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Finally I finished mine, I had the inner ones done a few months ago but I was too lazy to do the outer tails. I ran out near the end so it had a minor splotch, other than that they look really nice (the splotch is tiny and only noticeable up close). 3 cans is adviseable for the tint and 2 for the gloss if you have sedan. Only problem I had is the filament broke in my brake light when I took it out, thus I have to get a new one, and I dont have a brake for now.
My digital camera isnt too great so you cant really see that there is some red in the outer tails cause they are stock smoked, inner tails were smoked with clear plastic covers from altezzas.
All I need now is the black strip across trunk and to repaint the H emblem black and my rear is done. I'll probably get altezza grill and get mirrors painted (instead of ugly black plastic) and that should be the end of my exterior mods for a long while. (not counting rims of course).
Last edited by blackcivic28; 03-26-2004 at 06:54 PM.
they are starting to look dull...need to re do them
but it looks like ill just go buy some aftermarket taillights and smoke them in hopes that it will be brighter during the daytime...but i still haven't been pulled over!! very surprising! knock on wood
Originally posted by cdmx Ive had mine done for about 6 months
they are starting to look dull...need to re do them
but it looks like ill just go buy some aftermarket taillights and smoke them in hopes that it will be brighter during the daytime...but i still haven't been pulled over!! very surprising! knock on wood
I think if you do it to some aftermarket tails it will look better. When we were cruising down 95 to SOTB when the sun would hit it just right it would reflect pinkish light, but that was only from all the red. Either way it looks tight as shit.
Man now everyone is going to have smoked tails. At least it will be easy to spot the 7thgen members
good job on the black out, just to let you know that if you want that dark you might want to go with led instead of bulbs. i haven't check the tail lights bulbs size yet, but im pretty sure your local auto shop carries it. the led is getting popular.
^^^^^^^^^^^^yeh but they arent nearly as bright because they dont disperse the light in a broad beam. so you just geta focused beam that isnt as visible as the oem bulb. maybe you could sand them down?
hehe, yea ive got a pic on my comp....well nm I HAD a pic on my comp but the HD is fried...but anyway i guess the sun hit it just right and they didn't look smoked at all..bad pic and not what they look like
