Another Taillight mod (Less Sucky This Time)

[Emeraldage]

Hey all, I just decided to try something else. With the parts car it came with tinted taillights and the center piece was painted to match the car. So we were sending off the spoiler to get painted to put on my car, I was like hey it looked nice on that car, so I sent the center piece to be painted to match my car. Today we were mounting the center piece of the spoiler and I took a few pics to see what I like more. I'm really not sure. I always feel a bit dirty / ricerish with tinted tail lights, and that every cop hates me, even though I do have stupid bright LED brakes so it's fine there. I would like to use the tails because my left tail light is warped and disfigured. I still have my center piece, so it's not permanent not even screwed in, no hatin please haha.

Looking for opinions. I'm undecided. I don't like how the tinted tail lights look like they were tinted on the inside or something, it's odd. If I decide the non tinted tails I'm going to need a left tail light or figure out how to get the tint off the left one, which I feel like is going to be a huge pain.

 

[supraguy@aol]

A bit off subject, but is your paint going to buff out white enough to match that spoiler and center piece?
Because they look WAY whiter than the rest of the car.
As for the tail lights- I like them either way. I know that doesn't help, but both work. What method did you use to tint them?

 

[Emeraldage]

Haha yes, they are freshly painted from the whitest color in the biz according to my man. From a Ford pickup is the coloring. It's a bit whiter than the actual car, and yes it is very dirty in the pic but it will never match perfectly. The whole car will be repainted to match next year, it will look gorgeous.

I did not tint these it came that way. It seem slike they were tinted on the inside, the 3 white lines look odd, like they were done inside. Which is why I say it'd be ridiculously hard to get out. If I tinted them myself, I'd cover the white lines so they contrast and stand out. Plus so I don't buy brighter LEDs for them!

 

[AbsoluteSpeed]

The tint doesn’t seem very dark so I don’t mind it (and normally I HATE tinted lights especially on a white car).
Not a huge fan of the painted center section. Take a picture of the entire car, might make it easier to see if it suits the car.

 

[OfnaRcR4]

This is just my opinion but I cannot figure out why people keep trying to modify the look of 89+ tails, just about everything ruins them and they look great stoock.

 

[Emeraldage]

Haha well yours are tinted (According to your sig pic). I'm not sure either, I'm not 100% happy or dissatisfied with it either. I'm sure the normal bar would look nicer if the whole car was in perfect shape.

I think I like the non tinted more. But that means I'd have to get a left tail light sometime or take the tint off the left one.

 

[OfnaRcR4]

Yeah those were just some tails that I got from someone else that tinted them. I did like them for a while but there's almost something ricey about tinting.

 

[Poodles]

Not digging the painted center section... Looks like pre-89 tails.

 

[Emeraldage]

I was never a fan of the giant bar across the back. But I guess I kind of got used to it, maybe I thought looked terrible because my car didn't have a spoiler to begin with. I think I'm going to leave it with the tinted tails for a bit to see if I like it or not once it's all together. Not too hard to change anyways. And will try actual sunlight pictures sometime too. The painted center would probably look better if the lights were a different shape, but they were made for the big bar.

 

[BoostMonger]

Not digging the painted center section... Looks like pre-89 tails.

Ya, it makes me sick

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[Emeraldage]

Haha. Coming from a guy with condescending Wonka pic. Yeah come to think of it I'm sure it wouldn't appease the Supra elitests here. Aha. So happy to finally get this spoiler on. Car looks so bugly without it. :/