listy Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Decided to tint my rear lights today with E-Tech Smoked tinting spray. (Thanks Jon (DownImpact) for the spray ) One can has done three coats on both lights, and I have put on two coats of laquer to help protect the tint. They have come up quite dark, but you can still see the lenses through the tint a bit in person, and the lights do shine through quite nicely Edited May 20, 2012 by listy (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Now has pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Why did you use facelift lights? You would have made money by selling these and buying pre facelift, even after you'd bought the paint etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 To be honest I didnt realise they were lol The tint is easily removable with paint thinner/terps/white spirit anyway. So not a problem if I decide to go back the way they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra N_A Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 looks to chavy now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Night Pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 You do realise that your car will now fail an mot ? You need a reflector on the rear of your vehicle somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 looks to chavy now I disagree. On a white car I think that looks very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 You do realise that your car will now fail an mot ? You need a reflector on the rear of your vehicle somewhere Will the reflector part not work through the tint? Or is it only shining out that works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 They look fine to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 (edited) The reflector is still visible when you shine light on it. You can see it in the pics where the lights are off the car. Thats the finished product. They do look darker on the car, but the pics dont show it very well and make them look a lot darker. Just had a look again this morning, and the reflectors are visible Edited May 20, 2012 by listy (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 i disagree. On a white car i think that looks very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashbuster Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 looks good and suits the car. even if it would fail a mot you could always borrow someones rears come mot time then change back when you have passed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 To be honest, the MOT isn't a big fear of mine, as I have a "friendly" tester However, If he did have a problem with it, then as you said Ash, just swap them for MOT (which isnt due until December anyway ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkddav3 Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 look nice bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 we were doing this in the 80's on Capris and Cortinas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 we were doing this in the 80's on Capris and Cortinas That means its still very cool then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Will the reflector part not work through the tint? Or is it only shining out that works? No I've already had a run in with the law and they told me to change them otherwise I will be getting a fine , it's a shame because the c-west covers looked great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Ive never had an issue with tinting and passing mots. To be fair colin was stopped by the police last year due to number plate size and they said nothing about his lights and they look black. Im doing mine next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 The copper that pulled me said there needs to be a reflector and shined his touch into the cluster and there was no reflection from the reflective ring from the red light so I swapped them over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safcdixon Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 You could always just get a little stick on reflector for Mot, then take it off afterwards! I had this problem on a nova, except the lenses were clear, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 The coppers round my area seem to be pretty good when it comes to my car. As some may have seen, my front plate isnt exactly 100% "legal", and they never ask about that. The only problem I've ever had was because the colour of the car didnt match the V5, explained that I never checked the colour on the V5 (who does?) and sent it off and they were happy. If they do pull me for the lights, then I'll just figure out a way to get a stick on reflector somehow and make it look good. But as I said, look in the first pics, and you can clearly see the reflector shining through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 No I've already had a run in with the law and they told me to change them otherwise I will be getting a fine , it's a shame because the c-west covers looked great The C-West covers are quite a bit darker than these when seen in person. As I said, the tints aren't actually as dark as they look in the pics of them in the car. The true tint is better visible in the pics of the lights off the car. The reflectors do shine through, so wont have a problem, unless the Roz decide to be anal, which very rarely happens round my way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 The C-West covers are quite a bit darker than these when seen in person. As I said, the tints aren't actually as dark as they look in the pics of them in the car. The true tint is better visible in the pics of the lights off the car. The reflectors do shine through, so wont have a problem, unless the Roz decide to be anal, which very rarely happens round my way lol fair one, there is a copper round my way who has an absolute hard on for me............................ i hate the pri@k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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