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I HAVE A WHITE E63 WITH PANO.

TINT THE TAILS OR DONT.

LETS SEE SOME PICS, LETS HEAR SOME COMMENTS.

RW C55

this is racer m's car, white E63 with tinted tails
https://mbworld.org/forums/w212-amg/...-diffuser.html

Vic55

Im 50/50 on tinted tails- it depends on the theme and how it looks. With my 997TT (see sig) its all red and black and since the car is red, the tails look good in black. But with my white E55- I dont like the tails tinted...I like the red LED's and the contrast against the white. I have my calipers painted white with red brembo stickers and my HRE's have the red and white logo so I am keeping my tails red.

Just my preference- others will vary.

racer m

I like smoked tail lights on white cars, but like Vic said it depends on the theme, especially what kind of wheels you go with. My wheels are painted black (the spokes), but if you are gonna go with a different setup I might not go smoked. It can make a car look really bad *** or really cheap IMO... just depends on how it's done.

K-A

I've got mine tinted. I love the look, as long as it's clean, and as long as the tint is a "cherry" (light tint) color.

White with Pano, tinted windows, and just an overall clean and uncluttered look will look good with tints IMO. Like what was said above, there's a fine line between that, or ghetto/cheap/cheesy.

These aren't very fancy pics, but here are some recent ones of my car::






And on the way back from Vegas, filthy from dried up rain.

griza

Just like these guys did it....smoke out the red and leave the reverse light clear

KonradE63

Spray tint or film tint?

K-A

Mine's a film. I wouldn't paint them personally.

eurowerx

I am not a fan of tinted tails. I love the red LED contrast on the white! it breaks up all the white and black.

racer m

No tinted tails but you painted your front grill black?

bmontalban

personally, the tinted red, and keeping the clear, clear, just looks terrible. everyone goes so dark when the tint. keep it lighter and even all the way through.

eurowerx

yes everything on the car is black and white but i just am not into blacked out lights i feel it takes away from those nice leds. also i love my red contrast.

pwidjaja

Non factory tinted or painted will always cheapen the look. It was cool in 90s. Reflection of the light's cover and the light itself does not look "factory" anymore. If you can tint/paint from the inside, I think it would help.

Here is an example of factory look (it is a factory option part)

K-A

To me, that looks terribly aftermarket on the F10, and 90's "Altezza" past-fad.

I can't believe Bimmer would do that as OEM.

I've always hated clear rear lights though. Subjectively I'm down with the smoked look on some cars, otherwise, a nice OEM light unit always prevails over an aftermarket look.

Igor180

I'm not a fan of blacked out tails myself unless a portion of them is painted w/ actual paint while still retaining the areas that keep it functional (like G35's w/ GT-R taillight overlays/paint jobs).

What about something like this? Tinted clear piece, and light smoke on the red.

csxian

^ how do you do that tint? Care to share the tools, material and method?

KonradE63

Did you also tint the chrome piece above the plate? It looks awesome!

K-A

I saw a black W212 today, and we all (should) know that black looks horrible with tinted tails (unless one goes for the allllll black look), however it had just the white reverse lights tinted, and actually looked really good and sinister. If I had black, I'd go that route.

ZorroAMG

tint the clear, leave the red or barely smoke it, like the picture above.

220S

fwiw, they're in the ROW BMW accessory catalog (not available in the NA market.) They're called white line rear lights: "LED waveguides set behind clear glass give the rear of the vehicle a distinctive sporty look."

They actually look okay in the catalog, but not in that pic in the post.

That spoiler in that pic def looks like aftermarket. It's way different than the OEM one in the catalog.

pwidjaja

To me, this is way better then darken the red portion. More elegant as a benz should be

pwidjaja

I don't 'really' like it myself, white line lights in a white BMW, may not be the best color combo. The black line lights might. But at the end of the day, sometimes we bought things we used to hate

K-A

Don't I know that's the truth ^^.

K-A

I can't remember actually exactly where for some reason as I was all over the place, I know it was in the L.A area though.

Igor180

Automotive black mixed with clear, tinted out the clear piece first, remove the tape, and sprayed the entire taillight with a light coat, cleared, wet sanded and buffed. Mirror like feel and finish... maintain it the same way you'd maintain the paint on the car.

It's painted gun metal to match the window trim, and the soon to be mounted emblems. I also colormatched his grille and left the inlets gloss black, looks really sick. The chrome on the door handles is also painted body color.. he basically wanted to eliminate all the chrome/silver.

I was going to do the headlights, but they need to be cut open, so I'm saving that for next time.