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boggtown 09-22-2006 09:38 PM

Painted Rear Taillights
 
Painted the rear tailights and they look pretty good. Im still gonna do the front and side markers, but the back needed it the most. And I used the nite shades stuff, but it was accualy 18 dollars instead of 17, lol.

FIG 09-22-2006 10:03 PM

Looks the "Shizle" :cool:

Legal??

On Black, that looks better than clears

boggtown 09-22-2006 10:46 PM

The can says for offroad use only, but the light shines through just perfect (amber is amber, the reverse light is even white, red is red, etc..). But its a special translucent paint so I shouldnt get any crap from cops.

Porschekid 09-25-2006 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boggtown
The can says for offroad use only, but the light shines through just perfect (amber is amber, the reverse light is even white, red is red, etc..). But its a special translucent paint so I shouldnt get any crap from cops.

I wouldn't be so sure. Looks good though... hopefully you don't get hassled for it.

CJ_Boxster 09-25-2006 09:32 AM

Looks pretty good, Im glad you didnt black them out so much like that dude on ebay selling them for like 300 bucks. How well do they shine? would you beable to wax over the smoke paint after it sets?...like, to increase the glossy look?

boggtown 09-26-2006 09:55 AM

I will try to wax some of one tailight to see if it does shine up, but my real plan is to clear coat them. The thing is that they could be shiny but you have to put the paint on so thick itd run, so I just did light coats. Its still glossy, just not like the car. I am doing the fronts and side markers today so I will have pics up soon. I guess I should have put this thread in the general discusion considering only 3 people replied, seems liek no one cares about the show and tell, lol.

FIG 09-26-2006 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boggtown
seems liek no one cares about the show and tell, lol.

:( I care ;)

I look forward to the progress pics of your black tail/head lights :cool:

mikefocke 09-26-2006 04:01 PM

Stupid, Illegal
 
As you'll find out the first time you are rear-ended (ask me how I know....minimum of $3k)

boggtown 09-26-2006 04:10 PM

Here is the finished product. Tell me about the rear ended thing though, if it does happen I will try to paint strip it on site, lol.

CJ_Boxster 09-26-2006 04:49 PM

Whoa! that first picture makes your car resemble a 997!

redman12 09-26-2006 06:08 PM

You wanna take a picture with the lights on :)

Jeph 09-26-2006 06:14 PM

What about the center brake light?

boggtown 09-26-2006 07:48 PM

For now I am leaving the center brake light. I kinda like it red. Like ive said in earlier posts, I wanted the spyder "all red" tail lights, but black is a very very good compromise. Besides, I dont want to be too monochrome. Here are some pics with the lights on, and like I said, just about all the light comes through. And I used my camera phone so the quality isnt the greatest.

FIG 09-26-2006 10:45 PM

:cool:

I likey!!!!

Love to see some decent photos though :)

Jeph 09-27-2006 03:58 PM

Simulated 996
 
Check it, if you dip the line you could make it slightly resemble a 996...

http://www.kryzak.com/storage/986-996wannabe.jpg

boggtown 09-27-2006 06:20 PM

I really do like the 996 lights, but I would only be able to do that if they were clears and painted the rest of the marker black. It would be very hard to paint it silver and keep it from looking "ghetto". Its definately sweet though if there was a way.


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