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Should I tint the tail lights or no?

Old Oct 23, 2012 | 01:18 PM
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Should I tint the tail lights or no?

Can't decide if I want to tint my tail lights or not. It's a 2012 E350 cabriolet, black on black and the red in the lights looks too bright but I see too many cheesy looking tinted lights.
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 04:30 PM
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I don't know why people do it...something about reducing the visibility of lights designed to warn those behind you and prevent the most common type of accident, doesn't sit on the right side of logic to me.
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 06:09 PM
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I wouldn't do it, it looks cheap. There is one CLS on here with only the red portion lightly tinted, and that is the first time I've thought tinted lights are acceptable.
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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 11:32 PM
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I wouldn't do it either. It just cheapens the car. Every time I see a 3 series BMW with tinted tail lights it's being driven by some kid with his BB cap backwards. Just my opinion.
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Old Oct 28, 2012 | 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by ScottNJ
Can't decide if I want to tint my tail lights or not. It's a 2012 E350 cabriolet, black on black and the red in the lights looks too bright but I see too many cheesy looking tinted lights.
U can tint the white part of the tail light or light tint on the red part so its more like darker red .. I'm gonna tint my tail light later and I'll upload some pictures later
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Old Oct 28, 2012 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by aznxkicker
U can tint the white part of the tail light or light tint on the red part so its more like darker red .. I'm gonna tint my tail light later and I'll upload some pictures later
Alright thanks man, definitely post some pictures when you do yours I wanna see how it turns out.
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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by aznxkicker
U can tint the white part of the tail light or light tint on the red part so its more like darker red .. I'm gonna tint my tail light later and I'll upload some pictures later
If you decide to tint the white part post some pictures.
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 09:15 AM
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here you go..pics of whole tailight tinted and only red part tinted.




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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 02:25 PM
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Came out nice man, especially since you went with a very light tint. I prefer the white part untinted.
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 11:55 PM
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I tinted my tails with a medium tint, left the white untinted and it looks sick. I will post pics tomorrow when I have a chance to take some
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by kefking87
I tinted my tails with a medium tint, left the white untinted and it looks sick. I will post pics tomorrow when I have a chance to take some
Is ur tint lighter or darker than mine ? I'm honns untint the white part later
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by kefking87
I tinted my tails with a medium tint, left the white untinted and it looks sick. I will post pics tomorrow when I have a chance to take some
Alright great, thanks man, can't wait to see
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 03:37 PM
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i tinted the reverese part of the lights about 40%. I liked it. I'll reedit in a bit to show pics.
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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 07:44 AM
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Just tinted my tail lights, I like it this way honestly! It's really SICK! \m/

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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 11:23 AM
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My car came with tinted tail lights. Thinking of removing the tint this weekend, as I'm not a big fan of tinted tail.

On a side note, does anybody knows if the Euro-edition tail lights are available for purchase in the US?
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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 12:59 PM
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Just tinted my tail lights, I like it this way honestly! It's really SICK! \m/

Holy ****...your car blacked out to the max
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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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My car came with tinted tail lights. Thinking of removing the tint this weekend, as I'm not a big fan of tinted tail.

On a side note, does anybody knows if the Euro-edition tail lights are available for purchase in the US?
If you're talking about the clear ones, they're only available for the sedan
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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ScottNJ
If you're talking about the clear ones, they're only available for the sedan
Yes, I was looking at the clear tail lights. Anybody wants to buy a set of tinted tail lights? Perfect condition, no cracks or broken tabs on a 2011 E550? Going to pick up a set of non-tinted.
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