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Old 11-15-2007, 01:23 AM
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smoked tail lights

should I? or does it look tacky?
just the top, signal light and clear... anyone do it before and did it look good?
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Do you have 96 tails or 97-99 conversion?
IMO smoked tails looks better on a dark car
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Old 11-15-2007, 09:19 AM
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jesus man is your car on fire?

wtf is coming out of the exhaust? ? ?





and yea that dont look good with a black car, red/clear looks better
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Old 11-15-2007, 09:22 AM
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lol a seafoam pic i thought it looked good on a black max, better than on a white anyways.

i do agree red/clears look better but on a 95/6 it is pretty tough to get a hold of unless you buy that cheap crap off ebay
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Originally Posted by wuzzy
Do you have 96 tails or 97-99 conversion?
IMO smoked tails looks better on a dark car
im assuming he has 96 tails cause he says the top signal and clear. on a 97-99 those are on the bottom
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tinted tails look best on dark cars (ESPECIALLY black), that is just not a great example (no offense). i'm not sure what product was used, but it was obviosly sprayed on the outside of the lense with little prep. done right the lamp will remain glossy. i prefer spraying the reflectors on the inside of the light, but many people have had good results using tint and nightshades on the outside. it also looks better when both the upper and lower section are tinted.
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If done right they look damn good to me.
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kzoosho...hellah sexy, you should do the spoiler light too tho
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Old 11-15-2007, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by black_maxed95
kzoosho...hellah sexy, you should do the spoiler light too tho
I plan on it soon and thanks man.
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Old 11-15-2007, 03:12 PM
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Yeah that 2nd pic does look awesome, but i was planning on just smoking mine. I like the tint effect and know the light shines through, but its just not worth getting hassled by the police. So I was going to get a tamiya brand smoke color and just put a few coats on the top and maybe one on the bottom. sound good?
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Here's mine. About 3-4 light coats of Niteshades.

And I don't think you can tint the inside of the 95/96 and get the same effect as with 97+ tails. But I have not tried.
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Old 11-15-2007, 07:08 PM
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Old 11-15-2007, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldMax96
KEEP IT STOCK
Why, the stock amber is ugly
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Old 11-16-2007, 12:18 AM
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Stock ftmfl. I dont think there is too much of anything on my car stock .
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Old 11-16-2007, 07:34 PM
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should i just red out the amber?
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Old 11-16-2007, 07:41 PM
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I say smoke the whole thing no need to red out the amber.
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where can i get some nightshade to smoke out my tails, anything out there thats better than night shades?
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Old 11-19-2007, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Graem
where can i get some nightshade to smoke out my tails, anything out there thats better than night shades?
Nite shades is it. Some have used black paint which will give hyou the black out effect but does take alot from the light output. I have used nitshades on numerous cars with no ill effects. I have also done it with great results with pics to prove it.
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Originally Posted by Graem
where can i get some nightshade to smoke out my tails, anything out there thats better than night shades?

Go to ebay. Type VHT Niteshades, and knock yourself out
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im tryna 2 do same thing to my car wat can spray do yall use and wat r the steps
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Hey, well i don't want to get mine as dark as your kzhoos. Would one shade of nightshades be smarter or just by the tamiya brand... I want the smoked affect. Not the tinted
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Hello.

I say tint your tail. I DID :-)

Check this
Night shade + tailight film my buddy uses for tailights at his store in philly.

What u think??





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Originally Posted by maximaserg
Hello.

I say tint your tail. I DID :-)

Check this
Night shade + tailight film my buddy uses for tailights at his store in philly.

What u think??





Those are really dark. I say go wih one or the other, using both the tinted vinyl and the nightshades is killing the output.
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Originally Posted by BLACKonBLACK98
tinted tails look best on dark cars (ESPECIALLY black), that is just not a great example (no offense). i'm not sure what product was used, but it was obviosly sprayed on the outside of the lense with little prep. done right the lamp will remain glossy. i prefer spraying the reflectors on the inside of the light, but many people have had good results using tint and nightshades on the outside. it also looks better when both the upper and lower section are tinted.
I guess it depends on the color of the car, on mine doing the two tone looks much better then tinting both sections,.

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nah you would be surprised you can clearly see them during the day and night ( i myself drove behind my car).

I had about 4 police cars behind me, trust me i was ready to get pulled over.

Nth happened, knock on wood.
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:42 PM
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WElll. I got a black car... And want some kind of contrast. Catch my drift. So i just wanted to lightly smoke the top half of the taillights and just basically want to know if what i plan on doing will work. I do not like the tinted effect too much ... and just want the slightly darkened effect. I don't plan on using nightshades, althought it does look awesome on your tan max I doubt its going to look good on a black on black stock max...

So please can you just tell me if I am going in the right direction with getting some model paint (tamiya brand, as i heard others use this b4) and just putting a couple coats on the outside? Most likely only 2 coats.
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Originally Posted by psychomofo
WElll. I got a black car... And want some kind of contrast. Catch my drift. So i just wanted to lightly smoke the top half of the taillights and just basically want to know if what i plan on doing will work. I do not like the tinted effect too much ... and just want the slightly darkened effect. I don't plan on using nightshades, althought it does look awesome on your tan max I doubt its going to look good on a black on black stock max...

So please can you just tell me if I am going in the right direction with getting some model paint (tamiya brand, as i heard others use this b4) and just putting a couple coats on the outside? Most likely only 2 coats.
You can, it wont be permanent though.
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do it to it bro, mine are blacked out also, maximaserg, glad you got some new wheels, those motegi's don't fit your car the way the modas do!!!
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Originally Posted by Flava_24/7
I guess it depends on the color of the car, on mine doing the two tone looks much better then tinting both sections,.

hotness
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Originally Posted by Flava_24/7
I guess it depends on the color of the car, on mine doing the two tone looks much better then tinting both sections,.

definitely true in this rare case.
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If done right they look damn good to me.
very sexy, you should do a write up.
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Originally Posted by Flava_24/7
I guess it depends on the color of the car, on mine doing the two tone looks much better then tinting both sections,.

how do you guys think these tails would look on a black maxima??
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Originally Posted by ray_289
how do you guys think these tails would look on a black maxima??
Wouldnt look bad imho. if you want take my rear and photoshop it
then you can see what it would look like ona black max
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truu...ill give that a try....thanks
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Originally Posted by ray_289
how do you guys think these tails would look on a black maxima??
i don't think it would look good.
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Originally Posted by ezguy
very sexy, you should do a write up.

Huh??????? You remove, either paint to your likings or use film, then install.
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looks nice,kinda too dark @ maximaserg.
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I used NightShades on my tails and just threw a couple of layers of clear on them and got the finish to match the gloss of the rest of the tails. I never liked the matte finish of NightShades and it was my first time doing any type of paint work on a car and I think it came out OK.
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i want to tint my tails and i got a 96. i was thinking of blacking out the red and orange and leaving the clear.
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