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Tint these led tails?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:03 pm 
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Should I tint these fine ass tail lights or should I leave them the way they are. I hated, HATED the way the stock tail lights looked, so I had those tinted. I'm seriously undecided if I should do these or not. They certainly don't look as bad as the stockers, but I don't know if I like having that much red on the back of the car.

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I say tint them lightly.

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Yes....Go ahead and tint them and then let me know how you did it :)

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:44 pm 
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I agree a light tint would be good.

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Absolutley, just a light coat would be fine

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very very light tint. just enough to notice, not enough to affect visibility. anything over that will be too dark of a color on your car.

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When I had FLIP do my stockers he did a medium tint. Which never affected visibility but made them look almost black, but I could never replicate what he does. Still trying to figure out what method I want to use to tint them.

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Flip tinted mine lightly and they are very translucent.

Here's a pic of my lightly tinted tails.

You can easily see inside it during the day.

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This is medium tint and you can't see through it at all.

They are too black and didn't look good on my car.

They did look great on a black G8 though so it depends on the color of your car.

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Here's a side by side comparison.

As you can see there's a big difference between the light and medium tint.

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^ That tint looks really good... TINT!


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Just an update. I bought some rustoleum lens tint. Put 2 coats on. Looks pretty dark but I tried them out real quick and they are still PLENTY bright. Even during the day. I'll get pics tomorrow.

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Rusto tint FTW!!


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