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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 10:49 AM
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looking for opinions.
Just got my taillights & turn markers tinted. Should i leave the tail lights completely tinted or expose the clear part.

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How did you get them tinted? Did you just yous vinyl wrap. If so then it would be easy to cut out for the clear proportion of the taillight and I think it looks better like that.

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looking for opinions.
Just got my taillights & turn markers tinted. Should i leave the tail lights completely tinted or expose the clear part.

thanx
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 12:55 PM
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Yes I did use vinyl ....Im leaning to leaving them as is.....I like the look so far..thanks for the reply & opinion
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a downgrade, IMHO
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+2 Agreed. It would maybe be ok if other parts of the car were "murdered out" with black wheels, etc but with stocks wheels and such......meh.
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So far, 8-0 in favor of exposing including my vote, its a landslide!
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thnx
I thank everyone so far for the opinions. I am thinking of getting new rims soon and that is exactly the look I'm looking for, the black rim or black lip. I guess in the end its a personal choice.....I like it as some others do not...in the end we all do what we want with our pieces....lol
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Looks really bad and cheap IMO. Exposing the clears give it a more dynamic and classier look, while still retaining that "modded" tint look.
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do the E55s still have a slight smoke to them on the rear? I know the w210 AMG did and it looked sick. It was VERY slight. Audi does the same thing on the S range (used to anyway)
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I'm pretty positive the E55 does not have that.
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the old ones did, check it...this is 100% stock:



(this is still my favorite benz)
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W210 E55 =
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you should never put vinyl on lights....its a mercedes, you should do it the right way and paint it
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.... nothing to brag about, it is a previous model....
Too late for this party, but just wondering anyone Red-Tint their tail-light instead?
( single white bar like w212 and 5 series? )
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This would look a lot better with everything else modded too. But with the rest of it stock it looks rather out of place.
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Originally Posted by no_clue
Too late for this party, but just wondering anyone Red-Tint their tail-light instead?
( single white bar like w212 and 5 series? )
Hmm not digging that it looks a bit weird with this small little thing, what about tinting the top one red and leaving the larger lower bar? Can you show us that?
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Originally Posted by fortlaudsummer
This would look a lot better with everything else modded too. But with the rest of it stock it looks rather out of place.
Agreed, you need to

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55/63 Conversion, The Brabus kit has grown on me lately though might be cheap op if you like that look?
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