Hi guys, I recently purchased a set of taillights at a good price and am wanting to paint it black.

Who has done it themselves? Any guides/hints that will make it easier somewhat?

Cheers

painting it black on the internal part around the reflector or the external glass?

If u mean the external glass, i'd have a try with getting it vinyl'd smoked black, etc instead of painting it. Just in case it doesnt grow on me, i can always take it off.

But will be keen to see yours done. Keep it updated =D

I was referring to painting the insides, to match the oem look haha.

I believe JIZTEZ used the tint vinyl here.. I've emailed/pmed nosrab about the video but no reply so far haha

I believe painting the outsides is also illegal.

Another reason why I wanna paint the housing :)
Not too sure on the law and don't wanna take the risk.

Is that illegal? Oh whoops.
I heard before that as long as light visibility is more than 35% you may pass wof...

Quite a few of us have painted the internal chrome reflector black. The Badger (ThunderChicken) Cody, is the man to talk to. I did mine, but Cody has got it down to a fine art :-) He does headlights aswell. It is not illegal to paint the insides. Though I'm not sure about tinting the outside.

Do you guys still know if thunderchicken is still around. I think i PM'd him over 2 months ago never got back to me. (for the Matte Black Tailights?) I ended up purchasing the Dark housing headlights from Stephen.

Yes he is! I shall email this thread to him now :)

I searched online and found a few DIYs on painting the tails.. Did it today and was pleased with the results..

Can you post up the diy threads that you used wouldn't mind doing this too

I followed this guide here but painted it differently, as seen in the photo i uploaded earlier..

More photos of the lights installed..



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Thought about going white on white, front & back?

Seen a white tez with white on white, didn't like it :)