Tinted Tails/ Side Markers
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Tinted Tails/ Side Markers
So I have been toying with the idea of tinting my tails and side markers for awhile. I finally PS a rear view and I think it looks fairly good. I dont think I want to use NiteShades, as that is very permanent, and if law enforment or something ever has a problem, I don't want to have to buy all new lights. What do you think?
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Personally, I wouldnt want to tint my tails in a car that allready almost gets run over on a daily basis. I do want to make mine all red though, a guy on Ebay sells a kit that I have seen in person, and looks really good IMO. The black looks okay, just not my thing.
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I think that looks way better, doesnt scream "LOOK!". I plan on making the reverse red too. A faculty member at my school who had them has a red hardtop too, looked great, couldnt tell they werent supposed to be all red. The red tint was near perfect in direct sunlight.
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I dunno, I kinda like just covering up the orange with red, that way I wouldn't have to tint all the lenses. I'm very torn.. I like both of them.. I think if I did the red it would just be the orange not the reverse. I think the white gives it a bit of contrast. Did your buddy get the ones from the guy in Canada?
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use lamin-x, then if you ever want to go back to stock, all you do is pull it off. I used the yellow on my front turn signal lenses and the smoke on my side markers.
http://www.lamin-x.com/ has some precut kits for the miata tail lights.
Edit: If you click on the picture in my vB garage, you can see the smoked front side marker lights better...
http://www.lamin-x.com/ has some precut kits for the miata tail lights.
Edit: If you click on the picture in my vB garage, you can see the smoked front side marker lights better...
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Maybe I'm off the mark here, while tinted lights can and do look good doesn't this detract from the whole idea of tail-lights? Ie the car behind you should be able to tell when you are braking. I have been behind cars with tinted tail-lights and I nearly rear ended them beacuse I could'nt tell when they had the brakes on. Also makes the car harder to see in poor light conditions.
/rant off
J
/rant off
J
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I've got a can of VHT Nightshades in my shed and have been procrastinating doing this.
I don't like the look of the tails tinted real dark unless its a Black car - but, on other colr cars, I like the 50% smoked look as suggested above.
Personally, what I really like is what I'm going to do - my center peice between the tails is black (red car) so when I smoke the tails about 50% they won't look painted but they will blend in with the black much better.
I'll kick myself in the **** and do it tomorrow and post pics when I'm done.
-Ryan
I don't like the look of the tails tinted real dark unless its a Black car - but, on other colr cars, I like the 50% smoked look as suggested above.
Personally, what I really like is what I'm going to do - my center peice between the tails is black (red car) so when I smoke the tails about 50% they won't look painted but they will blend in with the black much better.
I'll kick myself in the **** and do it tomorrow and post pics when I'm done.
-Ryan