Smoked Tails for free
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Smoked Tails for free
Ahh the joys of being a painter, lol. I got bored today and experimented with some old broken tails before doing mine. man do they look sweet..a couple of guys with mini trucks want theirs done now.
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I sanded the whole light with 600, masked off the reverse light, three coats of clear w/ a little black base in it, then unmasked the reverse light and one coat of clear on the whole light.. not even an hour..
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I always thought that if I did tint my lights I would leave the reverse section untinted like yours, they look great. Here's another thought, move the braking/parking bulb to the reverse light section and add auxilery back up lights. Then put a good LED bulb cluster in the reverse section since its less surface area I think that the LED would be extremely bright. By doing this I would get the LED's that I wanted, the look of blacked out lights that I wanted, better reverse lighting that I wanted and a very original light set up. Sorry if this doesn't make sense.
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Originally Posted by ryanbeal
I always thought that if I did tint my lights I would leave the reverse section untinted like yours, they look great. Here's another thought, move the braking/parking bulb to the reverse light section and add auxilery back up lights. Then put a good LED bulb cluster in the reverse section since its less surface area I think that the LED would be extremely bright. By doing this I would get the LED's that I wanted, the look of blacked out lights that I wanted, better reverse lighting that I wanted and a very original light set up. Sorry if this doesn't make sense.
Don't be sorry - it makes perfect sense!
I was thinking of doing something very similar.
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Originally Posted by yellow stx
like red leds in the backup part???
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And nobody noticed the xlr on the gate, or the Laria chevy plate frame (I know it's fuzzy, I work there) I put it on Just cause I won't buy a chevy and they give me crap...
oh yea the xlr came off a caddy I painted, just couldn't throw away a $40 emblem
oh yea the xlr came off a caddy I painted, just couldn't throw away a $40 emblem
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Originally Posted by yellow stx
I sanded the whole light with 600, masked off the reverse light, three coats of clear w/ a little black base in it, then unmasked the reverse light and one coat of clear on the whole light.. not even an hour..