Smoked out Tail Lights

[rebelbowtie]

i did mine. i love it. yolo.

Me too #yolo unless you're Jesus...

 

[I_bRAD]

You Obviously Love Obfuscation?

 

[the great him]

if you ask me night shades is way too $$$, so im just gonna go out an buy a can of gloss black and do that...

kinda like this

 

[SantaCruzRunner]

if you ask me night shades is way too $$$, so im just gonna go out an buy a can of gloss black and do that...

kinda like this
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lol..

 

[thebrandon]

When I had my wrx I had tinted tails. To be honest, I HATED it. The complete opposite of functional, and looks very tacky in my opinion. Mine didn't drastically reduce the light that was emitted, they actually were still very bright. However, any amount of night shade or tint will have an effect. If someone rear ends me I don't want them to have any excuses.

 

[DirtDawg]

Don't want to go through that whole process. Sanding it then spraying it, nothing more nothing less. Thanks though, looks nice.

Not to bash you or anything, but it will look alot better done the right way than the wrong way. if you just spray it it will look like crap and even a little bit ricey. Trust me, take your time and do it the right way. We were all young once, appreciate your car and do it right the first time.

-DirtDawg

 

[Jimmy24]

even being pulled over, still no flack for my painted tails, with night shade they dont reduce your tail light by very much. still perfectly bright. i have noticed a year later they are starting to fade. could use another coat.

for everyone giving you crap about not doing it. i dont think they realize how much light is still put out. go ahead and do it. i did 4 light coats on mine, be sure to be LIGHT coats. you can add but not take off.

sorry not a good close pic. but this is what i could find with mine

That looks really good, yeah 4 light coats looks the best that's what my mechanic told me too.

You obviously have more time on the road than I and also a problem with police officers, and probably authority in general.

Here is a high contrast plate with CLEAR cover in the DAY light at an almost direct view.

Pretty legible, right? The police shouldnt have any issue reading that at night with different light sources glaring off of it.

Take the stick out of your ass and relax. That's with a f***k*ing camera, not with your own two eyes. If I hadn't seen it myself with my own two eyes, yeah, I would give you some credibility, but I've seen it at night and it's perfectly fine. I don't have a problem with "authority" in general and I probably don't have more time on the road than you. Go back to wherever you came from. Reading your posts / writing back to you is a waste of time.

I'm an engineer at an automotive lighting company. I have a pretty good idea what I'm talking about. What are your qualifications?

That's great man, good for you! You act as if blacking out your tail lights is equivalent to removing the bulb. It's perfectly fine, I encounter a blacked out tail light daily and nothing about it makes it difficult to see.

Not the same as tail lights but I completely blacked out my DRL's with night shades and as you can see the light still passes through

I wouldn't worry one bit about someone not being able to see your tail/brake lights. The real risk is driving during the day light and taking a risk of being pulled over by the police since it is illegal. But then again so are so many mods, even simply swapping out your factory muffler for a flow master is technically illegal.

Yeah man that looks good, my friend did that with his Mustang it looks sick.

Leave the kid be. If you're content driving your stock 4Runner that looks like everyone else's, carry on. Clearly he's not content with that.

Someone with your "qualifications" should have much more important things to do, rather than talk smack to a teenager.

Thanks haha, appreciate it. That made me laugh.

i did mine. i love it. yolo.

That runner looks sick

Me too #yolo unless you're Jesus...

Looks good

When I had my wrx I had tinted tails. To be honest, I HATED it. The complete opposite of functional, and looks very tacky in my opinion. Mine didn't drastically reduce the light that was emitted, they actually were still very bright. However, any amount of night shade or tint will have an effect. If someone rear ends me I don't want them to have any excuses.

Yeah man but I think it will look good on mine though. My truck is basically black on white, it will match the appearance.

Not to bash you or anything, but it will look alot better done the right way than the wrong way. if you just spray it it will look like crap and even a little bit ricey. Trust me, take your time and do it the right way. We were all young once, appreciate your car and do it right the first time.

-DirtDawg

Yeah I completely agree with you. I'm going to do the best I can on it and try to make it look as decent as possible. Thanks