"How To" black out your reverse lights....

Straight1.8 · 2008-04-02 22:55:09

again i wanted to do this and posting this up incase someone else does....this is also on my cardomain page, page 3......I think it looks good...

1.Remove the middle piece that your license plate sits in, there are 4 8mm bolts inside the trunk by the reverse ligh bulb, remove your liscense plate, and you have to yank the little white snap in the middle...pics below, in order..

2. Tape off everything that you dont want to paint.

3. Sand the reverse lights with 1500 grit, just to remove any gloss on it.

4. This is the paint I used...I was just blacking them out, not tinting them, thats just me...hehe...

5. Paint however dark you want them, then clearcoat them just so the paint wont chip.

6. Take off the tape and reinstall the piece doing step 1 backwards.
7. The finished product. The second pic is with the car in reverse.

2k4Spec · 2008-04-02 22:56:30

Nice, but a little too dark, i'd get the nightsheild and just layer that...

illestfob · 2008-04-02 23:00:25

hmm i might vht mines like this..

Straight1.8 · 2008-04-02 23:01:02

yea im gonna do that for my tails and spoiler light.....i got that film on there now, but it didnt fit all the way and its not sticking all over, so im going tomorrow to get that stuff.....might even darken the amber in the headlights, just the corner.....where can i find that??? advanced auto???

blkspec_v · 2008-04-04 01:08:35

i personally like how bright my reverse lights are, IMO it looks cheap when they're lit up because you can see the spotting, but thats just me, nice write up though.

Straight1.8 · 2008-04-04 01:24:12

^^^^^that really doesnt bother me cause they only come on when im in reverse....its not like you see them all the time......when im not in reverse they look great.....and thats all i care about....thanks by the way

blkspec_v · 2008-04-04 01:38:22

^^true, didnt think about that, does look good when they're not on though, but you already knew that

Straight1.8 · 2008-04-04 01:48:28

hehe....its all good....i just showed that pic to show how dark they were.....plus i wanted to see how dark they were too......hehe....but i like em......really blacks it out......now i just need to pick up some VHT for the tails and spoiler light....

Straight1.8 · 2008-04-04 19:58:19

So here are the Tailights with Nightshade and the corner of my headlights....

marik · 2008-04-04 20:05:35

i'd like to see a picture of your corners with the lights on at night.

snowghost440 · 2008-04-04 20:06:05

i used VHT on mine and they look siiiiiick, mine pooled a little bit becuase i was impatient but you can only tell when thier on (for no more than 5 seconds at a time)

this is the only pic of them that i have and you cant even tell thier there =]

Straight1.8 · 2008-04-04 20:10:55

ill post a pic of them on in a little bit, it just got dark out and i gotta go wash her for the meet tomorrow......they dont light up unless the blinker is on.....but ill get some pics up soon

Straight1.8 · 2008-04-04 21:33:47

Here is a pic of the corner at night with the corner light on....and two pics with the blinker going....

griebs18 · 2008-04-05 01:49:01

haha...i just got my spec on saturday and i looked at my back end of the car and said to myself...i really need to tint those reverse lights or something

haha...good writeup...ill take this into consideration...probly a little lighter on the tints tho for my taste...but looks good

becundo · 2008-08-14 14:50:29

i would tint them instead of paint them

rexdriver85 · 2008-08-14 15:42:16

i love how bright the reverse lights are, especially at night backing down a hill you aren't familiar with, i'd only do this on a show car

ankit · 2008-08-16 00:44:10

rexdriver85 wrote:
i love how bright the reverse lights are, especially at night backing down a hill you aren't familiar with, i'd only do this on a show car

That's waht I was thinking. I'd just get some brighter hyper white bulbs and call it a day. But I'm guessing most of these guys live in well lit cities so they don't have to worry about that too much.

tristatesentra · 2008-08-22 18:52:39

pretty nice do you ever get pulled over with those.I may wanna try this or go with the bluebat overlay's

mikeeonfiya · 2008-08-23 16:04:48

i've tried yanking on the little white piece in the back it won't budge. i took a plier, needle nose plier, etc it wont budge

QR25DEchic · 2008-08-23 16:07:17

when i did mine i just taped everything off and sprayed them with VHT ..i guess that's the lazy way..but i didn't like how it looked so i took the tint off...nice job though! i also did my 3rd brake light on the spoiler..it's a nice touch if you're blacking everything out.

Last edited by QR25DECHIC (2008-08-23 16:09:36)

specvicious49 · 2008-09-19 23:51:31

would i get stopped by a cop if i black out reverse lights?

snowghost440 · 2008-09-20 17:43:38

specvicious49 wrote:
would i get stopped by a cop if i black out reverse lights?

i never get pulled over for them, but then again my car is black so you cant even tell theres lights there cuz it just looks like the paint on the car. once a cop was being a dick and wrote me up for everything he could and he missed the tinted reverse's. but if your not a black spec then idk if you would or not

Straight1.8 · 2008-09-20 18:06:48

i never have.............i have been warned about the tail though

ProZach626 · 2008-09-20 18:11:40

it's easier to just tape them up while they are on the car

Obsidian · 2008-09-21 01:03:57

A for effort. F for funtion.

I love the way I can see behind my car when my reverse lights are on. It's all about function over form for me. If it works then ok.

Does look good though.

6speedspecv03 · 2008-09-21 14:16:47

i did mine a lil bit left the middle of them the pik is extra crappy but looks good in person.....

WhiteAzn2 · 2008-12-05 17:17:54

ya i would tint them and not paint them cuz they really dont have a glossy look but i did tint my tailights though thats my opinion and im going to tint my reverse lights now but it looks nice on ur car but u cant see them when u reverse, i want to see mine cuz i have blue led reverse liights so i want to see them.... and ya people i have seen my friends get pulled over having there talights too dark but i have my lights smoked out so they dont bother me but if they are to dark they can give u a ticket if they are a dick so watch out but neways your car still does look nice good job

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