So I've wanted smoked tail lights for a while. I however was not necessarily willing to spray tint them and I'm not incredibly fond of Laminex. So I was talking with a buddy of mine and he told me a guy on SR-20 forums gave his tail lights that "smoked" look with Pantyhose. I laughed and realized he was serious so, skeptical I took out the passenger side tail light and began fighting a black pantyhose over it. I got a tear in the first one and it was not really noticeably darker. I then got a larger darker pair and went at it again. I think the results are fairly impressive. I do think they are a little too dark but being in Miami right now I don't care because I know I wont get harassed by the local men in blue.
So here is a low quality side-by-side camera phone picture we took yesterday (makes them look REALLY dark)
We took some more pictures today that I feel are a little more accurate as to how they look but as I said they are dark, I wouldn't mind picking up a lighter pair of pantyhose and giving it another shot.
...Here is one with the lights and rear fogs on.
We also did a video of me cycling through all the lights. I feel like a big benefit of "smoking" them this way is the light goes through them very well. At night you can't even tell there is something over them IMO.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2RRXx0R6I5Y
Let me know what you think... try not to be too hard on me though
Oh I also know that my car is not de-badged.
I'll post some night pictures later.
Smoked tail lights in 10min
