tinting taillights

so my friend has a mustang and is tinting his tail lights and wanted to know i i want to do mine too its some spray on stuff, it looks nice on his car but i dont know how a 73 nova would look with tinted tail lights. any body done this or seen it done?

This was a Friends car and I don't know how it was done. I believe it has tinted plastic glued on over the tail lights.
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd187/74sleeper/DSC_0009.jpg

ok how do you guys think it would look with a satin black car?

Maybe you can get some one to photo shop it for you. Here is a pick of a black 74
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd187/74sleeper/First%20time%20out/DSC_0012.jpg

Personally I wouldn't do it....not that it looks bad but it's another reason for the cops to bother you. Also, you take the chance of getting rearended or backing into something if someone cannot see your signals/brake lights.:no:

you take the chance of getting rear ended

And it would be your fault:yes:

Myself I want my safety equipment such as lights should be as bright as possible.

they wont be completly black just smoked

they wont be completly black just smoked

It wouldn't make a difference to any law enforcement, insurance co, or traffic court.
I'll share a true story of a buddy of mine back when we were teenagers...:rolleyes: He had a Trans Am, probably around a 79 or 80 model with the shaker hood. (The one with a hole in the middle and scoop that sat on top of the engine) He decided one day that he wanted to try to make his car look "cool" so he headed down to the local hot rod shop. He bought the biggest fiberglass hood scoop they had, proceeded to remove the factory scoop and bolt this montrosity over the hole in the hood. Keep in mind this scoop was intended for drag cars only, going straight down a track :eek: This thing literally sat probably close to a foot and a half high! He calls me over to his house to check it out and go on a pilot run. Good thing he didn't try to drive this thing by himself because he couldn't see any traffic on his passenger side :eek: He finally decided this wasn't the best thing for his car, even though he thought it was cool. This wasn't the only unsafe thing he's done to his vehicles but it's one I'll always remember.

I agree, if your going to drive it, don't darken them at all. You need all the visibility you can get. Older cars are allready at a disadvantage compared to newer cars with smaller tailights and fewer of them. The last thing you want to see when you exit your car is a wrinkled up quarter panel and tail panel....


Tommy :)

ok i pretty much told him now but he insisted i just see what it would look like i said it was gonna be to much black satin black car with window tint but thank you for all you input i have lost one nova and i dont whant to loose another one

you take the chance of getting rear ended

And it would be your fault:yes:

Not to be a smart guy,but even if someones brake lights are out and you hit them,it's still your fault.This still doesn't make it a good idea to tint the lenses though,I've done a couple S10's.

http://home.comcast.net/~chiphead6/blackout.jpg

For all of the above reasons. :no: