a couple weeks ago i did this w/ vhs nightshades and wow turned out great better then i thought

i still need to paint the 2 bolts black or find some black ones to put in there

after

before( best i had)

 

looks like u used nightshades?

nice

 

Those look sweet!! I want to do that to my third light as well. Where do you get the night shades? Also I want to blackout the dumb reflectors on the mirrors. Can you buy night shades for the reflectors too?

 

Looks good.. I did the same thing a few weeks ago but went a step further and painted the outside border with satin black paint so only the center is translucent..

 

Fantastic looking truck!!!!!!

You consider doing something about the "white looking" surround on the tails?

I only ask as I'm looking for options myself. On that note, I can't belive AVS etc make the blackout trim for the headlights, but not tails. They'd sell so many on 09 F150s where so many complain!

 

I purchased the Recon smoked light and it looks exactly like the ones you guys posted above...on the website they show it to have some depth but it doesn't....its black.

Here is the website picture...I emailed them saying that the webste picture is misleading but never got a response.

o well. hope it doesn't leak....

 

i got my night shades at advanced auto parts but any parts house should have it. and night shades is a spray on translucent. i did my reflectors as well but dont have an pics. i hated the orange/amber mirror reflectors lol


yes night shades was used


Thank you every one for the complements my hids are going ti be installed in the next couple days. so keep an eye out

 

if you think of anything let me know
hahah never really thought about it toying with the idea to black out the tails but idk yet. as i almost never see my tail light lol i back into almost every spot but my driveway hahah only see front of the truck

 

I'm assuming you guys took the third brake light off to paint it. Any problem with the seal when puting it back on? Just had the third brake light leak fixed in my 2010 and dont want that to come back and bite me in the ****. Either way I need to darken mine since I put on the hd tails, even my wife thinks so, and she doesn't usually comment on things like that.

 

No problems for me. The seal is just a rubber/foam gasket. If you just had it replaced, there shouldn't be any problems. I would hope the dealer replaced the gasket and didn't use butyl or silicone.

 

Was thinking about changing my 3rd light also, but was concerned about the lack of light for the box light being blacked out, any ideas??

 

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blackout LED tails/3rd brake

 

where you get those tails from?

 

I found these on ebay and put AVS blackout covers on them until I have them professionally sprayed in the future.