just like the title says. seeing if anyone knows of a tinted side mirror led lights. i have found them for other mercedes, but not ours.
unfortuneately they lights do not pull apart to paint inside, and it is too convex for windor type tint. i tried using the tinting paint on it, but it is super hard to get it to lay smooth.

 

When researching turn signals I don't recall ever seeing any tinted versions either. I am still waiting on my new style mirrors to get back from paint. I actually tinted my stock signals on Friday. They turned out pretty good. I found that many light coats seemed to work best. Turned out pretty smooth but I likely did them darker than most will do. I just taped everything off really well. I used the painters tape and tucked it into the mirror along the lens and papered off the rest of the door and fender. It pulled out really easy when done.

 

I don't have a close up photo, but I matte smoked my turn signals with some film from eBay. Only took like 5 minutes per side.

 

both looks good. the can of tint i had sitting around was about 6-7 years old, so that may have contributed to it not laying down good.
after much diligent work, i managed to separate the lens from the signal housing without breaking it. they use a glue that hardens unlike the headlights. got the inside painted black (which was my first option anyways) and headed to store right now to pick up some black silicone to glue lens back on. will post some pics when done. now they will match the style of my headlights with clear lens and black inside.

btw- i didn't find anything aftermarket tinted.

 

Love the blacked out headlights. How did you do it for your car? You did it yourself?

 

Look forward to seeing what you came up with. My new style mirrors have a black behind the clear .... I really like how your headlights look. I need to do my headlights but just don't want to do it myself. Unfortunately, it's a bit more than I really want to undertake right now. I am hoping to hear back from another member soon that may be selling his blacked out headlights. Fingers crossed lol!

 

the headlights is a pretty time consumming thing. it took me about 4 hours just to figure out how to pull them apart without breaking them! that is after you remove the front bumper too. the second one only took 20 mins to have completely apart.
i just used a heat gun to soften the adhesive, and you just start prying and shimming the lens from the housing. i did a thread on it, and i think there is a couple more here but for different models.

on a side note, i think i need a new led blinker for the passenger side. haha. i didn't touch the drivers side till i knew i had a solid system of doing it. well, i figured it out, but not without a little damage to the lens. looks good at 3' or so, but up super close you can see issues. had to paint inside edge of lens black. the edge acts like a prism and viewed from different angles it looked like crap, so had to paint. got it in oven drying, will see if it is install worthy when dry, lol.

 

well, it looks good on the car. but, when led shines behind it you can see tiny little cracks that happened due to using the chemicals i used on it having to wipe silicone and paint off till figuring the correct method. think i feel good enough about it to do the drivers side now. should come out perfect now i know the process i will have to use and no need to back track. it is super hard to see the flaws in the pass. side, and nobody will be close to mirror while it is blinking (unless they want to get run over!) but i do have another one lined up if i can't live with it.

 

btw- they do remove very easy. you do not need to pull mirror. just start pulling from the outside. there is only one spring clip holding it in.

 

Looks pretty sick to me. Nice added detail. I'd love to do the headlights but don't have the ***** to do it myself.

 

thanks man. it isn't all that hard, just time consumming.
you can see the very small cracks in the pic with the flash. it was due to the chemical i was using to remove the previous paint tries. i believe it chills it on evaporation and puts tiny stress cracks in it. or maybe too much heat with the heat gun.
i did just order another new passenger side led to do it over. lets hope i don't have to buy another drivers side too! find out tomorrow.

 

So the led lens is held on with a spring clip? Can you tell me where the clip is located and how it would be best removed please? (in what direction/force, etc.) Also can you access anything inside the back of mirror housing through the hole once the lens is removed?

Thanks in advance!