jballer323 Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 I thought of an idea for my taillights today...Do yall think it would look good if i got the tails painted to match the silver birch paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04CHASE Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 im not a fan of painted to match lights unless they are black. how ever with the stock lights being red youll have to shoot alot of silver on them to make them look good. when you paint tails you use mostly clear coat for the smoke or color match and make it like a candy color. if you were to go with a few light coats it might look ok but it also might re act with the red and make it look like some weird color somewhere in between. but if you go with more coats then you may have hard time with lighting. , it would be fun to experiment and see how it works. but id obtain a second set just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Silv Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 I think just smoking them would look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitches040 Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 It maybe the Law Enforcement in me ... But why would either Paint or Smoke tailights??? They are the lights that advise other operaters that you are slowing down or stopping!!! I don't know why you would want to hamper the other idiots on the road's, abiltiy to see you stop/brake. Drivers nowadays have a lot more distractions, and painting the tailights seems like a surefire way of getting rear-ended. But on a side note ... I do like the look of the Smoked tails with the Black SSS's ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jballer323 Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 is there anyway for someone to do a photoshop of this? And would it come out some odd color? or is there a way i can get a second set of tails that look the same that are clear? Any help is appreciated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04CHASE Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 i agree stiches, this is also another reason i got the led tails , with the led,s being so much brighter than the oe halogens even with the smoke they are still brighter than the stock lights. no to mention the red reflectors are stil visible within 200 ft so im all legit. you can get the led style lights in clear. they dont look half bad either as long as they got some paint on em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitches040 Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 i agree stiches, this is also another reason i got the led tails , with the led,s being so much brighter than the oe halogens even with the smoke they are still brighter than the stock lights. no to mention the red reflectors are stil visible within 200 ft so im all legit. you can get the led style lights in clear. they dont look half bad either as long as they got some paint on em. Good point ... didn't even think about the LED's .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanis520 Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 im not a fan of painted to match lights unless they are black. how ever with the stock lights being red youll have to shoot alot of silver on them to make them look good. when you paint tails you use mostly clear coat for the smoke or color match and make it like a candy color. if you were to go with a few light coats it might look ok but it also might re act with the red and make it look like some weird color somewhere in between. but if you go with more coats then you may have hard time with lighting. , it would be fun to experiment and see how it works. but id obtain a second set just in case. perfectly stated. i think it would look like crap. you might as well just take the tail lights out and weld up the holes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT13 Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 that's the only reason I added a line of fire. my tails are visible, but I didn't want to get rear ended in the middle of the day by an elderly woman because she couldn't see me braking. as far as silver, I think the black on silver combo would look far better. I'm not a fan of color matching everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlkSSnCpt Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Yeah i dont think it would be such a good idea but maybe try wat Chase said, get some LED tail maybe lik his and them apply some coats to those. but im still not sure it would look that great but good luck with it.... -Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBlueSS Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 PimpSS's tails are color matched, and it does look pretty good. He also hs the line of fire on his, and if it wasn't for that he'd be hard to follow. LOL. That's the only big downside to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WI_Dave Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 I bet if you got some clear ebay ones then you could paint them without the fear of the red screwing up the color. Then get red led repalcement bulbs and it should be bright enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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