Head/Tail Light tints, HOT or CHEEZY??

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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 04:21 AM
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Arrow Head/Tail Light tints, HOT or CHEEZY??

Thinking about blacking out my NBP Type-S. Will the do it yourself headlight and taillight tints gonna crack the look? or hook it up?

Please advise.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 04:31 PM
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Personally, I like the look, especially on your color car. They look the best when the windows are also tinted dark.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 04:32 PM
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on the tail light

On the headlights, tint only the reflector part imo
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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i think its chezzy in both aspects, but its up to u.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jnnyjuice
i think its chezzy in both aspects, but its up to u.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 05:48 PM
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Concur...
You have exceptionally effective headlights and tailights. Why corrupt thier capability with tint.

You wanna do something a bit differnent, clear them, Halo's, custom paint on the inside. Lots of DIYs on these topics...

but never would I do anything to reduce the output, like films do.

They also cause your headlights to crack over time.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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I had tint, like the look, but dislike the cons. Couldnt see shit at night.
Decided just to black out inside, looks just as good if not better
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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Don't touch the headlights unless your blacking them out from the inside.

As for the tails, without a doubt, yes!

Checkout pics of some of the applications we've done. For NPB i recommend Lamin-X only, in smoke. Don't go the cheapo route with thin filmsy film.

Pics are in the "Overlays" section:

http://www.drivendynamics.com/gallery.html
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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chezzy
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Kennedy
They also cause your headlights to crack over time.
You have experienced this?
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:23 PM
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9 times out of 10 = cheese

Clearing head lights can look good. IMO the only time tails look good is if you use good high gloss clear that's slightly tinted to have a real subtle effect.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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Do only the side parts of the headlights .. and the tails .. very easy by making your own patterns and using the RockBlocker bulk film.

My tails are hardly effected and as for added visability ... don't we have a 3rd brake light?
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:36 PM
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Cheesy
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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I tinted my tails on 00 TL, it wasn't bad at all....

Now I did see a few WDP 3G TLs with black tint on the tail lights, from up close it looks awesome, but from a distance, it looks like your tail lights got jacked.

So..I say don't do it... TLS tails are sexy as they are.
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 09:28 AM
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cheezy whats the point of HIDs when they dont even project correctly for u to see? same goes for the back....Im lookin to blind people with red so they know to stop.
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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Agreed.....fromage!
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Jesstzn
You have experienced this?
Nope, jmbnova has though... and I saw it on his car.
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