Crestwood1001

I recently blackout out my emblems and grill in flat black and it looks INSANE. I love it on my WDP 06. I really wanna carry on the black and white theme to the taillights cause it just dosnt look right now. As a temp. fix I was looking at the ebay tint overlays for taillights and they are not to expensive, what do you guys thing about it as a temporary thing.

tinad2004

personally i think its just another reason for a cop to pull you over, but who am i to speak , go for it

Bayam0n

I wouldn't waste my time on temporary stuff. you should take you time and not waste money, you should get JnC to tints you tails, he is SICK at those mods. and you should def black out your roof. Black roof looks hella sexy on WDP.

Crestwood1001

Money is the thing right now, im saving as much money as possible for school. And iv got a fraternal order of police plate good to have family that are cops lol

jspagna1

Ckeck out Lamin-X Protective Films. They carry some mice material and you can create your own designs as well.

http://www.lamin-x.com/

Jesstzn

Mine are done with the e-bay overlays and I think it was less than $20 shipped .. been on since the car was new in 06. Not a problem .. pix I posted also has the roof overlay on a WDP. Headlight overlays too.





Overlays work just fine as long as you prep the surface and take your time.

WRXtranceformed

I had overlays on my taillights on my IS and they looked good, I had them on my TL-S for a day and took them off because I thought it looked bad. I love the way the stock tails look on the Type-S, never really examined a base car closely though. It's personal preference, it's not like you're out a ton of cash if you don't like how it looks or you're getting pulled over a lot.

Jesstzn

Up here the law states the tail lights have to be red ( they illuminate red ) and visable at 150 M in full daylight ( which they do ) .

princelybug

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to overlays.

dred87

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Crestwood1001

That looks awesome I like that, which seller did you get them from on ebay?

Jesstzn

Heck I can't remember that far back .. they are pretty well all the same .. just don't get the reuseable ones as thay are static cling.

shotcaller88

I had RockBlocker overlays. They started to look crappy after a while.
3 or so coats of VHT niteshades...wetsand, clear coat & wet sand. look's awesome. really easy to do once the bumper is off.

handsom-hustla

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agreed. dont bother with the over lays. looks cheap and will eventually peal. Cops hassled me even more with the tinted tails.I had bought them early on and took them off. acktl05 is a tail light vendor on here and creates custom tails. save your money and in the end do it "right"

pwr2panda

07-08 base tails overlays with the cutouts on the clear brake sections look great on wdp...that's what i have on my car currently...been pulled over for old registration and no mention of tails...

i've had 04-06 base with the cutouts on the brake sections...that looked great too.

LoveMyTL-S

I don't think JnC does tails. He's a headlight guy.

Crestwood1001

Are they removeable once you put them on? If so it wouldnt hurt just to see how it looks and if I like it I could pop the lights out and use nightshade...

Jesstzn

Ya they are .. just a little heat from a hair dryer .. peel them off and a bit of cleanup .. Done it a few times.

dudechewy

just do the overlays if anything you can always peal them off.

Crestwood1001

Ok I just ordered off ebay, the seller was listed as a top seller and had tons of great feedback, only ran me about ten bucks! Ill post up when I get them on. Thanks guys!

Crestwood1001

What do you use to clean the lights before you apply? Rubbing alchol?

06 Acura TL

AckTL05

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I never had a problem with cops when I had ebay tints, that is before I became a tail light vendor on here to make custom tail lights. The main problem is that in the first three years of my car I changed the tints 4 times which ended up costing me ~80 dollars. In the long run my service will save you and resale value is there as well. I tell you this because you get what you pay for. My first set I had on for about 8 month and it actually "melted" to the tail light. I changed them all for many reasons: They fade really fast, peel off and harden/chip after a while. Not to mention one set flew off while doing a highway run. I personally would never go back, but never buy the pre cut tints that you can peel back off. Yes its cool because you can take them off, but I did my headlights with vinyl for right now, which goes on like tint and sticks, and its the exact width/length of the tail light. Those e-bay pre-cut tints are garbage and you can see a line of red on the sides and leaves a "red tint":

Here are the last pair and most recent, they are faded and a cop actually rolled up and asked if I was replacing the black tl tail lights with those illegal ones on the grey car:

Crestwood1001

Well it ran me 10 bucks and they take returns so we will see what happens. Like I said at least twice, I do not have money to do anything else right now, im going into school to major in criminal justice so im saving my money

AckTL05

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My vinyl sheet put me in the hole 14.50. It keeps its shine better. The tail lights needs to be cleaned with rubbing alcohol and such, then wet the tail light and apply tint. You will need to apply water to the outside so that it does not scratch the vinyl while you squeegee out the bubbles and water. You can apply a lightly "sway" if you will of a blow dryer to make it stick to spots it doesn't want to. You can also wet grit sand and VHT shade it then clear coat it. I saw a DIY on that, its work but worth it.

Fatfrii

STOP!!!!!! wait! TL is a classy car dont be like every other douche out there and black ur roof and do overlays. for the tails id go with AckTL05 or JNC they both do good work. if i were you i would get type s headlights and have the bezel painted flat black to go with your mods. it will go great with the theme of your car but still have that OEM look. member that its better to have a nice car then one that is retarded and gets attention

AckTL05

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It may be popular to have a roof overlay on this site but I personally have never seen one in person. I would recommend a set of custom tail lights just because it sets the car apart from others, and as a business/marketing major, the resale value is there. Since the OP does not want to spend the money, my suggestion for a cheap fix would be vinyl or sanding and VHT. Neither will be a custom set, and you may get hassle from the cops, but it is defiantly better than precut reusable tint over lays. I do not blame the other person for taking that route since I did, but if I knew back then what I do now, I would have never gone that route.

libert69

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buy my brand new tails made by AckTL05

acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=764233

Jesstzn

Thanks ... what a tactfull ass ..... grow up .. if you don't like something then keep it shut ...

Thats what makes the humans unique ... we can be different . Everyone has different tastes and budgets ... its easy to spend someone elses money.

Crestwood1001

You guys I appreciate all the comments its a good convo but PLEASE read before you post, iv said multiple times I DO NOT have money to buy new tails, I spent ten bucks on these and its easy enough to take them off, its not like im super gluing them lol. And Ack, the spray i can use a spray bottle full of tap water with a drop or two of liquid soap right?

Jesstzn

Even a teaspoon of car wash soap in the spray bottle full of water works .. or a few drops of dish soap .. I prefer the car wash stuff.

Crestwood1001

Wait so I can use my car wash shop in it?

Crestwood1001

Soap*

Jesstzn

Thats what I use .. the idea is to lubricate the surface so you can move the overlay around .. with car wash soap you just need a little more but unlike dish soap it won't remove your wax when ut runs down your bumper.


Prep the light with rubbing alcohol first.

Crestwood1001

Sounds good! They are supposed to come this week sometime im excited!

Rafee2k9

tint overlays FTW. i got tired of the blacked out look after a few months and had the option to try out a design to see if i like it, and take off the tint completely and go back to stock if i dont. on top of that, i dont know what people are talking about when that say the tints look cheap. they look the same tinted any method, and sometimes are glossier with the tints. here are some pics in different lighting to get a feel for how they look













in the 4th pic my sidemarker is tinted, in the last one it isnt.

AckTL05

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Get the light REAL clean with rubbing alcohol and make sure you do it in somewhat nice weather. Use a pinch of soap, the soap is so that it can move a little and such. Since you are using a reusable tint layer, you really do not need the soap, just water.

Rafee2k9

but if anyone wants to go for any look besides tinted, id definitely go with ack if you have the dough. the lights in your album look sick. i just think tint suffices if you just want that look

Crestwood1001

Yea for now I just wanna tint them, sometime in the future I wanna upgrade to type-S tails

t3hanarchist

type s tail lights plus a light tint overlay thats not totally blacked out = supreme sex