do the laminx film

or simply go to a paint shop and they can spray tint into the clear on the lens.
if u did the vht rattle can the sanding and clear is where people get the dull cheap look vs the polished oem darker look.

drodrigues09

I definitely wont be doing any sort of spray tint. I was thinking more like Laminx or a light tint maybe 30% or 50%. I have yet to hear of anyone getting in trouble with the law because of tinted or smoked tail lights. Your brake lights are clearly visable at night. When my previous car was tinted i never even had to change the bulbs. I would leave the reverse light clear so i can still see at night when reversing

drodrigues09

Yea my stock tails on my previous car were way to dark, this time it would be alot lighter to make it look more factory like. I see so many car manufacturers that do tinted tails from the factory so i dont get where this is coming from that this "trend" has died.

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

from the factory its different, as it's shaded from the inside of the tail light.. Giving it a different look than an exterior shading job.

The OEMs have stepped up so much so, that aftermarket exterior shading has given up the ghost.
see pictured Golf R, CRV tail lights for an example.

compared the OEM shaded ones, one can immediately point out an exterior shade job and think trash.

but of course, that is my opinion.

drodrigues09

Ill post an after pic once the exterior tint is done, if i end up hating it then ill go the more labor intensive route of taking the tail light apart to tint the inside. I haven't found another thread on this so i guess ill be the guinea pig lol