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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?

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.

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!?

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

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

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 ]

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)

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.

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

<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>

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

<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.

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.

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

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>