ok ok ok...you guys dont bash me for this idea.

i already hav 20% tint over my tail lights, and i wuz wondering if it would be a smart idea and a cool one......if i were to place a really light film of tint over my headlight and corners
so the finished result, it would look smoked.....i guess its the cheap way of smokin em out.
should i try and giv it a shot?

 

You could always try it as long as it isn't hard to take off if it doesn't work like you want.
Go for it.

 

I know ppl who have completely tinted there corners and turn signals but never the headlights. You can barely see any light. But like your saying if you put a very light light tint it should be fine (if you have HIDS in your headlights) otherwise i wouldn't smoke the headlights. Besides you'll most likey be pulled over a few times. Idk how it is in GA, but in NY you'll really get messed with by the popo for **** like that.

 

lol..tell me about it...i kno how new york is

im from brooklyn son!!!!!! LOL
ill try it

ill post the pics up 2morrow night in another thread
so yall ***** be on the look out!!

 

is that how u guys to ur tailights? tint em?

 

people usually take out the car...put em in the oven at like 200-300 degrees and pry them open and place tint on the inside.
thats only for the 97-99 max's
but the 95-96 are a lil more diff.
so i prefer jus to tint them from the outside...less worries and saves money

 

wow, not a half bad idea

thanks

 

Seems pretty damn stupid to me.

 

whys that?

 

headlights arn't ment to be tinted
omg just AE it

 

light tint wouldnt be that bad, but on 95-96's the headlight is glass and the tint wouldnt stay on too well. It would begin to flake off quickly.
The best thing to do would be to do the GTS headlight covers.


http://www.gtstyling.com/view_products.cfm

 

thats for sure...

You would lose alotta light output, just AE your headlights and get black corners from CE. Its not very hard.

 

How the hell would you see at night? It's a for me.

 

if u do do it, get some pics up so we can see

 

Yea, but natural selection makes the grass grow.

 

unless it's a very very very very light tint then don't do it...other than that, just do the AE mod. I loved my headlights after i did the AE mod. And yes you do have to put them in the oven. If I could do it then anybody could.

 

I'm not sure why your asking this but read







kcryan: Its just like putting tinted bulbs in your car, you will have less light output on the road

 

Do you have different rims on the front and rear of your car...?

 

they do look different dont they lol

 

haha...that's most definately a sawblade in the front. lol

 

He keeps 'em clean though!

BTW AE or Cefiro Clone will look twice as good as tinting cloudy 95-96's.

 

I wouldn't do it, the light output is going to be horrible and it will look 5x more yellowish especially if you donthave HID's. Im sure it will look good during the day time but at night it will be just horrible. IF you want something different to your headlights do the AE mod or get the CE ones.

 

I think it would look mad nice if the person had projectors and put a light shade in his headlights... it would be the first person on the .org to do it, u won't sacrifice that much of an output if u have strong projectors right?

 

honestly think about what you asked.. tint.. headlights.. wtf is wrong with you, headlights provide light so that you can see when conditions are dim to dark and so others can see you as well. So tinting them is not exactly a smart idea. Your tails neither for that matter, but thats IMO.

 

thanks J
i didnt do it anyway..lol
the 1st guy did it and it didnt come out right..
the second guy wanted to charge me 75 bucks per headlight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yea right!!!! and for the other guy...i hav all 4 17's on my car now
i let a fellow org member borrow them becuz his tires blew out...gottem bacc now!!!!!

 

I've really gotta get rid of those silverstars..

 

Taking the liberty of speaking for most of the other mature and rational people on the org, I would rather be putting higher wattage bulbs into the lights that were designed to see where I am going (rural highways at night and moving right along) as well as signal my intentions to other drivers. Would you rather try to be looking cool and impressing other people (who you mostly don’t even know) or have them run into you because they were wearing sunglasses and didn’t see your darkened brake lights?

 

hell kids now a days are wearing sunglasses at NIGHT. might as well turn off all the streetlights, our headlights, and drive around at 80mph

 

sorry im an idiot, i thought u meant the tint on the tails, i see why its a no no for the headlights, thanks

 

as far as the law is concerned I could be wrong but isn't tinting the headlights illegal as well as the black headlight covers(these used to be popular in the early 90's).

 

lol...yea tru..well im not gonna do em anymore....the guys says hell charge me 75 bucks a light...thats way too much for that crap...ill jus keep my shiit how it is and save my money for some other mod

 

$4 for some gloss black paint and an a few hours, bake 'em and go crazy.

When you paint the HOUSING the light WILL look darker but still shine nice and bright (as bright as stock anyway..) at night.

 

look up laser veil, its pricey, but it will protect you from laser radar (somewhat) and it will darken them up a little

 

during the day the rear signals FTL though lol, though the silverstars help it a bit.

 

Not really, If another driver cannot see the flash of an unshielded amber bulb they have other things going on besides my taste in tailights.

 

yeah, no I have the same opinion but still without that reflector its definitely not as wide a dispersion thats all I'm saying. At night it fills my whole housing just fine though.

btw, know any sites for the lead thats used in the corner light housing?.. Mine apparently has no negative contact inside the terminal anymore haha.