so...how many people have their 4th gen tail lights tinted out? particularly 95/96's...i have altezzas(no comments please) and am considering going back to stocks until red/clears are available or whatever. so i might tint my stock tails and see how it looks. although i'm not sure if it'll look funny cuz my car is white. well...post pics if you have any.

 

yes, please post. i also have altezzas but are looking for a pair of stock lights for my 97' black max. i am going to do redclears, but want to tint them as well.

 

 

how did u make that yellow part of the tail red - just put a red sticker in front of the yellow?

 

another reason why sawblades 0wn.


awesome car man.

 

soon2bmaxed,
nice looking ride. are they tinted in the first pic or is it just shadow? i'm talking about the tint spray that darkens them. although i have considered that too.

 

--Paul

 

paul, that looks really good. did you paint them red first then tint? if so, did you only paint the exterior red or ? beautiful cars coming out in this thread

 

Tail Light Process

pretty easy...3 coats of testors transparent spray candy apple red on all red portions. let that dry overnight, followed with 2 coats of testors transparent tint/smoke spray. while i was spraying the smoke the lenses looked like they were going to be black, but much to my liking they turned out the perfect shade.

--Paul

 

not the 95-96, but still a 4th gen

 

im not a fan of tinted tails (maybe on a black one), but i am a fan of tinted AE style headlights. I wonder how they would look on a sunlit sand max, i think theres a pic floating around here of one...








eric

 

thanks for the compliments.

as requin already posted, i used tranlucent Candy Apple Red hobby spray paint. you can get it at any hobby store.

 

Check out my homepage for pics of red painted turn signals and smoked reverse lights. I need to update my pics because now my turn signals are smoked too so the whole upper half of the taillight is smoked.



Dave

 

Clicky...

 

What stores carry the tint spray?

 

i like.....was it hard to do?! Is there anyway you can give me a quick breakdown of how you did it and with what supplies?! Thanks alot


eric

 

It's was pretty easy to do. The only hard part is getting the clearance lights out. You pretty much need to pull the headlights out, and heat them up with a heat gun. One you do that, and then you need to mask the area where you don't want paint to get too. I used flat black paint, and gave it a few coats and let dry. Once dry, just heat up the lens again, and the housing and join the two pieces together.

 

check out my tails blacked out

 

dave B: i like the tint of your tails, only i want red/clears, so how do would i tint the clear part? im thinking spray obviously wont work, atleast the candyapple spray. any suggestions, my car is black on black