Tail lights, tint, paint, or vinyl?

[gmuffb]

Today's payday, so i want to do something cheap yet effective for my tail lights. I have a friend who painted his red and they look ok. But i want to go with black. Any suggestions on what i should use?

[Custommx3]

I would do vynil, its cheap, and realtivley simple. <P>I have a how-to on my website.<P>make sure you get 3M vinyl, the GOOD stuff, get it at a sign shop.

[gmuffb]

Do they sell a transparent vinyl? I'm not sure if the solid color would look good on my blue car. unless they could match the color perfectly, you know!?

[Custommx3]

black maybe would, color matching may be difficult, ut the clear may be more expensice. What would be the point, its clear?

[gmuffb]

Silly, not clear. more like tint, you know... see through black

[DVH]

Just my opinion, but don't do that! it looks like ur tryin to get the altezza look , but ur too cheap! looks like altezza or supra tail wannabe's!<BR>Just do the all red look, looks alot better i thiNK!<BR>Just paint the amber red on the tails....looks cool, but like i said in the beginning, its just my opinion......u do what u want!<BR>later and good luck with whatever u choose! <p>[ August 22, 2002: Message edited by: DVH ]

[gmuffb]

I just finished. I didn't want to do vinyl because it isn't see through. And I couldn't do tint because tint doesn't stick to plastic. So I went with pin stripes. I know you're all thinking that it would look stupid. But it actually looks really good. I got the idea from my boyfriends GTI (vw), because his tail lights came like that factory. I just got a pinstripe from an auto store ($4.20) with 4 lines rather than one. Cleaned the lights really well and applied, I think I'm gonna seal it with something, i'm not sure what yet. As soon as i get batteries for the digital, i'll post some pics.(also pics of my dyed interior)

[aaronthehic]

wow kelli , maybe if your up in the great white north you could stop by and show me that "dyed interior" I hear you talking so much aboot.

[MI-Archangel]

vinyl is the devil it neevr works NEVER DONT LISITIN to barry HES EVIL lol jk but vinyl neevr tunrs out

[cjthor]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MMike:<BR><STRONG>vinyl is the devil it neevr works NEVER DONT LISITIN to barry HES EVIL lol jk but vinyl neevr tunrs out</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> If you take your time and are careful it DOES work.. However I decided to paint mine and they came out perfect. I am gonna sell a set of all red tails on ebay as soon as i get some pics.. Check them out at <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/mudslinger7785/clears.html" TARGET=_blank>www.geocities.com/mudslinger7785/clears.html</A>

[lazzyie]

you guys paint the lights inside and out or just outside?

[cjthor]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lazzyie:<BR><STRONG>you guys paint the lights inside and out or just outside?</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> Just the outside.

[mik]

Anyone have any more pics of the vinyl ones?<P>Ive been thinking about doing it when I get my MX3. My painting skills somewhat blow so I figured that it might be easier. Maybe not? Any other ideas guys?<BR>Thanks.

[Mean_Machine]

What kind of paint do you use? any specific color match best?<p>[ August 23, 2002: Message edited by: Mean_Machine ]

[gmuffb]

Hopefully you'll be able to see the pictures here. (i'm a self taught HTMLer, so you never know)<A HREF="http://gmuffb.tripod.com/index.html" TARGET=_blank>web page</A>