Partial tail light blackout kit installed
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Burning Brakes
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After going back-and-forth again and again trying to figure out whether I wanted to blacking out my tail lights or not I finally did something. I have been using some red throughout my car lately as a third color to the black-and-white color combo and now think that the red brake lights look pretty good so I just placed acrylic blackouts over the center clear sections.
Here are some shots in full sunlight.
Here are some shots in full sunlight.
Last edited by Thepiazza; Nov 3, 2014 at 11:14 AM.
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be careful if the blackout material is polaroid material because if a driver behind you is wearing polaroid sun glasses he may not see your brake lights come on as that happened to me and I almost hit the other car.
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Looks good!
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Its only tinting his reverse light area. Not the brakes..
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Nice meeting you at the car show Sun. My son and I walked over to your car but you weren't around. You've done a nice job with your mods so far but my sons favorite part was the matching remote control car!
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Here are some cool before and after pics he just sent me.
http://www.rpidesigns.com/images/c7-1095.jpg
You guys can always contact him by email as well.
donrpidesigns@gmail.com
http://www.rpidesigns.com/images/c7-1095.jpg
You guys can always contact him by email as well.
donrpidesigns@gmail.com
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Ever since I saw the tail lights I was always trying to figure out what it was about them that bugged me and now I've finally figured out it was the white lights inside the red. These partial blackouts are now a "must have" for me.
To the OP, are they easy to install? Is it possible to screw them up or are they fool-proof?
To the OP, are they easy to install? Is it possible to screw them up or are they fool-proof?
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Ever since I saw the tail lights I was always trying to figure out what it was about them that bugged me and now I've finally figured out it was the white lights inside the red. These partial blackouts are now a "must have" for me. To the OP, are they easy to install? Is it possible to screw them up or are they fool-proof?