MazdaManiac

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Looks dull. A "wetter" coat would have been better.

ddub

Also realize the day pics I put up there, is with dew on the lenses. There was a lot of moisture and frost out this morning.

MazdaManiac

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Ahh. They look dull inside the house also.

xpixieshadowx

they look good with that color...nice job

ddub

Oh well, can't please everybody

mikeb

looks ok but darker would be better but illegal im sure

ddub

Okie, I got a fix-it ticket, back to stock I go. Oh well, I was getting tired of the tinted look actually, stock grew on me

Nemesis8

iTrader: (3)

Man that was a funny read

juiceRx8

the cop that gave you a ticket didn't give you aticket 'cause it was illegal, it was 'cause it looked awfull! glad you put it back to stock. JMO

BlueEyes

People in glass houses autobot emblem boy

XDEEDUBBX

stock looks much better than what you had..

ddub

Well, I hate the stock tails most of the time, sometimes they can look alright, though. I cannot stand altezzas.

I tried 2 different tinting paints and both did not turn out the way I wanted. One was Niteshade, other was Testors transparent model paint. Both turned out badly unfortunately.

The photoshopped version of my tinted tails is what I prefer, it was a mock-up to see how it would look. But neither paint worked properly.

The pictures didn't really do a good job either, in person it looked better.

ddub

Eh to each their own. Some people prefer the altezza look, some people don't, and some people prefer a black and/or tinted look.

Same thing goes for every mod, like how some people prefer body kits, and some prefer stock, or how some people like unpainted CF and some people think it's the most retarded thing ever. Everyone has a differing opinion.

hemanrulez

You from Kirkland, I think I've seen your 8 around.

I live and work in Kirkland btw.

XDEEDUBBX

i hate that our 8's tailights look like altezza's but i've learned to except them, nothing we can do about it unless you want to spend 3-4k on a tailight transplants but thats useless. I love carbon fiber and i could give a crap about what people think about it. They can all suck tail pipe. Have you thought about transparent candy apple red? If done properly it can look pretty tight.

lazi

eh. just looks dull to me. thats just me. nothing done that makes it stand out for anything... prob wait for something.. but im fine with what it looks like.. but in general i do hate altezzas

mooboy

Just curious, but would it make sense to mask off the Red portions of the tailights and tint the rest?, So you don't lose the brightness of the tail lights but get rid of the shiny altezza look?

ddub

Cool. What color is yours? I see a couple around the Kirkland area a lot.

ddub

I did a photoshop of it and thought it looked awful.

ddub

You'd probably be able to tell if you did that and be able to see the paint layer.

kw1k

I would just rather get over lays

hemanrulez

Haven't bought mine yet. Waiting for the 06's

tiggerlee

I'm curious, are going to have to buy stock replacements or are you going to try and restore those?

ddub

They are restored (and it's raining/wet in the pic btw).

I wet sanded all the tint off, cleaned/dried them, and reapplied clearcoat. Then wet sanded and polished.

Moonrover333

if you want to try again and have it very glossy and nice try this:

(compliments of focaljet.com)

I know there were a few ppl who's been wanting to darken their taillights but are scared to do so but afraid it might turn dull or if they decide they dont want it anymore that they're stuck with it. Well ppl been asking me how I did my taillights because it didn't look dull because it was a TINT.

The window tint I get though is not a regualar type of window tint that you use to tint your windows but a static cling tint. It's a soft "InstaCling" tint that sticks plastic or windows, you can take it on and off.

If you really want to try it it's around 10 bucks at Walmart, just make sure you get the "CLING" tint, you can open it and check if it's the soft rubbery film. ALl it takes is a lil cutting, playing, strtching and it should be fine. I also recommend getting the lil squeegy to take the bubbles and a sprayer with a lildish soap so u can reall smoothen it out. There's also a few grades of tint, the one I got was a 20% dark, I think it says grey, but that should work. If you need a pic of it on my car I'll try to look for a pic or need the actual box of the film, I know I still have them somewhere. Hope this helps.



i've seen this in person and it looks really good and seems to last very well also best part is that if cops don;t like you can just peel off while he stands right there let him sign off on it than put it back later


good luck if you wanna try it hope it worx for you