So as you may know, i drive a 5.5gen that has the world acclaimed sex appealing clear tail lights.. .. but i was wondering has anyone tinted them to look similar to the 2001 SE tails? im thinking about trying this if they wont look too bad, hah just dont wanna have to pay over $100 for tails at the moment bcuz new shoes are the current plan. pics would be great! thanks guys

 

I'll trade you my 01 tails straight up if you want.

 

There you go, tinted with vinyl:

 

I think he means the clear section tinted only. The red and amber stays the same.

 

its ok it gave me a good look.
ok cool. thanks! looking good!

 

got any pics of condition? i sure will if theyre in good condition and what not haha i live in ky where are u?

 

This is the best I could do on my iPad:

 

haha cool.. i just dont like these tails at all. the 01s have always been more appealing. thanks for the help

 

I ordered a set of batman overlays, the tint guy screwed up one side, so now I have to order 1 side in order to make it right. once I get the new one in and get it installed, I'll shoot you some pictures. It will probably be a few weeks though.

 

 

I have some old altezzas laying around that I bought for a quick fix when my gf busted my old OEM ones and I don't plan on using them unless the new OEMS get broken or something so I was thinking I might as well mess around with some variations to see if I could improve on the ricer look. Thought about getting a body shop to smoke the clear part, like chrisman just did, to try to get a skyline type look. Just dont know if it would look good. Hard to picture. Might even take it apart and see what all would fit in there. Possibly make my own taillights lol

 

yeah theres one that looks like this close to my school it looks pretty clean ill try and take a picture tomorrow

 

Blue Bat tinted overlays for the clear and red overlays for the amber turn signal.

 

I've tried twice to get this look and failed. Damn overlays never sat right. Dammit.

 

Just get the 00-01 SE tails. IMO, overlays never look 100% right.

 

I was going to do this but picked up some 01 SE tails instead and it was the right choice.

 

^ Looking good, but Muck Fizzou.

 

^I'm with this guy

 

I am too, I just don't like saying so.

If you have someone willing to swap your 5.5 tails for a 5.0 gen SE setup, go for it.

 

I had the altezzas on my altima and I couldn't stand them. I had them overlayed to red but I didn't have to worry about center cutouts. I wish I didn't have altezzas on the max but so far I prefer them to any alternatives on the silver car

the altima

 

I want this.

 

i think i'm going to steal your paint job idea on your rear lip. love it.

 

You'd need the rear skirt to pull that off.

You know, that looks like a shopped idea, rather than an actual paint job. Just saying. When done for real, I'd recommend the slight curvature represented on the passenger side, rather than the sharp cut on the other.

 

If you're talking about the blacked out section of the stillen rear lip, that will look aweful no matter how you do it IMO.

I even bought that chrome 3M stick on stuff, sanded it and was going to use it to break up the sudden change in paint colour (I obviously considered painting something like above). IMO that's the onlyw ay to make it look even half-way decent, but I still didn't like it.

The bumper doesn't accomodate this change in colour, even though it looks so awesome in Photos.

 

^ This. There are no lines in the bumper, you are just making one. I had the rear valence done on my altima but there was a line in the bumper that it flowed with. You can kinda see it in the pics above

 

this is what ive been trying to get a friend of mine to do! those look so much better than the altezza look! hah props man!

there was a guy earlier in the thread saying he would but he hasnt PMd back lol that would be ideal way to go IMO.

omg thats so sexyyyyy.. i wish mine was graphiteeeee ... haha but they really do. im just set back on cash bcuz new shoes and suspension are a must right now. haha cheapest on ebay that i could find were about 100 bucks which i guess is fine but id rather not spend that at the moment. hah i guess i can just wait.

 

Looks like the 3 series rear valance being imitated actually. I think only white maximas can pull off the all red/black look but I haven't seen that setup on a silver maxima.

 

I want to do a red overlay on my 2000 SE tails on the bottom part where the turn signal is, so I can have a completely red round center like this. I'll do some Google'n to see what red overlays are out there.

 

i love my all red tails..

 

Thanks for the comments/compliments guys.

Check with Bluebatmobile, I am sure he still sells them.



When I first did this, the idea was much better than the execution. I guess that is what I get for going to a body shop with no real "modifying" experience. I actually wanted to cut out the black part, but they couldn't do it without ruining the lip (again, not experienced).

BTW, it's real, not shopped....not sure if someone was implying that.

Check with Bluebatmobile, I am sure he still sells them.

 

You tint the entire thing to acheive that. Thats what I found out. I'll post mine later

 

If you guys don't like the overlays you can always paint it red with something like this:

VHT Nite-Shades Red Lens Cover Coating

or what I used back in the day.. take the bulb out and spray a lot of short bursts into the opening.




Then dark tint over that...

 

 

Or Testors 1605.

 

VHT night shade.... 3 coats

 

VHT was done well...rims are not my taste though. A bit too '80s Corvette for me.

 

LOLZ those ARE off a Vette....

 

AND.......whats your point?

 

Has this thread converged yet with Tuner's "ricer" thread?

Getting uncomfortably close, I think.

 

Just commenting on mr.eous's post. touchy?

I actually liked those rims on your old car.