i tinted them myself about 3 weeks ago. 15-20 coats of tint, about 10 clear coats. DOT and other lettering has been sanded off, tails were also wet-sanded before tinting. i also did the dual rear fog conversion. $100 +shipping
car was filthy, my apologies..
http://img28.exs.cx/img28/2669/smokedtailssmall5sb.jpg
reflectors still work..
http://img28.exs.cx/img28/2760/tailreflectorsmall0gp.jpg
audihere
03-27-2005, 09:22 PM
not to rain on ur parade or anything but u can get ones that have smoke plastic in that year for 75 bux of ebay.
BFlan
03-27-2005, 10:19 PM
you mean those altezzas?! those things are uglier than sin.
here's a better pic of the finish on the taillights..and a less disgusting car...
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/5198/backleftsmall5pv.jpg
Audiggity
03-27-2005, 11:29 PM
Just out of curiosity, do you have a pic of them lit up @ night?
BFlan
03-27-2005, 11:38 PM
actually i don't. they are a little bit darker than stock, but not much, that's why i did the foglight conversion.
A4hud_
03-28-2005, 01:19 AM
I have a silver 2001tq, tint sprayed it equally to yours and got pulled over. U have same problems?
BFlan
03-28-2005, 05:05 AM
for sure, i wouldn't recommend these to people in cali, ny, nj, or any other state where the cops know their sh!t. but if you live out in timbucktoo, you'll be alright. or if you don't give a f*$k (i thought i didn't give a f*$k until i got pulled over, then i gave that f*$k up with a quickness)
here does that help u visualize things better and they are probally legal
yea, those are COMPLETELY different from mine. any aftermarket taillight is illegal, as well as any modification to stock taillights. still 100 bucks plus shipping. these tails are BLACK, you can't buy tails like this anywhere (otherwise i would have). they are beyond smoked. (but the reflectors and lights still function fine). those altezzas are hideous.
spool twice
03-31-2005, 12:44 PM
ORIGINAL: BFlan2001
i tinted them myself about 3 weeks ago. 15-20 coats of tint, about 10 clear coats. DOT and other lettering has been sanded off, tails were also wet-sanded before tinting. i also did the dual rear fog conversion. $100 +shipping
car was filthy, my apologies..
http://img28.exs.cx/img28/2669/smokedtailssmall5sb.jpg
reflectors still work..
http://img28.exs.cx/img28/2760/tailreflectorsmall0gp.jpg
you need to wet sand, or get them smooth with 3m. i did this to my evo but used 3m fine grit rubbing compound and then zymol fine grit wax over that... they look like the rest of the paint on the car. they will look nice with them smoothed.
BFlan2001
04-04-2005, 07:58 AM
hhmmm... thanks for the suggestion...i might just keep em if i can get the finish smooth...
00A41.8Quattro
04-08-2005, 04:11 PM
yea, those are COMPLETELY different from mine. any aftermarket taillight is illegal, as well as any modification to stock taillights. still 100 bucks plus shipping. these tails are BLACK, you can't buy tails like this anywhere (otherwise i would have). they are beyond smoked. (but the reflectors and lights still function fine). those altezzas are hideous.
Not all aftermarket lights are illegal, 9 times out of 10 they have a DOT approval on the bottom left or bottom right
BFlan2001
04-12-2005, 05:41 AM
ORIGINAL: 00A41.8Quattro
yea, those are COMPLETELY different from mine. any aftermarket taillight is illegal, as well as any modification to stock taillights. still 100 bucks plus shipping. these tails are BLACK, you can't buy tails like this anywhere (otherwise i would have). they are beyond smoked. (but the reflectors and lights still function fine). those altezzas are hideous.
Not all aftermarket lights are illegal, 9 times out of 10 they have a DOT approval on the bottom left or bottom right