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Thinking of tinting tail lights, what do you think?

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Old 11-10-08 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by retrospexo
imo, the tinted tails take away from the subtlety of a stock GS. it seems to work well with GS's that have been kitted, lowered, etc. -pretty much things that make the GS noticeable from the jump. again, the most important thing is if you think it's hot, and if you do, don't let anyone stop you from enjoying your car
Agreed... As long as you are happy that is all that matters.
Old 11-10-08 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by SNiiP3R
Great stuff! Thanks for the pics man, I appreciate it
no problem buddy....i have pictures of everything in my archives lol
Old 11-10-08 | 10:31 PM
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I sat do it! That first pic with the Job Design kit looks fing hot!
Old 11-11-08 | 11:55 AM
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i smoked my tail lights like that.. it looks good. i'll take some pictures if you wanna see.
Old 11-11-08 | 02:19 PM
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Have you ever driven behind a person that has tinted their tail lights ? Especially at dusk ? Or behind someone that changed out the bulb color to something odd ?

The tail (brake) lights serve a larger purpose than looks. No matter how "good" me or my "buddies" thought it looked I wouldn't make a change that makes it more likely to get hit from behind. Im sure your insurance adjuster might agree...
Old 11-11-08 | 03:10 PM
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When i saw this thread i had to go out and take a picture of my car :P
Its a 1.3 megapix camera phone so the pics arent really nice.
I think it looks nice maybe because i have it :P (Mine were painted on also)
And yea as long as its not too dark it would look nice. Also colormatch taillights imo looks wack....
On that comment about making it harder to see people with tinted taillights its true, my friend has a 350z with super super dark tint and i cudnt tell if they lights were braking when he hit the brakes or was his lights just on.
Old 11-11-08 | 04:12 PM
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^^ yea your car is hot, so you are exempt from looking bad with just the tinted tails
Old 09-26-14 | 12:10 PM
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What kind of bumper was in the first photoshopped gs that u posted in the very beggening?
Old 09-27-14 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by sergiytek
What kind of bumper was in the first photoshopped gs that u posted in the very beggening?
Job Design Hybrid Neo
Old 09-28-14 | 08:47 PM
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Do it! just not too dark if your car isnt that dark. I'm going to do it to mine just because my rims are black, my emblems are black, and i plastidip'd my door handles black to keep a red/black look.
Old 10-02-14 | 01:37 AM
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Everybody I see always gets it too dark. This is the lightest tint you could get and I think it's perfect.

Old 10-02-14 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Mesca
Everybody I see always gets it too dark. This is the lightest tint you could get and I think it's perfect.

I like this a lot The really dark tint makes the car look cheap
Old 10-02-14 | 05:58 PM
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The Smoke taillight look at lot better then all black... I would go with the smoke one.

and what's kinda back bumper is that GS has? look sick! I want that bumper
Old 10-10-14 | 05:44 PM
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Default Smoked tail lights

I didn't want to darken my tail lights - but I did want some sort of protection film.... Out of laziness I just bought the lightest pre-cut tinted film on eBay, and I actually turned out to like it quite a bit.
I know I wouldn't like the black-out lights, but it's all preference.

It looks good for the gray paint, but does somewhat disappear in direct sunlight.




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Old 10-10-14 | 11:56 PM
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I got the same one drydeniv! I love it, it's just the perfect amount of darkness.



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