[bcware]

i know i've heard at least one person talk about putting a vinyl sticker or something over the tail light to reshape it a bit. I was toying with photoshop (again) just to see what i could come up with. Here is a ROUGH chop of a 2 second design, but what i want to know is what you think, also make one yourself and share! It's easy.

 

[Havro]

a little info....

it would look 100 times better if u either A. painted your tails with stock paint with ur design. or B. buy another set of tails and do what i said in A.

vinyl will never match ur paint and will look funny!
if u actually painted the tails with a design like that i think it would look awesome!
we dont have molding around our lights and they sit flush against the body panels...if they were painted to match ur paint it would give the illusion that there were custom taillights in the car!

i think someone needs to try this and take pics!

 

[CornbreadXD]

I thought of buying a tail off ebay to practice this type of mod on, i'll see if I can get my hands on a tail and make a design.

 

[clarion]

what about a real carbon fiber cover like that? I test drove a golf gti turbo and had some on it ,it didnt look that bad

 

[bcware]

i was thinking of using the clear tail light covers from dreamka4u to practice on, paint however you want and then slap it over your tail lights. What would be the process of painting the lights? Where and what type of paint should i use? I have a nordic white GLS.

 

[Seymour Butts]

www.paintscratch.com is your best bet, kinda pricey but its just what u need

mask off where u want the tail light to show through

also. quick sand with 2000 grit to rough up the existing clear coat, probably no need to prime, 3 thin coats, then clear the whole taillight

turn on your lights at night and see which spots are brightest and which are more dim. paint the dimmer spots and leave as much of the well lit area unpainted as possible.

hope that helps

 

[04 elantra cvvt]

I like the concept, but it almost looks like a Protoge. Keep going with the idea though, I think you are definately on the right track.

 

[SuperGLS]

Keep in mind the covers from Dreamka4u or kSpec are not clear but a darkly tinted clear.



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[04 elantra cvvt]

That might look even better though. Try to incorporate that in your photochop.

 

[bcware]

working it, i am going to do this though, paint the covers i'll work on some designs. i'm sure i'll have some today

oh and i won't settle for anything unprofessional looking, if i do it, it's going to be perfect or i won't roll it.

 

[04 elantra cvvt]

That's the attitude bcware. Let us know what you come up with.

 

[bcware]

the more i look at this the more i like it... i know someone else has thought about doing the exact same thing and following that contour line down the side... it's simple, looks good, and would be very easy to do.

 

[germjp]

looks like an accent IMO but I like the way it looks

 

[CornbreadXD]

Looks good but I agree it looks like an acc(id)ent

 

[bcware]

that red elantra doesn't look like it was painted though, looks like body and light work were done custom. any chance you have a bigger picture?

edit: shit i'm stupid, it IS an accent... some shapely differences though, and the tail lights are shaped a bit different. pretty close to what it would look like though.

 

[04 elantra cvvt]

Before going through all of this, try to find out what it would take to retro fit the 04 tail lights onto your car. It may require some body work, but may be worth it in the end.

 

[Havro]

i already tried it.....if anyone want a passenger side 04 taillight to try anything on im selling it for 40 dollars!

youlll never retrofit it.
if your good...you can remove ur stock lense and heat up the 04 lense and try molding it to the 03 lights!!!

thats the easies thing to do!

 

[watson80]

I am not a real big fan of the vinyl idea...only my 2 cents

 

[Havro]

I WENT TODAY AND GOT IT DONE!!!

 

[clarion]

is that fo real?