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Old 03-12-2012, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by D'prived
I think tinting the tails would look good. Here's mine with black out panel, tinted tails and tail light bezel trim...


Wow, looks sweet!
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Old 03-12-2012, 06:33 PM
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I think tinted with the existing bezels would look great.

here is a shot of the tinted Raxiom's:

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Old 03-12-2012, 06:44 PM
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word of caution, be aware that tinting the tail lights too dark is dangerous. I've almost rear ended someone because they went pure black on their tail lights. they were in front of me, tailgating the person in front of them .. but their car was taller and I couldn't see there was a car in front of them. they slammed on their brakes (without locking up, so no real indication), I couldn't see brake lights, I just saw I was approaching them quickly. slammed on mine and barely avoided hitting them.

I have heard of multiple cases where a user with super dark tail lights has bee ruled at fault for accidents, too.

keep in mind, I am only referring those that are blacked out and the visibility of the lights themselves are compromised. plenty of tints allow enough through.
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Old 03-12-2012, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by pinn
I think tinted with the existing bezels would look great.

here is a shot of the tinted Raxiom's:

different is cool, but that 2010+ style is not my taste... American Muscle has raxioms that are smoked versions of the stockers, which is what I have on mine. Main difference between others, is that the reverse light location isn't tinted, so it throws the cops off about them being covers

http://www.americanmuscle.com/tailli...09-smoked.html

before and after:


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Old 03-12-2012, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by D'prived
I think tinting the tails would look good. Here's mine with black out panel, tinted tails and tail light bezel trim...



I think these would look best on your car! Just right.
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Old 03-12-2012, 09:17 PM
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Ehh black tailights on Torch Red look slightly out of place, IMO.
I think your tail lights look perfect the way they are.
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Old 03-12-2012, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by mayo
If I did anything, it would be a light smoke. You can give these a try and if you don't like them, pull them back off.

http://www.americanmuscle.com/smoked...trim-0509.html
This is what I have, Margarita. No problems with illumination. And if it's too dark, you might just be able to buy higher intensity bulbs...

Unedited photos:



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Old 03-12-2012, 10:02 PM
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On red cars, I don't think blacked out tails and rear side markers look right. Although since you have the blackout panel on the rear it could work, but don't touch those rear side markers.
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Old 03-12-2012, 10:07 PM
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Raxiom tinted replacement chops:



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Old 03-12-2012, 10:15 PM
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What you have now looks much better and won't be a safety risk.
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