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post Jan 15, 2012 - 4:35 PM
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So I'm planning to smoke out all of my lights (heads, tails, side indicators, front turn signals) and I have a couple of questions. And I'm planning on using the tint film instead of the paint cause I'm scared I might effed it up if I use paint. So...

1. Does a smoked headlights look good on a 6g celi? Cause I've seen many with smoked tails, but not with the heads. If anyone has a pic of their celi with smoked heads, it would be great if you could post it.

2. Switch to LED/SMD bulbs?? At first I thought this would be an obvious choice because with the lights being smoked, the bulbs need to be brighter to be seen thru the smoked layer. But after reading several forums, there are many controversies with using LEDs for tail light. I was just wondering what are your guys opinion on this? If I do get LEDs, I will get colored LEDs (red for stop/parking light, yellow for turning, white for reverse). So hopefully that would help with the brightness?

Btw, I'm planning on using these LED bulbs if I do get them.

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post Jan 18, 2012 - 3:24 AM
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QUOTE (199celica @ Jan 16, 2012 - 5:11 PM) *
hey man i'm not to sure if you know about this stuff but what i used is what is called a fly eyes kit the link to the site is Flyeyeskit.co.uk its pretty affordable and its nice because you maintain almost full visibility of your lights you lose maybe 10% id say but it looks great ive had it on my car for about 2 years now and the only downside is it isn't friendly to people trying to peel it. at my college kids were always trying to peel it to see what it was and i would have to say that is the only downside.


I didn't know about that. It they look good and pretty easy to install. A little expensive but seem pretty legit.
One of the thing I'm worried about when smoking the light is blocking the reflectors. But with the film from your website, it say the reflectors aren't affected so thats pretty interesting. Is that true?

QUOTE (mkernz22 @ Jan 16, 2012 - 6:03 PM) *
superbrightleds.com sells a dual stage LED bulb for the brake lights

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/sto...brake-turn.html


yea I checked that site out too, just wished they were a little cheaper haha. I'm a cheapass I know tongue.gif

Posts in this topic
- Jokester   Smoked LED head & tail lights   Jan 15, 2012 - 4:35 PM
- - Tigawoods   if you smoke the headlights i would use laminx. so...   Jan 16, 2012 - 1:35 AM
|- - Superfly   QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Jan 16, 2012 - 1...   Aug 22, 2012 - 2:23 PM
- - Jokester   Have you used film before to smoke your lights? An...   Jan 16, 2012 - 4:32 PM
- - SupraKid   Blacked out headlights are a BIG no no in CA, tail...   Jan 16, 2012 - 4:38 PM
- - Jokester   In San Jose. Theres always something going on arou...   Jan 16, 2012 - 5:40 PM
- - 199celica   hey man i'm not to sure if you know about this...   Jan 16, 2012 - 8:11 PM
- - SupraKid   I know when I did it with the front blinkers I had...   Jan 16, 2012 - 8:23 PM
- - mkernz22   superbrightleds.com sells a dual stage LED bulb fo...   Jan 16, 2012 - 9:03 PM
- - Jokester   QUOTE (199celica @ Jan 16, 2012 - 5...   Jan 18, 2012 - 3:24 AM
- - rave2n   SC and FL no tinting on any kind of indication lig...   Jan 18, 2012 - 11:21 AM
|- - mkernz22   QUOTE (rave2n @ Jan 18, 2012 - 11:21...   Jan 18, 2012 - 4:37 PM
- - 199celica   Yeah its true it doesnt block the reflectors if u ...   Jan 18, 2012 - 11:58 AM
- - Jokester   QUOTE (199celica @ Jan 18, 2012 - 8...   Jan 19, 2012 - 4:31 AM
- - 199celica   Honestly i always get pulled over because one of m...   Jan 19, 2012 - 10:42 AM
- - 199celica   O ive got a good pic of my car at night where i us...   Jan 20, 2012 - 11:35 AM
- - Jokester   yea, a pic would be great! Would you be able t...   Jan 23, 2012 - 1:21 AM
- - 199celica   <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7498...   Jan 23, 2012 - 11:21 AM
|- - Jokester   QUOTE (199celica @ Jan 23, 2012 - 8...   Jan 24, 2012 - 4:43 AM
- - 199celica   Fly eyes kit reflector performance.   Jan 23, 2012 - 11:29 AM
- - 96ST205   cant beat properly tinted lights on a Black faff.....   Jan 23, 2012 - 11:58 AM
|- - Jokester   QUOTE (96ST205 @ Jan 23, 2012 - 8:58...   Jan 24, 2012 - 4:48 AM
- - 96ST205   it is tinted but for some reason it appears quite ...   Jan 24, 2012 - 9:34 AM
- - 199celica   yeah i used the stock bulbs. so you did see the pi...   Jan 24, 2012 - 6:17 PM
- - k-weaver   I had my rears blacked out for a while. Got pulled...   Jan 26, 2012 - 6:00 PM
- - 199celica   Did you ever figure out what you are going to do?   Feb 3, 2012 - 10:07 PM
- - Jokester   Yea. So I used tint film to smoke the tail light, ...   Feb 4, 2012 - 12:08 AM
- - 199celica   Did you use the fly eyes kit or another vinyl? Idk...   Feb 4, 2012 - 12:05 PM
- - Jokester   I used vinyl from rvinyl.com. When you told me abo...   Feb 5, 2012 - 1:08 AM
- - 96ST205   just tinted front & side indicator/turn signal...   Feb 5, 2012 - 10:05 AM
- - 199celica   Well it looks good jokester i like it best of luck...   Feb 5, 2012 - 2:25 PM
- - Jokester   QUOTE (96ST205 @ Feb 5, 2012 - 7:05 ...   Feb 5, 2012 - 10:09 PM
- - 96ST205   QUOTE (Jokester @ Feb 5, 2012 - 10:0...   Feb 6, 2012 - 10:35 AM
- - trdproven   tinted lights dont look as good as if the lens its...   Aug 22, 2012 - 8:09 PM


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