Tinted My Taillights (pix)

[acold7dusta]

i tinted my taillights the other day, and heres how they came out. are they too dark to use stock bulbs on? Im thinking about putting LEDS for all the bulbs. Do you think this would pass inspection, come time? also would LED's make it much easier to see them lit than reg bulbs? i just dont wanna get in an accident because someone couldnt see my lights
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p92b906b1a19fb29bcf56e158ff6ffa44/ef29d378.jpg
full

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/peabbebaae9130cdd413a828acb170f0e/ef29d376.jpg

close up

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pc9819c264e2c800077c647f090412289/ef29d373.jpg
close up 3rd

EDIT: i know its dusty, thats not the point of the pics

[Satsuriku]

your car is dirty!

lol jk man

kick ass job man!! very slick!

if i were you, i would put in LED's anyways. they look much better apparantly. either way, looks nice!

[NoSweat83]

Wash it and take more pix.

[acold7dusta]

haha thanks. i guess ill choke up another 30 bucks for the sake of good looks :pimp:

[battistoni21]

lookin good, i dont think that they are too dark at all, and yeah definatley put LEDs in..... i think it would look alot better anyways

[acold7dusta]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pbbb1b60dada285db046a1e04a06ffd8d/ef29a46b.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p6921df08d34dab64781cb09879b8ecc9/ef29a461.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p84429111f0c22b40d3d9450d9b5eda85/ef29a456.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p33fa0fd0668f19610ca63654222c3366/ef29a448.jpg
all clean for ya :thumb:

[Satsuriku]

much better bro!!

im liking it lots dude!

[PrImEtImE]

good job on the tails, looking good!

[acold7dusta]

:) thanks alot. see my other project in the garage? 1972 plymouth satellite 30k original miles!!!! 318, 4bbl, custom duals, 450 CFM 4 bbl intake, edelbrock air cleaner, dyed black interior (about 15 cans) recond. gas tank & lines, new starter, electronic ignition, new water pump, fan, radiator, and ALOT more. Eventually it will havea yellow paint job, bored out engine, bucket seats, etc etc. I dont know if anyones big on muscle cars, but it was a HELL of a lot easier to work on than the alero. if you drop something in the engine bay, it will either lay on the K-frame or go to the ground. last week i dropped pliers behind the fuse box, and it took an hour and a half to get out....

[Lovestheh20]

to be honest, in all my experience with LEDs, its hard to find one that is brighter (atleast in daytime) than regular filament bulbs..

[Wayfastwhittie]

Originally posted by acold7dusta@May 3 2006, 04:08 PM
:) thanks alot. see my other project in the garage? 1972 plymouth satellite 30k original miles!!!! 318, 4bbl, custom duals, 450 CFM 4 bbl intake, edelbrock air cleaner, dyed black interior (about 15 cans) recond. gas tank & lines, new starter, electronic ignition, new water pump, fan, radiator, and ALOT more. Eventually it will havea yellow paint job, bored out engine, bucket seats, etc etc. I dont know if anyones big on muscle cars, but it was a HELL of a lot easier to work on than the alero. if you drop something in the engine bay, it will either lay on the K-frame or go to the ground. last week i dropped pliers behind the fuse box, and it took an hour and a half to get out....
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sweet, it should be clean for only 30k. are u gonna make it a road runner clone

[alerocar01]

I like it. Nice work.

[violentrapture]

I definitely like it - very nice man.
~vR

[acold7dusta]

Originally posted by Wayfastwhittie+May 3 2006, 04:45 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wayfastwhittie @ May 3 2006, 04:45 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-acold7dusta@May 3 2006, 04:08 PM
:) thanks alot. see my other project in the garage? 1972 plymouth satellite 30k original miles!!!! 318, 4bbl, custom duals, 450 CFM 4 bbl intake, edelbrock air cleaner, dyed black interior (about 15 cans) recond. gas tank & lines, new starter, electronic ignition, new water pump, fan, radiator, and ALOT more. Eventually it will havea yellow paint job, bored out engine, bucket seats, etc etc. I dont know if anyones big on muscle cars, but it was a HELL of a lot easier to work on than the alero. if you drop something in the engine bay, it will either lay on the K-frame or go to the ground. last week i dropped pliers behind the fuse box, and it took an hour and a half to get out....
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sweet, it should be clean for only 30k. are u gonna make it a road runner clone
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yea theres a lil rust but its all surface, and most of it was scraped down to the metal, then primed, and for the roadrunner, its gonna be all debadged, except the "hood ornament", shaved side markers, blacked out grill inserts and either a RR hood, or cowl induction. the engines smokin and backfirin a lil, so i found a used 360 engine & tranny for 700 bucks. the top end has all been rebuilt, and eventually the bottom end might need to, but at 90k, he said that the motor pulls strong. so to answer your question, there will be some things to resemble a RR but it mainly just an experiment car, not a huge show car

[Youngblood77]

Originally posted by Lovestheh20@May 3 2006, 04:37 PM
to be honest, in all my experience with LEDs, its hard to find one that is brighter (atleast in daytime) than regular filament bulbs..
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Very true, but it's an easy mod, just takes a little time to find a good deal on the donor light. I think it would look sweet with the tint IMHO. Sweet job, Kev :thumb:

[acold7dusta]

thanks eric :biggrin: someone on this board is acctually selling a set for 30 that im gonna buy

[Decka]

Looks sweet... especially without the amber. I might be tempted on doing somthing like that in the future.

[NoSweat83]

Good job. Looks better clean. If anyone knows what led bulbs we need for our tails please let me know.

[peeweeherman]

dude thats pimp keep up the good work

[acold7dusta]

thanks peewee, sweat, and decka! :beerchug:

[acold7dusta]

and VR and alerocar and everyone else! :thumb:

[Coldfire]

Tails look good, they don't look as dark as others I've seen on here...probably because its a black car so they don't contrast as much???? Oh well, nice craftsmanship.

Where'd you pick up the Satellite? And WHY didn't you get an Oldsmobile 442 :pissed: :P jk

[acold7dusta]

ha i picked it up in an old barn in riverside, buffalo. got it for 1000 bucks nad put about 2500 into it so far. still got sum more work to do tho.

[Coldfire]

If I know anything about customizing cars...it will probably NEVER be done ;)

[Cliff8928]

Originally posted by Coldfire@May 4 2006, 10:55 PM
If I know anything about customizing cars...it will probably NEVER be done ;)
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Hah! I know that one! I have two of them.

[Spilner521]

the tails look good. just curious...how come you decided not to tint the reverse light as well?

[acold7dusta]

thanks, i masked the reverse lights off, for a little more challenge, and the result did come out better than expected. also of the handful of people that acctually tint theres on here, i havent seen anyone leave there reverse light completely blank. so i did it for challenge, different, and a lil contrast

[peeweeherman]

that looks cool, keep up the good work

[Mischief007]

Looks good. Would you be able to take pictures at night to see how the light shines through the tinted tails?

[acold7dusta]

yea sure, not a problem, i just gotta find somebody to take a pic for me(and wait till it gets dark)

[alerocar01]

Originally posted by acold7dusta@May 5 2006, 07:58 PM
thanks, i masked the reverse lights off, for a little more challenge, and the result did come out better than expected. also of the handful of people that acctually tint theres on here, i havent seen anyone leave there reverse light completely blank. so i did it for challenge, different, and a lil contrast
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i didn't see that at first. That turned out very nice.

[Youngblood77]

Originally posted by acold7dusta@May 3 2006, 07:38 PM
thanks eric :biggrin: someone on this board is acctually selling a set for 30 that im gonna buy
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Dude, they can be found for way cheaper than that....the "donor" light I'm talking about is from a Impala....the layout is roughly the same, and can be retro fitted with our housing and lens in an hour or 2.....last one I saw for sale was 11 dollars or so, but never considered the mod because I liked my Aleromod decal so much.

[acold7dusta]

ill have to consider that...

[acold7dusta]

i just cleared my headlights and painted the bezels black today, i got a couple pics of progression, and i have a REALLY crappy picture of the brakes on in the dark...http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pcaf99fe2e57e384eb5e234951b8e69e2/ef1af9fe.jpg
it gives u an idea of how the light shines thru fine, but one of these days ill take a pic with a REAL camera...

[Doomgiver]

Good job dude! They look sweet on that black car

[acold7dusta]

thanks, here are the headlights
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pc8d467b1af14c4c11e681594d397f38b/ef179d0d.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p4e268c3e9a8d588c9d9693d9d20d357e/ef17a30a.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p83cb300795854d1c21d9c468949e3888/ef179d00.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p3716853c14ecc51442ea657695d1e5ab/ef17a2e9.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p57291f1ea0fafe552b971107f662791a/ef17a2de.jpg
ready for a WAI
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pabb3c5a7f9b709cb3510a7635444086f/ef17a276.jpg
and finally the ho with the challenger (covered) and the cuda (undergoing full resto.)

[Coldfire]

Good job man...painting headlight bezels=not my cup of tea...but it looks like you did nice work (and they actually don't look that bad with the black car) :thumb:

[acold7dusta]

lowered my car yesterday....
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p2887a2f10c28124e14f1c0db31153dd1/ef131517.jpghttp://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p412848ba78d8ee53ea7524b4ec41d4fa/ef131512.jpghttp://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pdbc97121deecd43e47462a0696084e7f/ef131509.jpghttp://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p5f892feee96b542d63aec98522fb51ca/ef131501.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pebcfcf2f094b8a3e646f1ecab3bf41c0/ef131533.jpg
WNY weather :shout: :cry: :angry:

[Satsuriku]

are those stock struts im seeing?

hope not b/c from what i was told that if you have stocks on with lowering spring, you can kiss those struts good buy in like 2 months.

[acold7dusta]

yea they are stock. why would it ruin it the struts after 2 monthes? all you are doing is compressing the struts 1.6 inches lower than the stock springs were, and the springs are stiffer so i doubt theyll do damage.

[Mischief007]

That's actually damaging to the struts.

The car looks great. The tailights look great. I should lower my car :(.

[acold7dusta]

what would different struts do to make it not damaging?

[battistoni21]

Originally posted by NoSweat83@May 3 2006, 08:37 PM
Good job.Â;-) Looks better clean.Â;-) If anyone knows what led bulbs we need for our tails please let me know.
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^^ i agree, def let us know

[alerocar01]

looking good. i like the headlights and how it is lowered. good work.

[Coldfire]

Looks sweet lowered...are you getting rims at all?

[acold7dusta]

yea but i just got 400 dollar tires, so im thinking of getting 16s if anything- i want black with a machined lip...thinkin of these 16" motegi (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/16-MOTEGI-RIAX-GLOSS-BLACK-RACING-WHEELS-RIMS-5-LUG_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43957QQitemZ8058364 128QQrdZ1)

[Coldfire]

Those look alright...too bad you just bought tires 'cause 17-18" look way better (IMO)

[kaularo88]

looks sweet, id go with the led tails. let me kno how they work,and what bulbs they are. :)

[Thrawn]

1. Your tails are sweet

2. Let us know what's up with the rims!

[violentrapture]

:pimp:

Very hot man - something about a lowered sedan that makes me giggly... even with stock wheels.

Keep up the good work - headlights look amazing btw.

~vR

[don ky]

hi i tried to tint my tails i guess it was too cold for the spray tint because all it did was sploch an run i'll have to sand them off an try again s##t!

[acold7dusta]

thanks for all the compliments

don ky-
u dont really need to sand em. use a cleaning solvent on them, and just spray light coats