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nightshading tails, side inicators and front foggies
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:55 pm
by J
as described above ive gone down to autobarn and gotten a bottle of nightsahde ($16) and before i go and attack my fto's ass with it, does anyone have pics of their nightshaded tail lights at night? With their lights on?
This might help anyone else who is considering to do the same mod. Can you buy brighter globes for all your lights?
Im trying to get my car as stealth as possible
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:40 pm
by I8A4RE
Mate at night they arent a problem its at daylight you should be worried about. Ask borepyang he followed me from goldie to coffs harbour (about 5hr drive) and said he couldnt see me braking once
You can get led bulbs which are apparently bright but you need something to go with them to stop them flashing fast (ie for the indicators).
check out my gallery im not sure if i have one taken with the lights on night though
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:58 pm
by nvr2low
you have to buy a different type of relay to stop them clinking so fast. I painted my foggies silver and got rid of the orange plastic and people always give me the finger during the day because they cnt see me indicate from the front.
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:29 pm
by rock_it
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:16 pm
by J
sweet thanx for the info and pics
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:55 pm
by bushido
Jay I would recommend doing all the tinting from the inside. It looks heaps better and is less defectable.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:53 am
by rock_it
When you tint on the inside though, it takes more light out ... So is harder to see during the day and night ... So if you did the same amount of coats, the reduction in light is quite significant.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:12 am
by sublime19
Arrgghhhh I hate the term "police"
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:47 pm
by Bennoz
+1
I'll update the w0rd filter!
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:55 pm
by sublime19
police
Edit: ok not working yet =p
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:17 pm
by I8A4RE
police police police popop
nah stiil not yet
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:46 pm
by Bennoz
Gah!
*embolisms*
Ok, thats got it now
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:43 pm
by BorepYano
if you don't go crazy like what simon did, it shouldn't be much of a problem, maybe just do 1 or 2 coats. or you can do what sam did ages ago use a template and leave holes for the lights in the tinting
I8A4RE wrote:Mate at night they arent a problem its at daylight you should be worried about. Ask borepyang he followed me from goldie to coffs harbour (about 5hr drive) and said he couldnt see me braking once
You can get led bulbs which are apparently bright but you need something to go with them to stop them flashing fast (ie for the indicators).
check out my gallery im not sure if i have one taken with the lights on night though
not seeing you brake is not the problem, the problem is that no one can see you indicating, so i had to cut quite a few ppl off trying to follow you since i had no warning (and i had no idea where to go) lol
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:40 pm
by J
hey i did mine today... and i did quite a few coats... they dried so easily because it was hot and i went over and over... they are like simons now and they are just a tad too dark... indicators are bright but normal lights a the back are a bit dull so... im putting in led's for the brakes and indicators ($30 for 2 bulbs) and getting the relays aswell... but it looks so fkn sick... pics will come soon
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:45 pm
by I8A4RE
BorepYano wrote:if you don't go crazy like what simon did, it shouldn't be much of a problem, maybe just do 1 or 2 coats. or you can do what sam did ages ago use a template and leave holes for the lights in the tinting
I8A4RE wrote:Mate at night they arent a problem its at daylight you should be worried about. Ask borepyang he followed me from goldie to coffs harbour (about 5hr drive) and said he couldnt see me braking once
You can get led bulbs which are apparently bright but you need something to go with them to stop them flashing fast (ie for the indicators).
check out my gallery im not sure if i have one taken with the lights on night though
not seeing you brake is not the problem, the problem is that no one can see you indicating, so i had to cut quite a few ppl off trying to follow you since i had no warning (and i had no idea where to go) lol
sucks to be you then
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:10 am
by J
updated my gallery with the nightshaded tails
http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... emId=18358
My exaust needs a good push back inside behind the back bar which will be done soon
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:10 am
by eddiii
Looks HOt, now just need the fog lights to be tinted too ^^
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:35 am
by rock_it
How much day driving do you do
Looks good, but P plates, Stereo, Sports Car, heavily tinted lights with no reflector, is going to be a cops dream ...
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:53 am
by J
rock_it wrote:How much day driving do you do
Looks good, but P plates, Stereo, Sports Car, heavily tinted lights with no reflector, is going to be a cops dream ...
Subs have been removed, so loud music isnt going to be a problem.... But good call on the reflectors... Ill buy one and put it where my p plates are.
Lol i drive heeps during the day.... I pass by 3 cop stations on the way to work aswell
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:04 pm
by rock_it
Hopefully they will not give you any trouble ...
I was lucky with the Sonata, but it was not too dark ... But the car did have an un-engineered Evo III engine in it, and that never got questioned...
