Smoked tail lights?
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vDubs? Not so much. More like trying to think of ways to make the ugly ass stock '87 tails look better.
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24367&highlight=tail+lights
Remembered this thread mabey it will help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soup
Remembered this thread mabey it will help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soup
yeah, I was the one who did those tails on Jonathons car. I got the idea from a writeup on SF...forget who wrote it. Anyways, I used black plastic paint ON THE INSIDE of the lens to create a different light pattern (was looking for a more modern look for the old 2 piece tail set). You could certainly use a smoke tint in the same way and smoke the whole lens or only part of it.
Painting on the inside requires a delicate operation of taking the tails apart without cracking the lenses, but I could give ya some tips if ya decide to do it. Also painting the inside leaves the lenses looking like a dark red or even burgundy look, but still leaves the lenses looking factory on the outside. (meaning they dont look "painted" just different)
I chose the double circle look with three stripes for the turns..but painting on the inside leaves you with only your imagination to stop you from doing something to your liking. I played with three horizontal stripes, and even some stipes at 45 degree angles (like this --> \ \ \ ) but decided on a more traditional look.
Painting on the inside requires a delicate operation of taking the tails apart without cracking the lenses, but I could give ya some tips if ya decide to do it. Also painting the inside leaves the lenses looking like a dark red or even burgundy look, but still leaves the lenses looking factory on the outside. (meaning they dont look "painted" just different)
I chose the double circle look with three stripes for the turns..but painting on the inside leaves you with only your imagination to stop you from doing something to your liking. I played with three horizontal stripes, and even some stipes at 45 degree angles (like this --> \ \ \ ) but decided on a more traditional look.
Buy VHT nite shades off ebay and paint them yourself. They will stay shiney longer if you clearcoat after.
Not to mention if you take proper time to do it, wetsand, clearcoat, wetsand, wetsand, they will look amazing, and not flat and purple like if you don't clearcoat.
Randy's taillights look amazing, I wanna tint mine a bit. Just to get them a bit closer to the JDM ones and so my center section matches 
Why, do you have a JDM center piece Loki?
Or are you talking about the center piece and how it's typically brighter red? because that annoys the piss out of me.
Or are you talking about the center piece and how it's typically brighter red? because that annoys the piss out of me.
Thanks guys. I love SM, soo much better than SF, the people actually help. I'll update you as I go along.
