Smoked my lights!
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I needed a REALLY big pack of rolling papers... but, JK.
I have been wanting to smokeout my lights for a while now and since this weekend was my birthday a buddy with a paint booth offered to do it for free (I bought 1qt of omni black). I wanted the rears to be very smoked, but still see-thru during the day, and black at night (w. the lights off). The fronts I wanted smoked, but still very see thru both at day and night, something noticable though. After a few gentle coats with varying ammounts of clear/black, I am extremely pleased with the results.
I snapped a few quick pictures on my way in the house today... pardon my car being dirty as hell.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/DeeBohDamn/Our%20Cars/FrontResized.jpg)
The front lights seem to match the hood well, and it really ties up the sinister look of my car IMO
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/DeeBohDamn/Our%20Cars/HeadlightResized.jpg)
A closeup of the headlight
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/DeeBohDamn/Our%20Cars/RearResized.jpg)
This pic gives you a good idea of how they look in the light/dark. The one on the right is pretty much black in the shade, and the other you can see thru fairly well.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/DeeBohDamn/Our%20Cars/TailightResized.jpg)
In the daylight the tails look great, just dark enough, but not too dark.
I think the car looks great with the lights toned down, and the price for the mod was right!
Whatcha guys think? All comments are welcome!
I have been wanting to smokeout my lights for a while now and since this weekend was my birthday a buddy with a paint booth offered to do it for free (I bought 1qt of omni black). I wanted the rears to be very smoked, but still see-thru during the day, and black at night (w. the lights off). The fronts I wanted smoked, but still very see thru both at day and night, something noticable though. After a few gentle coats with varying ammounts of clear/black, I am extremely pleased with the results.
I snapped a few quick pictures on my way in the house today... pardon my car being dirty as hell.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/DeeBohDamn/Our%20Cars/FrontResized.jpg)
The front lights seem to match the hood well, and it really ties up the sinister look of my car IMO
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/DeeBohDamn/Our%20Cars/HeadlightResized.jpg)
A closeup of the headlight
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/DeeBohDamn/Our%20Cars/RearResized.jpg)
This pic gives you a good idea of how they look in the light/dark. The one on the right is pretty much black in the shade, and the other you can see thru fairly well.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/DeeBohDamn/Our%20Cars/TailightResized.jpg)
In the daylight the tails look great, just dark enough, but not too dark.
I think the car looks great with the lights toned down, and the price for the mod was right!
Whatcha guys think? All comments are welcome!
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The price was the cost of the quart of black, which was like $20. Anyone with a spray gun could do this themselves for very little money and about 3 hours of time.
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The lights are a little dimmer, but if that was a huge concern I could get brighter bulbs, or wetsand it down a bit to be more transparant.
dmc: Thanks, thats what a lot of people have said so far, and I agree![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
It really looks great in person, and I cant wait to have a CF trunk on there to tie it all up!
dmc: Thanks, thats what a lot of people have said so far, and I agree
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It really looks great in person, and I cant wait to have a CF trunk on there to tie it all up!
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I can't wait to do this to my tail lights. I'd do the headlights since I have a BB it would look like I had none and I have eyelids so it would make having them a mute point. Nice to know how much you got charged, come the spring going to start talking to the bodyshop down my street in hopes of getting a good deal hehe. Seeing more and more people doing this mod to their lights I love it!
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