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06-08-2003, 06:50 PM

polishpunk68

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Smoked Tails

Does anyone have pics of smoked stock tails? How would these compare to all clear smoked tails?

06-08-2003, 08:17 PM

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Re: Smoked Tails

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Does anyone have pics of smoked stock tails? How would these compare to all clear smoked tails?

search for dallas enthusiat tailight mod, they did this I believe.

06-08-2003, 08:40 PM

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Re: Re: Smoked Tails

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search for dallas enthusiat tailight mod, they did this I believe.

06-08-2003, 08:42 PM

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Is this what you are looking for?

06-08-2003, 08:48 PM

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Is this what you are looking for?

no, I'm gonna have a 96 so there is no way, realistically, of getting red clear tails so I'm trying to think of an alternative way of getting rid of the orange without getting ugly altezzas...

I can buy all clears and spray the bottom section red with the VANS paint but that would run me about $250 if I got the clears from stillen... and there's the chance of messing them up too

A buddy of mine suggested that I just smoke the stock tails out so in the day they will look all black and blend with the rest of the car and at night the break lights will be red like normal and blinkers orange like normal (while in use)

06-08-2003, 09:51 PM

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IMO, that would look ugly.. but to each his own. Altezzas might be ugly, but smoking the outer tails would be pretty ghetto.

06-08-2003, 10:20 PM

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Originally posted by polishpunk68

no, I'm gonna have a 96 so there is no way, realistically, of getting red clear tails so I'm trying to think of an alternative way of getting rid of the orange without getting ugly altezzas...

I can buy all clears and spray the bottom section red with the VANS paint but that would run me about $250 if I got the clears from stillen... and there's the chance of messing them up too

A buddy of mine suggested that I just smoke the stock tails out so in the day they will look all black and blend with the rest of the car and at night the break lights will be red like normal and blinkers orange like normal (while in use)

red em out... check for my directions in the 4th gen FAQs.

visual instructions too

06-08-2003, 10:23 PM

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IMO, that would look ugly.. but to each his own. Altezzas might be ugly, but smoking the outer tails would be pretty ghetto.

Well not really,it's all depend of what color your car was.If it's dark color then it'll be alright.just my $.02.

06-09-2003, 04:09 AM

polishpunk68

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the car is black by the way

06-09-2003, 05:20 AM

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I smoked my tails thinking it would kill the reflection a bit... but i hated it, i have pics on my homepage of them if you want to check them out.

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06-09-2003, 08:21 AM

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Has anyone ever smoked the whole light?!

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06-09-2003, 10:34 PM

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if u smoke the whole light i think it will look good , it be like black outs that they make for the max, only thing is they illegal
but looks good on black max

06-09-2003, 10:39 PM

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I smoked my tails thinking it would kill the reflection a bit... but i hated it, i have pics on my homepage of them if you want to check them out.

lata
Ryan

Haha yeah...i saw the "good 'ol days" pic...looks much better. I think it wouldn't have looked so bad if you had not smoked it that dark.

06-10-2003, 08:56 AM

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Haha yeah...i saw the "good 'ol days" pic...looks much better. I think it wouldn't have looked so bad if you had not smoked it that dark.

ya i know i went back to the old style last month, much better looking.... turns heads for the right reasons now.

06-10-2003, 09:38 AM

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With the Dallas Tailight Mod, you basically take out the orange plastic piece inside from 97-99s and paint the inner portion flat black (or body color). You end up with clear tails that resemble smoke tint.

Give me an email and I can send some pics.

06-10-2003, 10:20 AM

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I wonder what cf altezzas would look like tinted. Might look into that.

06-10-2003, 10:33 AM

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red em out... check for my directions in the 4th gen FAQs.

visual instructions too

Not to sound like a D***, but I think the reds look worse than stock amber. Just my opinion I guess.

J

06-10-2003, 10:36 AM

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I wonder what cf altezzas would look like tinted.

06-10-2003, 10:41 AM

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yeah the DNE taillight modd is sweet i got cbig ups almost everyday

06-10-2003, 11:01 AM

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for 95 96..the best option is stock

06-10-2003, 11:05 AM

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Not to sound like a D***, but I think the reds look worse than stock amber. Just my opinion I guess.

J

06-10-2003, 11:06 AM

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I like the way mine came out..way better than stock.

06-10-2003, 12:36 PM

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i saw a guy that smoked just the amber portion of his tails and it looked pretty dam good, i am gonna do that to my car

06-10-2003, 10:10 PM

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I like the way mine came out..way better than stock.

I like em howd you do it?

06-10-2003, 10:12 PM

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I like em howd you do it?

spray ambers red, then coat the entire tail pieces w/ smoke/tint spray paint.

06-11-2003, 04:20 AM

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Originally posted by D1NOnly34
I like the way mine came out..way better than stock.

This looks great, exactly what I was looking for...

Do you have step by step instructions how to get them to look this way?

06-11-2003, 08:17 AM

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Thanks guys, it was not that hard to do, if you want to do this, I just wrote some1 a writeup on it, email me or PM me and I will send you the same thing.