Taillights Design

[chaldowhiteboy]

I had originally made my taillights fully tinted but i just started to begin to see how ugly it kinda looked and i wanted to spice it up a little. so what i did was use a whooooole bunch of tape and paint remover to come up with the design..
and here's how it looked:

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa297/chaldowhiteboy/4-1.jpg
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa297/chaldowhiteboy/4.jpg

but now, i even got sick of THAT and so i decided to make the design darker (i did the WHOLE process all over again):

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa297/chaldowhiteboy/6.jpg
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa297/chaldowhiteboy/6-1.jpg

it kinda looks funny in the difference in contrast of the camera but it doesn't make such a difference.
please, voice your opinions

[Grayishhues]

Personally I like it.

[xdforme22]

ditto

[CornbreadXD]

yeah i like it too

[joph09]

I like it alot too but I like the first tinted version, the last one is too dark

[Silentwolf]

:thumbsup:
VERY NICE!

Think u could be commisioned to do that with some hatchback lights?

[02grayelantra]

I like the darker tint alot! Looks very sharp. :)

[TheHybrid]

Sexy.

[SuperGLS]

I like Version 2 (the first ones you have pictured up there).

[yoodk64]

I really like it.. I was thinking about tinting my taillight like that.... :)

[mlumz]

looks good, a nice unique touch to the car

[Munky]

Very nice...it's always more rewarding when you do it yourself, isn't it?

[04 elantra cvvt]

Very nice. I like it a whole lot.

[atlwteboy240]

i like it what did you use to do to it?

[OPZ]

I was ganna do somthing like this, but I got to lazy to do it. VERY nice though!

[mayollo072R]

Xd wners (reffering t 01-03) are doomed with this mod since it will be illegal due the t the difference of the taillights between xd and xd2. They need to be tinted cmpletetly.

I'm inclined to do my own custom lights destroiying some altima tail lights
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=190117615147&rd=1,1
and some xd taillights with the smoked tail light covers made for them.

Need fiberglass mooulding and a lot of patience but I think that eventually I will do it.

[Catfish]

They look great.
I hate the german laws which make such a mod illegal :mad:

[mayollo072R]

They look great.
I hate the german laws which make such a mod illegal :mad:


So it is in the US.

[chaldowhiteboy]

Thank you ALL for the compliments!

:thumbsup:
VERY NICE!

Think u could be commisioned to do that with some hatchback lights?

yes! i did my friend's 01' tibby and they look freaking nice! if you live around san diego i could probably pitch in some of my time to do it for you!

Very nice...it's always more rewarding when you do it yourself, isn't it?

yeahhhh. i felt like i finished a marathon when i finally completed both of the lights! when i was just done with one of them.. i was like "ughh i still have another one to do, and i totally forgot!"

i like it what did you use to do to it?

it is the same type of paint you use to paint interior pieces, inside headlight pieces, and such things like that. you can make it as light as you want, and you can make it as dark as you want. the darker it is, the glossier finish it has. however, you can always put a clear coat to make it glossy if you want it light.

Xd wners (reffering t 01-03) are doomed with this mod since it will be illegal due the t the difference of the taillights between xd and xd2. They need to be tinted cmpletetly.

I'm inclined to do my own custom lights destroiying some altima tail lights
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=190117615147&rd=1,1
and some xd taillights with the smoked tail light covers made for them.

Need fiberglass mooulding and a lot of patience but I think that eventually I will do it.

yeah at first i really wondered how that would look, but i gave it some thought and it might actually look really good.

[bdiggy]

Looks sweet man. Looks like a lot of time though. Have to admit, I'm just a little to lazy for something like this.

[babygogetter]

Sweet job on the taillights. Its always nice seeing some unique ideas on here. I like them!

[chaldowhiteboy]

lol thanks guys.. yeah it does take a lot of time. but the good thing is that if you mess up you don't have to start over! you can just errrase the part you messed up on.

[AtlXD2]

looks cool, but what happened to your rear sidemarker? looks like you killed it. thats a bad light to loose.

[Pantro05XD]

look really good, specially since it is a white car.

I like it a lot and the best part is that it is unique.

[subvibe99]

Did you actually spray that stuff on the outside of the housing? If so, any worries about pitting or chipping? I want to do this mod <---silver xd2

[slyderdai]

I did a similar mod to my xd tails. But when it went into primer i Took some laquer thinner and removed it to go with the custom rear eyelines look. I'm hoping to get and xd2 trunk lid and tails to see if they fit.S i can do this mod again it looks killer on your ride so i'm convinced now.......

[redbull_ng]

That's exactlly what i wanted to do.. Im just waiting for my night-shade cans go get here... Looks freaking sweet.. now i know what they are going to look like when done..

[TheHybrid]

Did you actually spray that stuff on the outside of the housing? If so, any worries about pitting or chipping? I want to do this mod <---silver xd2
Yeah I'm dumb. Do you do this outside or inside the housing? Outside would seem to be much easier as you don't have to heat up the dang taillights.

[ricerrx7]

Looks good, except for that little thing under the word "elantra".

[SilverElantra]

thats religious ricer....

[chaldowhiteboy]

looks cool, but what happened to your rear sidemarker? looks like you killed it. thats a bad light to loose.

what rear side marker are you talking about.. ? the hatchbacks have the rear side marker.. not my gls sedan.

Did you actually spray that stuff on the outside of the housing? If so, any worries about pitting or chipping? I want to do this mod <---silver xd2

yeah i did it on the outside. there is noway to get inside of the lights unless you break the red plastic thing in there away from it. it's nothing like that, it is not as hard as you think.

all i did was take them out from the car and sprayed the paint onto them then i waited for the paint to dry and i positioned and covered the parts with tape that i wanted to stay black and i used the thinner stuff to rub out the dark parts that i didn't want. the circle part was the hardest to erase because i basically did that part without using tape (kinda hard to make a circle out of tape).

the paint will NOt chip. when i first sprayed my taillights, it was a month after i got my car, and that was two years ago. my paint was the same exact color as it was originally; so also, no fading. it would look awesome on your xd2 but are you choosing to do it with black or silver?

I did a similar mod to my xd tails. But when it went into primer i Took some laquer thinner and removed it to go with the custom rear eyelines look. I'm hoping to get and xd2 trunk lid and tails to see if they fit.S i can do this mod again it looks killer on your ride so i'm convinced now.......

i don't want to offend you or say something to make you feel stupid, but why don't you just buy an XD2? ..it's better than going through all of that trouble especially with all the time and money that you will have to put in just to make what you want happen..

Yeah I'm dumb. Do you do this outside or inside the housing? Outside would seem to be much easier as you don't have to heat up the dang taillights.

yeah, outside.. read above ^

[ricerrx7]

thats religious ricer....

Ummm, exactly...

[SilverElantra]

not even gonna go there....

[KeWLKaT]

how is that religious? it looks like a knockoff of the batman symbol, lol

[chaldowhiteboy]

Looks good, except for that little thing under the word "elantra".

yeah i'm planning on debadging everything since i listened to some advice from kewlkat

thats religious ricer....

lol! im not religious, and i'm also not a ricer.. i am what it says lol.

[ricerrx7]

how is that religious? it looks like a knockoff of the batman symbol, lol

It says "forgiven" with a dove in it.
Chaldo, why do you have that if you're not christian? And by saying "ricer" he was referring to my S/N on the forum...

And silver elantra, please go there! I live in the god damned (:D ) bible belt and have this discussion on an almost daily basis. Read this book;
http://www.popmatters.com/images/book_cover_art/g/god-is-not-great.jpg

[chaldowhiteboy]

ohh gotcha.

i didn't say i wasn't a christian, i just said that i'm not religious. they're two different things and if you want me to explain i will.

[KeWLKaT]

but i want to understand... if its not a religious thing then what is it :)

http://polaris.umuc.edu/~vrau/images/BatmanIntro.jpg

[ricerrx7]

religion: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/religion
religious: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=religious

[chaldowhiteboy]

lol you're making me laugh with the whole batman thing, seriously. lol.

lol. batman is my favorite but no that's not what it represents..
the emblem represents the relationship that i have with christ.

[slyderdai]

[QUOTE=
i don't want to offend you or say something to make you feel stupid, but why don't you just buy an XD2? ..it's better than going through all of that trouble especially with all the time and money that you will have to put in just to make what you want happen..^[/QUOTE]

I dont like the xd2 front ends for some reason they make me cringe when i look at them. I think it' the grill being different or something and i could get a deck lid for like 30 bucks at the local scrapyard.
it's worth a try IMO but thats just me...................I could Be Insane

[chaldowhiteboy]

religion: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/religion
religious: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=religious

yeah im not calling it a religion, i'm calling it a relationship

I dont like the xd2 front ends for some reason they make me cringe when i look at them. I think it' the grill being different or something and i could get a deck lid for like 30 bucks at the local scrapyard.
it's worth a try IMO but thats just me...................I could Be Insane

oh i see lol. yeah do what you want to do, it's your car, and it's your style. nothing could be more perfect then what you personally like.

[ricerrx7]

yeah im not calling it a religion, i'm calling it a relationship

You can call it whatever you like, it doesn't change what it is. Just don't let me catch you saying something "un-christian-like", 'cause you'd better believe I'll call you out on it...

I'm sorry. I just hate living in the bible belt. Every other car I work on has either a rosary hanging from the mirror, jesus fish on the bumper, or a prayer/psalm taped over the warning indicators on the dash (I guess jesus is more important than the check engine light...). Most of them are hypocrites that use their "understanding of the bible" to tell other people why what they're doing is wrong...

[KeWLKaT]

What's the relationship?

Kind of like this? http://jesusrpg2.ytmnd.com/ (ff7 fans will understand)

[chaldowhiteboy]

You can call it whatever you like, it doesn't change what it is. Just don't let me catch you saying something "un-christian-like", 'cause you'd better believe I'll call you out on it...

I'm sorry. I just hate living in the bible belt. Every other car I work on has either a rosary hanging from the mirror, jesus fish on the bumper, or a prayer/psalm taped over the warning indicators on the dash (I guess jesus is more important than the check engine light...). Most of them are hypocrites that use their "understanding of the bible" to tell other people why what they're doing is wrong...

look ricer, i didn't come on this forum to judge you, and i havn't judged you, so please don't try to tell me what kind of person i am. i'm sorry that you have a problem with these hypocrites that don't live out what they preach. i have that "forgiven" emblem on my car because i'm forgiven. simple as that. if you "catch" me doing something "un-christian-like" then oh well, i didn't say i'm perfect; im just human. end of story. i'm not going to get more into this especially since this forum was about my taillights.

p.s.- those kind of hypocrites bug me too, but it doesnt mean that i have to rag on them. i actually TRY to be more "christ-like." and that is what this "religion" (Christianity) is all about.

[ricerrx7]

Forgiven of what? Why don't you just not do the things you feel you should be "forgiven" for?

[TDO]

The taillights look good!

P.S. I swear this is nit pick and take everything off topic week. Some things just need to be left alone.

[chaldowhiteboy]

Forgiven of what? Why don't you just not do the things you feel you should be "forgiven" for?

please PM me if you have any questions, ricer.

The taillights look good!

P.S. I swear this is nit pick and take everything off topic week. Some things just need to be left alone.

yeah, that's what i'm trying to avoid lol. thanks for the compliment!

[knottravesty]

What's the relationship?

Kind of like this? http://jesusrpg2.ytmnd.com/ (ff7 fans will understand)

That my friend, was pretty ****ing hiliarious..

[ricerrx7]

please PM me if you have any questions, ricer.


You already know my questions. If you want to PM me, cool. If not, not a big deal. I'm just in a bad mood right now and hate religious people.

[SuperGLS]

WTF...

Let's keep this about taillights from here on out. Thank you.

[AtlXD2]

what rear side marker are you talking about.. ? the hatchbacks have the rear side marker.. not my gls sedan.





um....................... THAT side marker!?!


http://home.comcast.net/~hpacevedo/car/light.jpg


kinda supposed to be there, and deleting your position lights isn't the brightest idea (pun may or may not be intended). EVERY car has side markers among all the other lights. Kinda a law thing.

[chaldowhiteboy]

um....................... THAT side marker!?!



kinda supposed to be there, and deleting your position lights isn't the brightest idea (pun may or may not be intended). EVERY car has side markers among all the other lights. Kinda a law thing.

sorry i didn't know that it was called the side marker..

the side marker glows through the paint. the paint turns transparent when the light comes on so it doesnt matter.

[SuperGLS]

It's not called a sidemarker in this application. Basically we like to refer to it as "the extra stupid light in the taillight" since nobody likes it.

The whole idea of tinting the taillight is illegal, that's obviously not a concern for chaldo.

[bdiggy]

I don't think he'll catch any crap for this. Some of us have the vinyl or plastic covers which darkens the entire light. If anything i'd say he's a step ahead buy keeping the major parts crystal clear.

[theWorst]

i bought a circle cutter not too long ago to try this on my HB...

was gonna cut some adhesive vinyl out lay it on top of the area i want to keep red..and then niteshade paint over everything..

i'm just super lazy.

[bdiggy]

^^Work smarter not harder, right? Sounds like it could save a lot of careful work from the thinner method, nice!

[chaldowhiteboy]

lol you guys are all so lazy. i'de do it for you guys but you live so far away.

[SilverElantra]

i live 2 hours from you chaldo....and btw you could do a very smart and fairly simple thing if you dont like that annoying light...do what i did and take the bulb out....works wonders...

[TDO]

lol you guys are all so lazy. i'de do it for you guys but you live so far away.

Just make a vinyl template or some such and sell them. Will take a lot of the work out of it for peeps. That way they just peel it, stick it, and paint it.

[chaldowhiteboy]

i live 2 hours from you chaldo....and btw you could do a very smart and fairly simple thing if you dont like that annoying light...do what i did and take the bulb out....works wonders...

haha i'll think about it, thanks.

Just make a vinyl template or some such and sell them. Will take a lot of the work out of it for peeps. That way they just peel it, stick it, and paint it.

..that is a very clever idea :D i'm definitely going to think about that, too.