[Guest]

I been spending quite a bit of time thinking about the appearance of the rear of my car. I wanted to get it stealth like ish. So de-badged it apart from the special Griffin logo (Matches the front). I have put a carbon souround around the number plate. But I always felt the red rear lights were always too bright. I have seen a number of 9K's around with really smokey coloured rear panels. Today I found a can of lens tinting spray, so I gave it a bash..

The clear section of the estate tail lamps are slightly smoked already, so I masked them off and only sprayed the red lenses. The transformation is instant.. I have used two coats but I fancy going darker all over. I will wait and have a light brightness check tonight and also check with a local MOT station as to how dark can I go.. :cheesy:

Whoops should given the tail pipes a polish


Finn

 

[Simon]

Looks good! Years ago (many years ago ) plod try to do me for a defective rear taillight on my moped. It had broken and I taped up and painted it red ;oops: ( I was really skint at the time) so it wasn't a very bright red light. It went to court, but I was let off as it seems as long as the tail light shows red there is no law as to how bright it needs to be. That was a long time ago mind you, so things may have changed since then, so I would still check with your MOT bloke.

 

[Guest]

The more I look at it the more I want to spray 1 coat over the clear lenses as well, what do ya recon ?

 

[Simon]

I reckon it would look good. What is the name of the stuff you used?

 

[Guest]

Simon its called "Tail Light tinting spray" by Savage.. It comes in other tints as well..

Finn

 

[john tanner]

Many years ago i bought a rear light tinting kit for my VW Scirocco and it came with brighter bulbs to complete the transformation the rear lenses when i had done them were nearly black and looked really cool. When i had it M.O.T'd it failed because of the reflectors that are inbuilt into the clusterwere not reflecting so i had to buy some aftermarket stick on ones for the test then took them off when i had the M.O.T. I also fitted a high level break light to stop anyone saying they couldn't see the brake lights after they had **** ended me...Looks cool though!!!!

 

[Chris 9-5]

Yep, very cool

I didnt smoke my lenses today...................just a couple of BMWs :cheesy:

 

[Maliberti]

I didnt smoke my lenses today...................just a couple of BMWs :cheesy:

ROFLMAO!

You have a VERY nice Saab. WOW One of the best looking cars ever.

 

[OddyseusDSM]

tint the tops, too bright now

 

[Guest]

tint the tops, too bright now

I think your right Oddy, out with the spray again today I feel :cheesy:

 

[Guest]

Ok I sprayed the top half, Iam very pleased :cheesy:

 

[pda]

Its looking very Nice Finn, Shame about your dull tailpipes :cheesy: :cheesy:


Paul

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Full Throttle until you see God, then Brake...

 

[Guest]

Its looking very Nice Finn, Shame about your dull tailpipes :cheesy: :cheesy:

Paul

Cheers bud, dont worry about the tailpipes, youd never get close enough to see how dirty they are.

 

[pda]

:cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:


you never know Finn the old stealth T8 monster, surprises a lot of euroboxes ....................

Paul

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Full Throttle until you see God, then Brake...

 

[95 Aero]

I think if you tint the windows it will look even better

 

[Guest]

you never know Finn the old stealth T8 monster, surprises a lot of euroboxes ....................

Paul_____________________________________
Full Throttle until you see God, then Brake...

I dont dought that for one sec

I think if you tint the windows it will look even better

Its on my to do list, cant decide what to go for yet, quite fancy the metalic blue finish :cheesy:

 

[NGB]

hi Finn,

my 2 cents ,,, i not like this tinted rear lights... becose this not save at sity driving ... all oponents are nor see you good ... as day light and stop light...
this my opinion

 

[Guest]

my 2 cents ,,, i not like this tinted rear lights... becose this not save at sity driving ... all oponents are nor see you good ... as day light and stop light...
this my opinion

I dont live in a city :cheesy: Dont forget that we have high level brake lights as well. Actually I checked last night and the lights are still pretty bright..

 

[95 Aero]

Plastic Lens Tinting Spray

I was looking in my Demon Tweeks catalogue today and found the product you used Finn, It says,

"Designed for show use and may not be legal for road use"

?????

 

[Guest]

I was looking in my Demon Tweeks catalogue today and found the product you used Finn, It says,

"Designed for show use and may not be legal for road use"

?????

The key word is MAY not be legal, they are covering thier backsides because you can put this spray on pretty thick if you wanted too. I checked with my local garage and they said mine wasnt a problem at all, infact if I hadnt pointed it out they wouldnt have noticed it :lol: . Actually since I have done this I have been looking around and there a number of stock cars out there with even darker lights... :cheesy: