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Jun 8, 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?

Jun 8, 2003 | 08:17 PM

ILoveMyMax

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Re: Smoked Tails

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Originally posted by polishpunk68
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.

Jun 8, 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.

Jun 8, 2003 | 08:42 PM

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Is this what you are looking for?

Jun 8, 2003 | 08:48 PM

polishpunk68

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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)

Jun 8, 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.

Jun 8, 2003 | 10:20 PM

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Quote:

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

Jun 8, 2003 | 10:23 PM

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Originally posted by ch13f
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.

Jun 9, 2003 | 04:09 AM

polishpunk68

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the car is black by the way

Jun 9, 2003 | 05:20 AM

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97maxinMA

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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
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Jun 9, 2003 | 08:21 AM

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Has anyone ever smoked the whole light?!

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Jun 9, 2003 | 10:34 PM

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95seMax

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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

Jun 9, 2003 | 10:39 PM

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Originally posted by 97maxinMA
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.

Jun 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.

Jun 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.

Jun 10, 2003 | 10:20 AM

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

Jun 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

Jun 10, 2003 | 10:36 AM

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I wonder what cf altezzas would look like tinted.

Jun 10, 2003 | 10:41 AM

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

Jun 10, 2003 | 11:01 AM

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95GreekMaxSE

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for 95 96..the best option is stock

Jun 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

Jun 10, 2003 | 11:06 AM

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

Jun 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

Jun 10, 2003 | 10:10 PM

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Quote:

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

I like em howd you do it?

Jun 10, 2003 | 10:12 PM

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nadir_s

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Originally posted by gabex

I like em howd you do it?

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

Jun 11, 2003 | 04:20 AM

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polishpunk68

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Quote:

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?

Jun 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.