Smoked Tail Lights anyone? [Archive] - Toyota Yaris Forums

ChinoCharles

08-17-2006, 12:30 PM

Allow me to resurrect this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-Toyota-Yaris-Taillights-Tail-Lamps-Liftback-S-vitz_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33716QQihZ012QQite mZ220010283482QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

Its supposedly removable. Might even work for the headlights.

SimmZ

08-17-2006, 02:20 PM

I already use that kind of spray on my 2003 Sentra. It's pretty hard to apply but the result is not that bad. I don't think it may be remove. But BE CAREFULL. My best friend also use this spray on the same time on his old 90 VW Golf and maybe because the plastic of the taillights is old and dry, they all craked up everywhere. It cost two new taillights............... he never wanted to try the spray again! hehe.

Just an idea... don't know if it possible, but maybe just use use some standard window tint film? I assume the window film is self-adhesive, so why do use it to cover taillights?

Chris07LB

08-17-2006, 02:56 PM

I have found my soultion to this... stay tuned for yet another review/how-to. :cool:

fnkngrv

08-17-2006, 02:58 PM

I have found my soultion to this... stay tuned for yet another review/how-to. :cool:
:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

ChinoCharles

08-18-2006, 01:06 AM

I have found my soultion to this... stay tuned for yet another review/how-to. :cool:

Ooh, its like Christmas!

xfatefailsx07

08-18-2006, 03:36 PM

Haha.. Im all excited.. we are like a bunch of kids in a candy store...hurry Chris...

Yaris_PR

08-19-2006, 10:38 PM

I already smoked my Yaris tail...I'am going to take some pictures tomorrow and post it...It's to dark right now...

tomjasz

08-19-2006, 11:03 PM

I have found my soultion to this... stay tuned for yet another review/how-to. :cool:

Please!!!!

hasher22

08-19-2006, 11:04 PM

Smokin tail lights........

all u need is a smoke spray paint applicator......

Chris07LB

08-21-2006, 12:57 PM

Smokin tail lights........

all u need is a smoke spray paint applicator......

:laugh: What the hell is that?!?

Actually you take some clear coat, add a few drops of black in, and spray until it's as dark as you like..... is that what you guys over there, call this process? :confused:

SimmZ

08-21-2006, 01:11 PM

Chris07LB

08-21-2006, 01:16 PM

Yes but tinting tail lights is illegal in almost everywhere in Canada and in many states of USA! So you definitely need a removable tint solution... or keep a 500$ in safe place to buy some OE tail lights if needed.

I can get ticketed for a lot of things on all my vehicals, doesn't stop me from modding and making them my own though..

And NO, the changes/mods are not dangerous to other drivers, or myself.

SimmZ

08-21-2006, 01:55 PM

I can get ticketed for a lot of things on all my vehicals, doesn't stop me from modding and making them my own though..

And NO, the changes/mods are not dangerous to other drivers, or myself.

It's probably depending of where you live, cause in the area I live, the first thing the cops are looking for is tinted taillights. Almost no body will take a change to tint thier taillights here. But most of other mods are tolerated.

Chris07LB

08-21-2006, 06:45 PM

It's probably depending of where you live, cause in the area I live, the first thing the cops are looking for is tinted taillights. Almost no body will take a change to tint thier taillights here. But most of other mods are tolerated.

Oh, dont get me wrong, its very illegal here to tint tails and headlights, as well as have any red or blue bulbs in the front of the car... doesnt stop the ricers from having those stupid led washer jets though. :rolleyes:

hasher22

08-22-2006, 05:02 AM

:laugh: What the hell is that?!?

Actually you take some clear coat, add a few drops of black in, and spray until it's as dark as you like..... is that what you guys over there, call this process? :confused:

Lol its just like normal spray paint. But its design to smoke your tailights. It goes on transparent, and keep coatin it until u get the darkness u want.

I have a can here......but i cant smoke em cuz its illigal :(

oscarying

08-22-2006, 05:42 AM

hasher22

08-22-2006, 06:19 AM

is it illegal in SYD?neverknew..

yup it is, the cops will give u SHIT about it.......though it aint a huge defect that you will get pulled over for.

But if you get pulled over for speeding, or a random breath test....they obviously will look at your car and charge u cuz its defected.

Chris07LB

08-22-2006, 10:26 AM

Lol its just like normal spray paint. But its design to smoke your tailights. It goes on transparent, and keep coatin it until u get the darkness u want.

I have a can here......but i cant smoke em cuz its illigal :(

I know what you are talking about, I tried that YEARS ago, and it was shit. After a month or two, it started to wear away and looked like some cheap out of a can DIY job. :rolleyes:

Mines going in the spray booth, getting done correctly.

hasher22

08-22-2006, 06:14 PM

paultyler_82

08-24-2006, 03:25 AM

Technically, Smoked taillights arent illegal, provided there is still a red reflector on the rear (solved on the old car by partially masking the reflector so it still reflected and wasn't smoked) and provided the light still has adequate output (old car had custom LED tails, i just turned up the duty cycle on the PWM for a bit extra running and braking brightness) And after being pulled over, I proved on the spot to the officer that my tails met all minimum DOT requirements, never got hassled for it again.

oscarying

08-24-2006, 10:59 AM

Lol well i should give my tail light smoke can away....im not planning to smoke em anyway....its fuckin illigal here.......

And when i painted the inside of my headlights black.....THATS ILLIGAL TOO!! OMG............

and i was planning to make some parts red. Fuck australia sucks with their rules with cars.

agreed with your opinion on the fucking AUSSIE RULES WITH CARS

however,i don't think they would pull over a YARIS on the street and get it defected...:smoking:

I went 150km/h on the street with my friends celica,they caught my friend and let me go, you get what i mean?they would rather get sports car pulled over and defected rather a little car man

hasher22

08-24-2006, 06:03 PM

agreed with your opinion on the fucking AUSSIE RULES WITH CARS

however,i don't think they would pull over a YARIS on the street and get it defected...:smoking:

I went 150km/h on the street with my friends celica,they caught my friend and let me go, you get what i mean?they would rather get sports car pulled over and defected rather a little car man

HAHA THAT IS SO TRU!! lol.............i was doing 160 in a 90 zone!! and the cops pulled me over (hence i overtook the cops and i didnt see em) and they let me go for sum reason!!! lol....and my friend has a 350Z and he was doin 110 in a 90 zone and he got charged for it....

but then again, im very lucky not to get charged for it.

But i really want to spray my headlights red!! its unique but just scared of cops fuckin me up for it.

hasher22

08-24-2006, 06:05 PM

Ps how much did you pay for "sloowz?"

cuz im planning to get black number plates that just says BC22 (My initials and birthday) but i think thats gonna cost me 500 a year.

oscarying

08-24-2006, 07:45 PM

hasher22

08-25-2006, 05:59 PM

i just need to pay annual fee 60 (coz its white plate) and 30 ordering fee
thats it
as soon as u match the order of 3 letters, 3 numbers,or 2 letters 2 numbers 2 letters, or 2 letters 3-4 numbers,i think its ok

that sucks ass for me....cuz i just went to the rta website and create a plate "bc22" and thats 30 upfront fee, and 500 per year. Though if i put 2 more letters at the end. Eg. BC22PP it will cost me 30 upfront, and 160 per year. But i dont even have any other 2 letters thats significant to me.

So im just gonna recreate my plate to Silver Txt on black. 30 upfront, 100 per year.

where in sydney r u ?

Chris07LB

08-25-2006, 07:03 PM

Little thread hijack anyone? :laugh:

Yaris_PR

08-25-2006, 08:05 PM

Those are my smoke tail lights. That's a sticky tint film only for lights. It's looks great for me.

hasher22

08-25-2006, 08:08 PM

Those are my smoke tail lights. That's a sticky tint film only for lights. It's looks great for me.

very hot.............

if i do it, im gonna get fucked up by the cops....but i wanna do it so bad...:(

i think im just gonna put a light tint on.....

Chris07LB

08-25-2006, 10:03 PM

Those are my smoke tail lights. That's a sticky tint film only for lights. It's looks great for me.

Looks awesome! Are your back-up lights different then the US spec Yaris tail lights?? Is that what those little "not as dark" boxes are on the lower insides of the tails? :confused:

PLEASE take a night pic with and without the brake on. :thumbsup:

DVS YARIS

08-25-2006, 10:08 PM

casterqc

08-26-2006, 12:42 AM

Those are my smoke tail lights. That's a sticky tint film only for lights. It's looks great for me.

Where did you get your film and how much did it cost you?

I was just looking for these on the internet...but the cost is not really what I expected for a tint film.

paultyler_82

08-26-2006, 06:57 AM

Looks awesome! Are your back-up lights different then the US spec Yaris tail lights?? Is that what those little "not as dark" boxes are on the lower insides of the tails? :confused:

PLEASE take a night pic with and without the brake on. :thumbsup:

Those "not as dark" boxes are the red reflectors required by USDOT to be unhindered, his film is probably cut so that the reflectors are still uncovered and operational, if you'll look at your tails you'll notice these little reflectors sitting right next to your back-up lights.

oscarying

08-26-2006, 09:51 AM

WOW, show us your outcomes at nite time and put brakes on/off to let us see

Katana

08-26-2006, 10:44 AM

Where is the tutorial?

Chris07LB

08-26-2006, 10:51 AM

Those "not as dark" boxes are the red reflectors required by USDOT to be unhindered, his film is probably cut so that the reflectors are still uncovered and operational, if you'll look at your tails you'll notice these little reflectors sitting right next to your back-up lights.

Just noticed those... Ill be going over the whole tail light assy., anyway.

Yaris_PR

08-26-2006, 11:17 AM

That's right, those block are the reflectors, but they are cover too. That's the effect of the camera flash. When you cover your lights with that film the reflectors and the lights still working very bright. I'am going to take the night pictures today and post it tomorrow. Sorry I'am out of my town. Next monday I'am going to call the guy that make me the work and ask him where did he buy the tint film. Ohhh ,I paid $15.00 each tail light, tint and work. I'ts not really easy to work with that film. It took him about 15 minutes each one and he works on window tint every day. Hey Chris I saw a white Yaris here in PR with with tint on headlights and tailights and it's looks really great...:thumbup: This one is from cardomain.com, but the guy is from PR.

ChinoCharles

08-26-2006, 03:19 PM

Those are my smoke tail lights. That's a sticky tint film only for lights. It's looks great for me.

YES! Looks awesome! You can get film for the headlights from headlightarmor.com, and they are supposedly coming out with film for the tail lights too as soon as they can find a car to work with. 65 bucks for the sedan, 70 for the liftback.

Katana

08-26-2006, 05:49 PM

Cooool!!!

SmellyTofu

08-26-2006, 07:44 PM

is it illegal in SYD?neverknew.. coz i saw someone smoked their tails

Did it happen to be a black YRX with front headlights also tinted?

hasher22

08-26-2006, 08:05 PM

nice work Yaris PR, u shouldnt get pulled over for that my brothers golf vr6 came with smoked tail lights and his never had any problems and there the same tint as ur. any way looks sweet
o yeah hasher22 just do it will look sweet :>

you know what i think im just gonna tint the red areas.....leave the reverse lights untinted. I might get away with it when the cops pull me over...LOL!

Yaris_PR

08-26-2006, 10:51 PM

Night pictures without and with brakes lights on. Not the best pictures but give you an idea.

hasher22

08-26-2006, 11:32 PM

very nice........good to see the lights came through....lol

btw. what film/tint did u use??? i have niteshades spray.....im testing it out on bottles 1st to see if it works like a charm.....

hasher22

08-27-2006, 12:27 AM

Smoked Glass bottle anyone? I was tryin out the niteshade paint and i notice that its a really really really dark maroon colour not black transparent.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5673/p7270750xn6.jpg

Errr do i really have to remove the taillights and spray em? cant i just spray em while they are still on the car?...

Yaris_PR

08-27-2006, 01:23 AM

I think is better to remove them. I think I saw here a "How to" about remove tail lights. Maybe Chris can show you. But in my opinion, yes , is too dark, don't take the risk to loose your tail lights.

Chris07LB

08-27-2006, 09:08 AM

REMOVE THEM!

Inside the hatch, there are two small side vent looking pannels on each side, remove them.

You will now see the back of the tail lights.. this is how you would change the bulbs when needed.

Take a 10mm socket or box wrench, and remove the TWO nuts. Easy.

Take a tug back on the tail light, and it will slip right out. Disconnect plug, and its completely removed. :biggrin:

casterqc

08-27-2006, 04:41 PM

By the way nice car Yaris_PR...looks good with the wheels and smoked tails.:thumbsup:

15$ each tail light is a good price...I would'nt pay 70$ for films without installation. I paid 150$ to get all my windows tinted on my hatch...so i'll try to call the same guy tommorow to see how much he would charge me for smoking the tails:cool:

Yaris_PR

08-27-2006, 11:34 PM

casterqc

08-28-2006, 07:01 PM

Thank you casterqc and good lock with the tint guy. I hope he can do the job. BTW where can I find the rear spoiler that you have in your Yaris. Here in PR Yaris don't have those. Where and price? That my next modification...:thumbup:

Actually I called him today, he can't do it because he does'nt buy the kind of film that goes on lights. I'll try to find another place...if someone has an idea of one near Montreal tell me.

The spoiler is 372$ can, I got it from the dealer when I bought the car...they had to order it from Ontario.

Yaris_PR

08-28-2006, 09:51 PM

Thanks for the info casterqc, but anyone now where in USA or in what web page can I find that rear spoiler?

TrancosRt

08-28-2006, 11:39 PM

Yaris PR, check eBay or
http://www.toyotapartsstore.com/default.php?cPath=191_192&sort=3a&page=2&osCsid=c6381d4d584edd7b02681d76cf9910de
Can't vouch for these guys since I never did bussiness with them. (They have the spoilers for several colors but mine for 138.06)

casterqc

09-06-2006, 05:12 PM

Since I can't find any place where I can buy smoked film for taillights here, I've decided to contact Lamin-x.

The guy at Lamin-x, Chris, gave me good info on how to take the measurements. With these measurements he will then provide me with the best quote possible for an uncut/Bulk film that will fit correctly.

Here's a link where you can see a gallery of their products installed: http://www.lamin-x.com/showcase.php

What do you think I should go for?? Smoke or Charcoal (darker) ??

hasher22

09-06-2006, 06:28 PM

Hmmmm u willing to spend how many $$ of film when u can get the smoked spray can and some gloss paint for like $25.........thats what i did.....
+ there is no waiting of the right cut of film for the yaris...

im really happy with my outcome.....

casterqc

09-06-2006, 07:45 PM

Well I would prefer the film because it can easily be removed.

At Lamin-x, Chris there can sell me two 20" x 15" sheets for $54.95 (normally $64.95) plus $6.95 for shipping.

I'll see what I'll do...I'm still looking at all the options avaible...then I'll decide.

hhcchen

09-07-2006, 01:43 AM

http://pic17.pic.wretch.cc/photos/22/b/bandityu/2/1816017418.jpg
http://pic17.pic.wretch.cc/photos/22/b/bandityu/2/1816017437.jpg
from here...
http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=bandityu&book=2

casterqc

09-10-2006, 04:17 PM

http://pic17.pic.wretch.cc/photos/22/b/bandityu/2/1816017418.jpg
http://pic17.pic.wretch.cc/photos/22/b/bandityu/2/1816017437.jpg
from here...
http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=bandityu&book=2

That's the type of film I'm planning to put on my entire taillight...I would'nt put it on the headlights like in these pics tho...it simply looks funny.