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Wanted some input from anyone who has tinted their tailights in the past or recently. I've seen many different pictures , some darker than others. I own a black c350 sport with the AMG package & at the moment it's completely stock. Many mods coming soon I'm leaning towards the cherry red look as I'm not a fan of the murdered out all black look. Any advice on the tint % to achieve that look? Thanks in advance
Wanted some input from anyone who has tinted their tailights in the past or recently. I've seen many different pictures , some darker than others. I own a black c350 sport with the AMG package & at the moment it's completely stock. Many mods coming soon I'm leaning towards the cherry red look as I'm not a fan of the murdered out all black look. Any advice on the tint % to achieve that look? Thanks in advance
Before tinting your lights, I would check with your state/local laws regarding them. In Texas it's a very fine line. The law reads,
"Any device that impairs the required effectiveness of headlamps, tail lamps, reflectors, etc is prohibited. The lights, both front and rear, are made by the manufacturer to meet this safety standard. An alternate or additional material, particularly something dark, would impair its effectiveness. Additional information on lighting can be found in the Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 547, Subchapters D & E."
So in other words if you tint you lights, good luck getting an inspection. However, if you buy lights that come with the housing that is "smoked" then your good to go. Though even then, I was questioned when trying to get my car inspected.
The only cherry red lights that I've seen (if I'm understanding what you're looking for) are on a member here's car. His username is EuroJDMBenzo. Here's one of his pics that kind of show the lights:
The only cherry red lights that I've seen (if I'm understanding what you're looking for) are on a member here's car. His username is EuroJDMBenzo. Here's one of his pics that kind of show the lights:
I did mine with one coat of vht niteshades and 2 coats of gloss because I was going for the cherry red look and it came out great. I dont have a full back pic of my car on my build page but if you look at the last page of my thread you can see a piece of them
Before tinting your lights, I would check with your state/local laws regarding them. In Texas it's a very fine line. The law reads,
"Any device that impairs the required effectiveness of headlamps, tail lamps, reflectors, etc is prohibited. The lights, both front and rear, are made by the manufacturer to meet this safety standard. An alternate or additional material, particularly something dark, would impair its effectiveness. Additional information on lighting can be found in the Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 547, Subchapters D & E."
So in other words if you tint you lights, good luck getting an inspection. However, if you buy lights that come with the housing that is "smoked" then your good to go. Though even then, I was questioned when trying to get my car inspected.
Here are what my taillights look like:
Just asked a buddy of mine that works in law enforcement out here and he said not to worry about it. The laws are different everywhere but I've seen so many cars with taillights tinted/smoked & I guess it just depends how much attention you draw to yourself. I don't see an issue with a light tint so I'm going for it. Thanks for the info
Before tinting your lights, I would check with your state/local laws regarding them. In Texas it's a very fine line. The law reads,
"Any device that impairs the required effectiveness of headlamps, tail lamps, reflectors, etc is prohibited. The lights, both front and rear, are made by the manufacturer to meet this safety standard. An alternate or additional material, particularly something dark, would impair its effectiveness. Additional information on lighting can be found in the Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 547, Subchapters D & E."
So in other words if you tint you lights, good luck getting an inspection. However, if you buy lights that come with the housing that is "smoked" then your good to go. Though even then, I was questioned when trying to get my car inspected.
Before tinting your lights, I would check with your state/local laws regarding them. In Texas it's a very fine line. The law reads,
"Any device that impairs the required effectiveness of headlamps, tail lamps, reflectors, etc is prohibited. The lights, both front and rear, are made by the manufacturer to meet this safety standard. An alternate or additional material, particularly something dark, would impair its effectiveness. Additional information on lighting can be found in the Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 547, Subchapters D & E."
So in other words if you tint you lights, good luck getting an inspection. However, if you buy lights that come with the housing that is "smoked" then your good to go. Though even then, I was questioned when trying to get my car inspected.
Here are what my taillights look like:
Originally Posted by Doa
i love my dark lights :p
Originally Posted by Akhafeez
i've done mine black
Not sure how I feel about tinting the white reverse light. Has that been an issue ?
Before tinting your lights, I would check with your state/local laws regarding them. In Texas it's a very fine line. The law reads,
"Any device that impairs the required effectiveness of headlamps, tail lamps, reflectors, etc is prohibited. The lights, both front and rear, are made by the manufacturer to meet this safety standard. An alternate or additional material, particularly something dark, would impair its effectiveness. Additional information on lighting can be found in the Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 547, Subchapters D & E."
So in other words if you tint you lights, good luck getting an inspection. However, if you buy lights that come with the housing that is "smoked" then your good to go. Though even then, I was questioned when trying to get my car inspected.
Here are what my taillights look like:
Originally Posted by Doa
i love my dark lights :p
Originally Posted by Akhafeez
i've done mine black
Originally Posted by WhiteonBlack
Here's a before and after
Exactly what I'm looking for , not to dark but dark enough. Thanks
Not sure how I feel about tinting the white reverse light. Has that been an issue ?
Not on mine, but mine also isn't tint. The entire housing's plastic came "smoked", and the reverse light comes through as a brilliant white. It's actually the brightest light on the set lol.
This is sexy af with on black with those alloy rims matching the reverse light...
... like it REALLY looks good...
Props
Originally Posted by johal
Did you remove the tail lights before spraying with vht nightshades? Also what did you use to cover the white part on the tail light.
I don't know if they did but I removed mine... Simple, 3 nuts if I remember correctly... Make sure you have a TINY ratchet though... This is all from memory... Haha, it's also Pre-Facelift!
06-10-2015, 03:49 AM
I'm leaning towards the cherry red look as I'm not a fan of the murdered out all black look. Any advice on the tint % to achieve that look? Thanks in advance
