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Reverse tail light black out, ever been done?

Old Mar 16, 2006 | 01:41 AM
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Reverse tail light black out, ever been done?

I was looking at the w209 forum and saw this car with blacked out tails.


It got me thinking about what it would look like to black out the red on a w208. I did a quick photoshop and got a rough idea...
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P-shop blackout


I think it looks pretty good, better than blacking out the white part. what do you think?
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 10:50 PM
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 12:33 AM
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Did it some time ago. In the first pic there was a light spray on just the red part that gave it a wild cherry look. In the 2nd pic I went nuts.


http://forums.mbnz.org/forums/forums...45706&posts=30
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 12:44 AM
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Looks good.
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 01:38 AM
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i ahve that cherry look black out and i love it it looks so much better than smoking the whole thing. and i like it a little better than smoking the clear part only.
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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It was more of an experiment than anything else. I'm going to strip them and do something even weirder.
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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