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Old 04-30-2012, 11:52 AM
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Another weekend another project. Heated the tail lights up and sprayed the insides black to give a darker tone. Pretty easy project minus a little warping of the plastic when putting back together. Nothing a heat gun didnt take care of. Let me know what you think.

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Looks good, I wanted to do this also but after my headlight nightmare I've talked myself out of it, that was a pita! Did you tape off the reverse light reflector?
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Originally Posted by BigStomper66
Looks good, I wanted to do this also but after my headlight nightmare I've talked myself out of it, that was a pita! Did you tape off the reverse light reflector?
Not at all. Taped nothing off. The reverse lights are still fictional just don't cover as much surface area on the ground. I was going to do my headlights but figured the tails would be a little easier to try this oven baking out on. Was pretty easy.
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Originally Posted by SCTruckin1187

Not at all. Taped nothing off. The reverse lights are still fictional just don't cover as much surface area on the ground. I was going to do my headlights but figured the tails would be a little easier to try this oven baking out on. Was pretty easy.
Nice, a buddy of mine did his headlights, what a PITA though. I'll be ordering the Harley look a likes on eBay for $85
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Nice, a buddy of mine did his headlights, what a PITA though. I'll be ordering the Harley look a likes on eBay for $85
That was my plan. But I figure I'll give it a go. If they turn out bad then I've lost nothing.
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I nightshaded mine and am not happy at all with the performance of my tails. They're no where near bright enough for my liking. I ordered a set of factory-look-a-like LED tails today. Going to nightshade them and see how it works then.
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I nightshaded my tails, I love it I didn't go very dark but dark enough for my liking.

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Looks cool. I'm going to use Nightshades on my 3rd brake light.
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Looks cool. I'm going to use Nightshades on my 3rd brake light.
Oh yeah I did that one too lol if you just tint it and not go totally black the lights come through perfect.
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Originally Posted by amick218
I nightshaded my tails, I love it I didn't go very dark but dark enough for my liking.

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Was going to use nightshade but didn't want to less with the lenses themselves. Cops are bad about writing tickets for it around here. This was just a "loop hole".


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