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nite-shade yes or no?
should I nite-shade my tails? I'm gonna upgrade with LED back up lights, so I'm gonna paint the whole tail for a cleaner look... so YES or NO

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dont nite shades if you tint them. use mcmaster rc car tint.
 
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that stuff wont come off in a car wash will it? I'll check into it tho...
 
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tape off the reverse light! I like how mine turned out even tho there kinda dark

 
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i say do it as long as you only use 2-3 light coats. blacked out looks awful if you ask me
 
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no..
 
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Do them dark if you're gonna do it... but a lil lighter than lone ranger's IMO
 
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Originally Posted by jtslmn720
i say do it as long as you only use 2-3 light coats. blacked out looks awful if you ask me
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I'm just gonna do a whole coat, very light, just to make them look crimson...

 
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i am doing the same thing, nite shading led tailights
 
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i am doing the same thing, nite shading led tailights
This I wanna see! lol
 
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i will post pics, it will be 2 weeks or so.
 
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I did find some newer LED tails, newer than the ones that surfaced about 3 months ago... these look like chevy tails w/ two sets of LED sections...
 
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i think i know which ones you are talking about, those are the ones i want.
 
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hehe... these?



I just found some newer than these... but close!
 
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exactly, also these:
 
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yeah, thas them! they look good don't they?
 
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yeah they do look nice. the ones you posted would fit my 02 even though they say 01, they look the same...only LED
 
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no, sorry, they dont lol
 
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Originally Posted by 07SPORT
I'm just gonna do a whole coat, very light, just to make them look crimson...

Do it to where they come out like the car above and it'll look great!

p.s. I like the suspension drop PS, it looks good.
 
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no, sorry, they dont lol
you don't like them? there not too bad.
 
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ive never been much for leds anyway so im kinda partial
 
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where's the link for those 06 leds?! I WANT THEM lol
 
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ha... see there is/was only one set on ebay...I didn't buy them... I'm gonna tint the 06's... much cheaper...thanks Trigger! I've learned a good bit in my Graphic Design I class... drops are easy though...
 
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There was only 1 set of those?! WTF?!
 
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